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Israel-Hamas truce Day 2: Hamas set to release 14 Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinian prisoners Around 100,000 are expected to protest in London on November 25 against the alleged excesses committed by the Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip. Over 14,000 persons, more than half comprising of women and children, have been killed in the bombings carried out by Israel, according to the Gaza health ministry.

China. «The government is monitoring the situation. The ICMR and the Director General of Health Services are observing the surging cases of pneumonia in China, and necessary steps are being taken,» Mandaviya told reporters when asked about the outbreak which has caused global concern.

There is a strong possibility that you get a kind of a Santa Claus rally, even in the Indian markets and then it tapers off by Feb-end as the elections are announced, says Ajay Bagga, Market Expert. Edited excerpts. How do you see India placed at this point in time as there are a couple of triggers ahead for us, especially the election? With respect to the global setup, China specifically, given the mysterious pneumonia outbreak, do you believe that it could be a concern for India as well? We are a neighbouring country. What is the growth outlook for China that you are holding at this point? China can slow down further from this year.

closely monitoring the recent outbreak of H9N2 cases and clusters of respiratory illness among children in northern China. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a press release addressing concerns raised by some media reports about the clustering of respiratory illness cases in the region. Also Read | Mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China: Hospitals overwhelmed as cases surge, WHO issues advisory – All you need to know The press release reassured that there's a low risk to India from both the avian influenza cases and the clusters of respiratory illness reported from China.

DOHA, Qatar—Qatar’s diplomacy in the Gaza war, including help in arranging a temporary cease-fire and hostage-release deal that took effect Friday, cements the ultrarich Muslim nation as Washington’s preferred interlocutor with extremist groups and pariah states—in the Middle East and increasingly around the world. It is an improbable role that began to take shape some 30 years ago as the small Persian Gulf monarchy sought to secure itself in the midst of bigger neighbors by resolving regional disputes while winning the trust and gratitude of the U.S. and other Western governments.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that on the first day of the humanitarian pause in hostilities, the world body was able to scale up the delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza, Xinhua news agency reported. It said 200 trucks were dispatched to the Rafah crossing and 137 reached the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), where they were offloaded, making it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel war on October 7. Some 129,000 litres of fuel and four trucks of gas also crossed into Gaza. Twenty-one critical patients were evacuated in a large-scale medical operation from the north of Gaza, it said. Hundreds of thousands of people were assisted with food, water, medical supplies and other essential humanitarian items.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry

China has announced that it will allow visa-free entry for citizens of five European countries and Malaysia as it tries to encourage more people to visit for business and tourism

China has responded to the queries around the mysterious flu that is affecting children. After the WHO raised a concern and sought data, Beijing has replied saying that the outbreaks are not related to any ‘unknown viruses’. Contrary to concerns raised by local media and global surveillance systems like ProMed, Beijing says that it has not identified any “unusual or novel pathogens” linked to these cases in the northern part of the country, reported BBC.

World Health Organization (WHO) on the mysterious respiratory illness that is spreading in China, even as it has said there is no need to panic, said people with knowledge of the matter. «We will be reviewing once we have the complete information on the illness from the WHO.

Antoni Porowski and Kevin Harrington called off their engagement. The two have decided to part ways «amicably» following a four-year relationship.

struggling to breathe? Are they having long spells of fatigue and listlessness, and exhibiting a gradual disinterest in food? It’s time to pay a visit to the vet. According to a Today.com report, several dogs in the US are coming down with what seems like a mysterious yet near-fatal condition. The illness has claimed the lives of some dogs already, putting several seasoned vets at a wit’s end. The dogs start with a cough that never seems to go away and ends with serious pneumonia. Often the dog does not respond to the first line of action — antibiotics.

pneumonia outbreak in northern China since mid-October is causing global concern, particularly in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken note of the situation, requesting additional data from China on the respiratory illnesses spreading in the region.

China is witnessing another alarming outbreak. As per reports, several children in China have fallen prey to a mysterious influenza-like illness. Taiwanese news channel FTV News reported that innumerable hospitals in Beijing and Liaoning have been filled to the brim with sick children. Although the patients do not have symptoms such as whooping cough. However, they are suffering from fever and have exhibited swollen pulmonary nodules. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now asked Chinese authorities to provide more transparency into the outbreak with in-depth data. “WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children," the UN body told in a statement.

World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called on individuals in China to adhere to measures aimed at lowering the risk of respiratory illness. Additionally, the organization requested further information from authorities regarding a documented increase in cases among children.

While experts had voiced their concern a few years ago with regards to the unsold inventory levels and impending launches in this specific micro-market, the performance since the outbreak of the pandemic has surprised many of them. The market has witnessed sales of over 722 apartments priced at ₹10 crore and above as against new launches of 532 apartments in the last 12 months, showed data from non-broking research firm Liases Foras Real Estate Rating & Research. «The south and central Mumbai's ultra-luxury housing market has shown almost three times sales growth driven by the segment's new launches. The ultra-luxury segment touched its best-ever inventory overhang in the last 15 years,» said Pankaj Kapoor, managing director, Liases Foras. In 2021, the market comprising south and central Mumbai had a total of 118 months' inventory and the same has now declined to 38 months. «Buyers are active in the market and are very choosy as many developers promised early delivery but did not deliver.

U.S. health officials said at least 43 people have been sickened in 15 states by salmonella linked to certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products

inaccurate," the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare said on Saturday. There have been some media reports alleging that an estimated 11 lakh children in India missed their first measles vaccine dose in 2022, according to a report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(Reuters) -The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a «hideous» antisemitic lie on his social media site X this week, calling it an «abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate» that «runs against our core values as Americans.»

By Howard Schneider

Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, it’s far less than the number of birds killed last year and that means...