Nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees may have been involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and they will be dismissed, the United Nations says. “For nine people, the evidence was sufficient to conclude that they may have been involved in the seventh of … Read more
The grieving parents of a 13-year-old girl who died after suffering an “unsurvivable head injury” in a fall on a school excursion at a New Zealand ice skating rink has shared her heartbreaking final words. Christchurch schoolgirl Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka was critically injured when she fell while ice skating on a school excursion on July 31, … Read more
The United States is urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson says. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called it a “critical moment” for the region and says Washington is “engaged in intense diplomacy, pretty much around the … Read more
Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled the country after weeks of protests against a jobs quota descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence on Monday, a day after nearly 100 died in the unrest. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s departure threatens to … Read more
PARIS — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt’s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She’d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been pregnant for seven months. “What appears to you … Read more
David Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when a heatwave struck in the summer of 2022. He would not even see out his first week. The journalist Samira Shackle interviews his sister Anne-Marie about what happened, and … Read more
There’s a volcano waiting to blow on Santorini, but it’s not the world-famous caldera. The dazzling whitewashed houses, blue-domed churches and azure skies and sea of this uniquely stunning Greek island pull in a reported 3.4 million visitors a year, far outnumbering Santorini’s 20,000 or so permanent residents. As many as 17,000 cruise ship passengers … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous Olympic experience on … Read more
VILLEPINTE, France — Boxer Cindy Ngamba made history on Sunday by becoming the first athlete competing as a refugee to clinch an Olympic medal. The 25-year-old originally from Cameroon offered hope for the Refugee Olympic Team that was created to call attention to the plight of refugees across the world. Ngamba’s victory at the Paris … Read more
PARIS — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate constantly, and daily water samples are tested so organizers can assess the risk and determine whether swims in the long-polluted Paris waterway … Read more
