US surgeons perform world’s first whole eye transplant
AFP :A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn’t yet known whether the...
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TikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’
Al Jazeera :After coming under fire for its links to China, TikTok is again under the spotlight in the United States amid claims that the popular video app is pushing young people to support...
‘Like breathing poison’: Children in India’s Delhi hit hard by smog
Al Jazeera :Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every...
Hungary signals veto of Ukraine EU membership talks
Al Jazeera :Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sits before taking the oath of office in the Parliament in Budapest, HungaryNegotiations on Ukrainian membership in the European Union should not move forward, with the war-torn...
29 dead and thousands trapped in Somalia’s ‘worst floods in decades’
Al Jazeera :Somalis are struggling to cope with never-before-seen flooding that has killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes, in the wake of extreme rainfall that has engulfed...
Portuguese PM António Costa resigns
BBC Online :Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned after investigators searched his official residence in an inquiry into alleged corruption.He said he had not been named as a suspect but believed the inquiry was...
Live grenade in birthday gift kills aide to Ukraine’s military chief
CNN :An aide to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military was killed after receiving a live grenade as a birthday present that was immediately detonated by his 13-year-old son.Major Gennadiy Chastyakov, who served as the...
G7 foreign ministers set for talks in Japan, Israel-Gaza war to top agenda
Al Jazeera :Foreign ministers of seven global powers along with the European Union are gathering in Japan for two days of talks that will centre on Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Top diplomats of...
Trump clashes with judge at New York civil fraud trial
AFP :A combative Donald Trump took the stand on Monday in the New York civil fraud case threatening his real estate empire, clashing repeatedly with the judge and denouncing the trial as a “disgrace.”...
Nepal calls off search and rescue to focus on earthquake relief efforts
AL Jazeera :The search and rescue efforts have been called off in Nepal, 36 hours after a disastrous earthquake killed at least 157 people and destroyed houses in the remote northwest region. Officials have...
Abbas joins Arab leaders in calling for Gaza truce in meeting with Blinken
Al Jazeera :Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Antony Blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire to the war in Gaza during a meeting with the top US diplomat in the occupied West Bank on...