WHO says it needs urgent access to Gaza to deliver aid, medical supplies
LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it needs urgent access to Gaza to deliver aid and
2023-10-17 18:54
Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza
The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible.
2023-10-17 18:50
Zahmire Lopez, an 8-year-old with dance moves and rap skills, killed by gun violence in his Jersey home
The Newark boy is one of more than 1,300 children and teens killed by a gun so far in 2023 as firearms remain the top cause of death for US youth, according to the Gun Violence Archive and federal data.
2023-10-17 18:49
Turkey discussing release of foreigners, civilians, children with Hamas -minister
ANKARA Turkey is in talks with the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the release of foreigners, civilians, and
2023-10-17 18:28
It's been 14 days without a speaker. Here's what needs to happen in the House
It's been 14 days since eight Republicans were able to bounce former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top position in Congress and hit pause on all legislative business on Capitol Hill.
2023-10-17 18:22
Somali Cable Television's director Nur killed in suicide blast
A prominent Somali journalists' union says it is "deeply shaken" by Abdifatah Moalim Nur's death.
2023-10-17 17:23
Jim Jordan takes speaker vote to the House floor in bid to end GOP leadership vacuum
Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is bringing the House back to the floor Tuesday to vote on whether he will succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and finally end the chamber's prolonged paralysis amid deep GOP divisions.
2023-10-17 17:18
Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out
Vital humanitarian aid is piling up at the shuttered Gaza border, despite diplomatic efforts to open a corridor with Egypt, as the World Health Organization warned that water is running out for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the bombarded territory.
2023-10-17 14:45
Belt and Road Latest: Forum for Xi’s Signature Project Starts in Beijing
Russian leader Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing as China kicks off its Belt and Road Forum in a
2023-10-17 14:16
Sam Neill shares blood cancer update as he reveals he’s ‘not remotely afraid’ of death
Sam Neill has been warned by doctors that his cancer treatment drug will stop working at some point, the actor said as he provided a health update months after revealing that he had been diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer. Earlier this year, the Jurassic Park star released his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, in which he revealed that he was being treated for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. At the time, Neill shared that he had originally undergone chemotherapy, but that the cancer had soon stopped responding. He then went onto an experimental anti-cancer drug. In a new interview, Neill, 76, shared that he’d upped his dosage of the “grim and depressing” drug from once a month to every two weeks. However, he said, he has now been in remission for 12 months. Neill told ABC’s Australian Story that while he would be on the treatment indefinitely, doctors have told him that, at some point, it will stop working. “I’m prepared for that,” he said, adding that he is “not remotely afraid” of death. The Piano star said that he had first found lumps in his neck in early 2022, and soon learnt that he had cancer. “I started to look at my life and realise how immensely grateful I am for so much of it,” Neill said. “I started to think I better write some of this down because I’m not sure how long I have to live. I was running against the clock." First sharing his cancer diagnosis in March, the New Zealand actor – who is best known for playing palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise – said that dying would “annoy” him. “I’d really like another decade or two, you know?” he said. “We’ve built all these lovely terraces, we’ve got these olive trees and cypresses, and I want to be around to see it all mature. And I’ve got my lovely little grandchildren. I want to see them get big. But as for the dying? I couldn’t care less.” In an interview with The Independent earlier this year, however, Neill threw out the idea of retiring. “The idea of giving up my day job? Intolerable!” he said. “I love acting. It’s really good for me to keep walking onto new sets with young actors and all that stimulation. New words, new ideas, there’s nothing like it. I never want to give that up. The idea of retirement, of having to play golf, fills me with untold dread,” he said. Read More Sam Neill says Robin Williams was ‘the loneliest man on a lonely planet’ Amy Dowden delights Strictly Come Dancing fans in surprise appearance amid breast cancer treatment Richard E Grant says there are friends he’ll ‘never speak to again’ after death of wife Joan Sam Neill says he’s ‘not remotely afraid’ of death as he shares blood cancer update Pregnant Jana Kramer shares details of her recent hospitalisation 4 black women on their experiences with breast cancer
2023-10-17 13:16
Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed near Chicago had celebrated his 6th birthday just 8 days earlier
In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago.
2023-10-17 12:28
House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership
If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is known for working to shut down the government rather than running it.
2023-10-17 12:26