Middle East crisis: How Israel quietly crushed early American Jewish dissent on Palestine
Since the murderous October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel, and Israel’s overwhelming retaliatory attacks against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, American Jews have organized dramatic protests. They have demanded everything from a ceasefire and to an end to US military funding for Israel.
US Vice-President Harris urges Hamas to agree to an immediate pause, pushes Israel on aid to Gaza
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 3, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Haiti orders nightly curfew in attmept to restore calm after weekend of violence and prison break
Almost all of the estimated 4,000 inmates escaped, leaving the normally overcrowded prison eerily empty Sunday with no guards in sight and plastic sandals, clothing and furniture strewn across the concrete patio. Three bodies with gunshot wounds lay at the prison entrance.
Latest UN report warns rising violence, rights abuses threaten South Sudan’s stability
The commission also found that the armed forces were still using child soldiers. In 2019, the year after the peace agreement, the UN found there were still more than 19,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, one of the highest rates in the world.
US envoy to Singapore in trouble over $48,000 misuse, failure to model integrity and threats to staff
The report faulted Kaplan, an entrepreneur, for failing to follow procedures in hiring consultants who submitted bills of $5,650 for “a furniture research project” and of $4,250 to redesign the embassy’s cafeteria.
UN estimates over 9,000 women have been killed in Gaza war at the rate of 37 mothers per day
At the current rate, an average of 63 women will continue to be killed if the fighting goes on. Roughly 37 mothers are killed every day, leaving their families devastated and their children with diminished protection.
Israel, Hamas standoff delays deal to pause war during Ramadhan as offensive and aid crisis rage on
US President Joe Biden and other world leaders are under growing pressure to ease the increasingly desperate plight of Palestinians after five months of war and Israeli blockade of Gaza. The United Nations says a quarter of the population – 576,000 people – is one step from famine.
American basketball legend LeBron James sinks in 40,000 points to extend his NBA scoring record
James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark of 38,387 points to become the league’s leading scorer on February 7, 2023, against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He reached 39,000 points on November 21 in an In-Season Tournament game against the Utah Jazz.
Kenyan Kipruto and Ethiopian Kebede win Tokyo Marathon in course record times
Eliud Kipchoge was struggling at halfway with the pace under the course record time of 2:02:40 he had set in 2022, and the double Olympic champion had slipped two minutes behind the leaders by the 30-km mark. He finished 10th.
Psychological mindset of peacekeepers in Congo stoke fears as South African soldier kills a colleague, commits suicide
South Africa announced in February that it would be deploying an additional 2,900 soldiers to the mission.
