Israeli tanks have sought to push further west in their battle against Hamas in and around Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip’s main city, as UN officials reiterated calls for a ceasefire to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. The fighting in Khan Younis comes as Israel refocuses its more than two month war effort to the … Read more
WASHINGTON – in the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising research on Parkinson’s disease. But now Fu is doing his research at a Chinese university. … Read more
Shreya Verma is a student at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. An Indian student in the United States was left stranded on the road in Boston as a cab driver abandoned her and fled with all of her belongings. Taking to LinkedIn, Shreya Verma, a student at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and … Read more
FULL TIME: West Ham United 2-0 Manchester United West Ham go above Manchester United in the Premier League table after scoring two fine second-half goals. Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo, Jonny Evans. Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Bruno Fernandes look crestfallen as they applaud their fans. Photograph: Matthew Peters/Manchester United/Getty Images Updated at 15.34 CET Key events … Read more
An Israeli airstrike has killed a veteran aid worker and more than 70 members of an extended family in Gaza, the UN agency that employed him said, calling for an urgent ceasefire to protect civilians and humanitarian workers. Issam al-Mughrabi, 56, died with his wife, Lamya’a, five children and scores of other relatives in an … Read more
Article content A 21-year-old man faces drug and gun charges after search warrants were executed in Oshawa and Whitby. Article content Durham Regional Police say officers from the Central East Division Community Response Team and the Tactical Support Unit executed one search warrant at an Oshawa property in the area of Cedar St. and Simcoe … Read more
In November, CNBC visited Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, to get a look inside one of the company’s many chip labs. CNBC also got a rare chance to talk with the senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, and Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, about the company’s push into the … Read more
NSW residents are bracing for a summer scorcher with temperatures due to hit the mid-40s and people urged to check on elderly neighbours. Penrith and Richmond in Sydney’s western suburbs are forecast to reach 44C on Saturday, with 40C expected in the city. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sydney heatwave. Watch the latest news and stream … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel’s ongoing offensive is creating “massive obstacles” to the distribution of humanitarian aid. Friday’s strike on a building in Gaza … Read more
Taiwan and Canada on Friday signed a bilateral investment deal, boosting the Taiwanese government’s efforts to bolster business ties with like-minded democratic partners and possibly easing the island’s entry into a major pan-Pacific trade pact. Self-ruled Taiwan has been seeking greater diplomatic and moral support from major Western democracies, such as Canada, as it faces growing military and … Read more
