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At least once a day, a group of American doctors and nurses stranded in Gaza get word that they might be able to leave the enclave. They have waited all week, and that moment hasn’t come. “We’ve come to terms with the fact that we don’t know when we’re leaving," said Dr.

₹6,619 per barrel on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000, the U.S. Labor Department said, pointing to both an underlying strength and a steadying of the labor market.

The University of California has $32 billion in assets targeted by students protesting the Israel-Hamas war

acquisition of Haifa port in Israel, which has pounded Gaza after a shock attack by Hamas, sparked the Norges decision. A fourth of India's total cargo is handled by APSEZ, which owns a total of 14 ports including in Israel, Australia and Sri Lanka. An email sent to Norges seeking comment went unanswered.

Mint on the impact of climate change in the Asia Pacific region. India accounts for most of the economic and human losses in South Asia region.

Oil prices extended gains from the previous session on Thursday on signs of stronger demand in the U.S. where data showed slower inflation than markets expected, strengthening the argument for an interest rate cut which could result in even stronger demand. Brent futures rose 42 cents, or 0.5%, to $83.17 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) gained 43 cents, or 0.6%, to $79.06 at 0032 GMT.

fossil fuels in 2020. For weeks, students at campuses across the country have been protesting and setting up encampments at their universities to call on them to be more transparent about their investments and to divest from companies that financially support Israel.

Antagonism between Israel and the United Nations worsened as the Israeli army sought an explanation for footage showing armed men next to U.N. Palestinian relief agency vehicles. Separately, India was working to bring home the body of a U.N. staffer killed in Rafah by what the global body said was tank fire. Israeli forces have in recent days pressed into the east of Rafah in pursuit of what they say are four Hamas battalions despite warnings by Israel's main ally, the United States, to hold off to avoid mass civilian casualties.

Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war. «The tanks advanced this morning west of Salahuddin Road into the Brzail and Jneina neighbourhoods. They are in the streets inside the built-up area and there are clashes,» one resident told Reuters. Video on social media showed one tank in Al-Jneina neighbourhood. Hamas' armed wing said it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with an Al-Yassin 105 missile in the eastern Al-Salam neighbourhood, killing some crew members and wounding others. The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin will pay a state visit to China from May 16 to 17," Shina Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Tuesday. According to reports, Russia also confirmed the trip and said Putin was going on Xi's invitation. The Kremlin was quoted by PTI as saying that this will be Putin's first foreign trip since he was sworn in as president and began his fifth term in office.

LTTE, a Sri Lankan rebel group commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. This decision was prompted by the group's involvement in violent activities and its aim for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, which posed a threat to India's national security. The ban was part of a broader international effort, as many other countries also proscribed the Tamil Tigers due to their use of terrorism tactics.

United Nations was killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in Rafah, making it the “first international" casualty for the organisation since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. The individual was a staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN DSS).

Indian personnel working with the United Nations was killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in Rafah, making it the «first international» casualty for the organisation since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. The individual was a staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (DSS). While the identity of the victim has not yet been revealed, sources confirmed to PTI he was from India and a former Indian Army personnel. The Indian personnel killed in Rafah is the «first casualty» among international UN staff in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict following the October 7 terror attacks. Another DSS staffer was injured in the incident when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah.

United States doesn't believe that Israeli actions in Gaza amount to "genocide" but wants Tel Aviv to do more to ensure the protection of innocent civilians, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday (local time), as reported by CNN. «We believe Israel can and must do more to ensure the protection and well-being of innocent civilians. We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide. We have been firmly on record rejecting that proposition,» Sullivan told reporters at the White House.

The leaders of Greece and Turkey have met for talks that were supposed to underline their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes but also revealed deep divisions between them

Former Trump Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland weighs in on the fractured U.S.-Israel relationship as the Biden administration grapples with foreign policy ahead of the 2024 election.

Kima, which describes itself as an asset-agnostic, peer-to-peer money transfer and payment protocol, has secured a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority to fund the plan.The startup and the FinSec lab will focus on developing a use case linking traditional financial instruments, such as bank accounts and credit cards, to DeFi protocols, platforms, and services.The collaboration aims to expand on Kima’s existing payment protocol — which facilitates direct money transfers via blockchain and bank accounts without using smart contracts.As part of the project, FinSec will operate a Kima node and serve as a stakeholder in its burgeoning cross-ecosystem network.

As comedian Jerry Seinfeld took the stage at a commencement ceremony at North Carolina’s Duke University on Sunday, several pro-Palestinian student protesters staged a walkout in their caps and gowns.

By Rahul Pandey

A post shared by Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) Since the October 7 attacks by Hamas-backed terrorists in Israel and the subsequent bombings in Gaza, pictures depicting violence, helplessness and trauma are all over the internet. But, apart from diplomatic condemnations, the pictures didn't change much reality on the ground as Israel's bombings in Gaza continues and the death toll in the Palestinian territory has crossed a whopping 35,000.

TEL AVIV—Every evening on TV news, Israelis get the latest on the Gaza war—cease-fire and hostage talks, Israeli military casualties, battlefield analysis and coverage of the Oct. 7 attacks by Islamist militant group Hamas that sparked the conflict. One thing that is almost always missing: the people of Gaza.