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  • Google’s Chief Health Officer Is Retiring

    Google’s Chief Health Officer Is Retiring

    Google’s chief health officer, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, announced today that she will be retiring. Dr. DeSalvo’s career at the company has spanned nearly 6 years and has witnessed some of the most crucial and historical milestones in healthcare, both for the organization and society as a whole. Notably, she spearheaded the company’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to building out the larger…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Save the Children calls on UK to ‘end its complicity’, halt all arms sales to Israel – Middle East Monitor

    Save the Children calls on UK to ‘end its complicity’, halt all arms sales to Israel – Middle East Monitor

    A UK-based charity today called on the British government to “end its complicity” and halt all arms transfers to Tel Aviv, as Gaza enters its third month under a total siege imposed by Israel.

    Save the Children issued a statement on X urging the UK government to “end its complicity” and suspend all arms transfers to Israel “urgently,” calling for the accountability of all perpetrators and the end of “Israel’s impunity.”

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off coasts of Chile, Argentina | News

    Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off coasts of Chile, Argentina | News

    A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says.

    Chilean authorities issued an evacuation alert on Friday for the entire coastal section of the Strait of Magellan, in the far south of the South American country.

    Citing the threat of a tsunami, the Chilean National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response also ordered the evacuation of the beach area of the Antarctic Territory, Magallanes…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • China Says Gaza Humanitarian Crisis ‘Unprecendented’, Urges ICJ to Uphold Law

    China Says Gaza Humanitarian Crisis ‘Unprecendented’, Urges ICJ to Uphold Law

    Ma Xinmin, Chinese representative to ICJ. (Photo: via ICJ website)

    The week-long public hearings began on Monday to assess Israel’s legal obligations for the provision of humanitarian aid and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

    China told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory has reached “unprecedented” levels, and called on the court to uphold international law and…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Two Months of “Inhumane Siege Are Further Evidence of Israel’s Genocidal Intent in Gaza,” Says Amnesty International

    Two Months of “Inhumane Siege Are Further Evidence of Israel’s Genocidal Intent in Gaza,” Says Amnesty International

    London (Quds News Network)- Amnesty International has doubled down on its findings that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, stating that “two months of cruel and inhumane siege are further evidence of Israel’s genocidal intent” in the Palestinian enclave.

    Last month, the human rights group said Israel has been committing a “live-streamed genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

    Israeli forces in Gaza have violated the United Nations Genocide Convention with…

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  • The Man Tapped to Succeed Mahmoud Abbas: Who Is Hussein Al-Sheikh?

    The Man Tapped to Succeed Mahmoud Abbas: Who Is Hussein Al-Sheikh?

    Senior PA official Hussein Al-Sheikh. (Photo: via Al-Sheikh official website)

    By Robert Inlakesh

    Hussein al-Sheikh, long seen as Mahmoud Abbas’s right-hand man, is a deeply controversial figure widely viewed by Palestinians as a symbol of collaboration and repression.

    Late last month, a man by the name of Hussein al-Sheikh was selected, by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, deputy chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). This move made al-Sheikh the next in…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Switzerland tells ICJ  – Middle East Monitor

    Switzerland tells ICJ  – Middle East Monitor

    Israel must respect the UN and its agencies, refrain from obstructing their activities, and fully cooperate with impartial humanitarian organisations to ensure relief reaches Palestinians in need, Switzerland told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today.

    “Israel has an obligation to ensure, to refrain and to respect the United Nations, its organs and agencies,” said Franz Perrez, representing Switzerland.

    “Under international humanitarian law, it…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • IOF kills young man in Balata refugee camp in Nablus

    IOF kills young man in Balata refugee camp in Nablus

    NABLUS, (PIC)

    The young man Omar Abu Leil was killed Friday morning by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) after besieging his house in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.

    The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of Omar Mustafa Abu Leil, 39, at the hands of IOF soldiers this morning in Balata camp, east of Nablus, noting that the IOF detained his body.

    Earlier, the IOF encircled a house at the entrance of the refugee camp, dispatched military reinforcement into it,…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • We are an integral part of Syria – Middle East Monitor

    We are an integral part of Syria – Middle East Monitor

    Druze community leaders, spiritual authorities and prominent figures in Sweida affirmed that they are an integral part of a united Syria and that they reject any plans for division or separation.

    This came in a statement issued yesterday and published by the Sweida Governorate on its official Telegram channel.

    The statement was issued in the name of “the spiritual leadership of the Druze Muslim community, its religious authorities, dignitaries and the community…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • US says war set to run on as Ukraine prepares to ratify minerals deal | Russia-Ukraine war News

    US says war set to run on as Ukraine prepares to ratify minerals deal | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Washington-Kyiv deal absolves Ukraine of past ‘debt’ for aid, but does not give security guarantees against further Russian aggression.

    United States Vice President JD Vance has said his administration sees no end to the war in Ukraine, despite preparations in Kyiv to ratify a minerals deal with Washington.

    Vance told Fox News on Thursday that the Ukraine war prompted by Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022 was “not going to end any time soon”.

    The comments came a day after…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com