The Lebanese government agrees to end the armed presence of …
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The Lebanese government agrees to end the armed presence of "Hezbollah"… in the absence of Shiite ministers.
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Australia urges Israel not to take military control of Gaza
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has urged Israel “not to go down this path”, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza.
“Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Friday.
Wong said permanent forced displacement was a violation of international law and repeated calls for a ceasefire, aid to flow unimpeded and for militant group Hamas…
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Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City
By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City, as the country expands its military operations despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war.
“The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones,” Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Canada murders spark calls to label India’s Bishnoi gang a ‘terror’ group | Crime News
On a crisp spring morning in Brampton town of Canada’s Ontario province in May, Harjit Singh Dhadda meticulously tied his traditional sage green turban as he got ready for work.
He embraced his daughter Gurleen before leaving for his trucking insurance office in Mississauga near Toronto’s bustling Pearson international airport.
It was the last time Gurleen saw her 51-year-old father alive. As Harjit reached the car park of his office on May 14, two men confronted him. One of them pumped…
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What really happens to your body when you stop weight loss drugs like Ozempic
Patients prescribed drugs to help them lose weight may experience a rebound in weight gain after halting their prescription, finds a meta-analysis published in BMC Medicine. The study, which analyses data for patients receiving weight loss drugs across 11 randomised trials, suggests that while the amount of weight regain varies depending on the specific drug, there is a broad trend in associated weight regain after the course of medication concluded.
Six anti-obesity medications (AOMs) have…
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Nature’s anti-aging hack? Jewel wasp larvae slow their biological clock
Scientists have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of aging.
A study of jewel wasps, known for their distinctive metallic colors, has shown that they can undergo a kind of natural ‘time-out’ as larvae before emerging into adulthood with this surprising advantage.
The groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Leicester, has now been published in the journal, PNAS. It reveals that this pause in development within the wasp dramatically extends lifespan…
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UK homelessness minister resigns over claim she evicted tenants, hiked rent | Homelessness News
The resignation is a blow for the Labour government, which trails Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party in polls.
Britain’s minister for homelessness has resigned over allegations that she evicted tenants from a property she owns and increased rents by hundreds of pounds.
In her resignation letter to United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, Rushanara Ali, a junior minister in the Ministry of Housing, said she had followed all the legal requirements “at all times” in…
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Israeli security cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested earlier this week that Israel will ‘take control of all Gaza’.
Israel’s security cabinet has approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to occupy Gaza City, located in the north of the Palestinian enclave, according to news reports.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has yet to publicly confirm the plan, which is a major escalation in the war-torn Palestinian territory and was first reported by the news site Axios on…
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US doubles reward for arrest of Venezuela’s President Maduro to $50m | Crime News
US Attorney General Pam Bondi says Venezuelan president one of the world’s ‘largest narco-traffickers’.
The United States has offered a $50m reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, doubling an earlier reward of $25m set by the Trump administration in January.
The US has accused the Venezuelan leader of being one of the world’s leading narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the US with fentanyl-laced cocaine.
In a video posted to…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,261 | Russia-Ukraine war News
Here are the key events on day 1,261 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here is how things stand on Friday, August 8:
Fighting
- The Ukrainian military said its drone units hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region. It was not immediately clear what the extent of the damage was at the refinery, which, together with the Krasnodar refinery, processed 7.2 million metric tonnes of crude oil in 2024.
- Local Russian emergency services said they had extinguished a fire at the Afipsky…
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