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The Starlink satellite internet service has been activated in a hospital in the Gaza Strip with the help of Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Elon Musk said.  “Starlink is now active in a Gaza hospital with the support of @UAEmediaoffice and @Israel,” Musk posted on X. The move comes more than five months after the Israeli government approved Starlink’s use in the hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Starlink, owned by Musk’s SpaceX, is a network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations, or areas that have had normal communications…

Maritime traffic through the Red Sea — the vital waterway carrying goods from Asia to Europe — had already fallen by nearly 80% when Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Israel escalated their spillover conflict from the Gaza war last weekend. On Friday, the Iran-backed Houthi militia attacked the Israeli city of Tel Aviv from more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) to the south, killing one person. Israel retaliated a day later with its first-ever airstrikes on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, which the Houthis control, killing six people and wounding 83 others, the Health Ministry in Yemen said. Last year, the Houthis began attacking ships in the Red Sea in response to…

Police in Paris have said they are investigating the alleged “gang rape” of an Australian woman.The 25-year-old was said to have been allegedly attacked before midnight on 19 July or in the early hours of 20 July.Paris prosecutor’s office said an investigation has been launched into the possible gang rape.It said the woman “took refuge” in a restaurant in the 18th district after the alleged assault and told people what had happened to her.She was taken care of by firefighters, the prosecutor’s office added.Local media reported the restaurant was a kebab shop.A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office told Sky News:…

After a 14-year-old boy died of Nipah virus Sunday, July 21, 2024, in the southern Indian state of  Kerala, authorities tried to stop a new outbreak — just a year after the last outbreak in 2023. Kerala State Health Minister, Veena George, said the boy died after suffering a cardiac arrest, which was apparently brought on by the virus. A further 60 people had been identified as being at high-risk, she said.  Nipah is most common in fruit bats, which live in wooded areas close to the highly populated state of Kerala. It’s also found in pigs. Humans can pick up an infection from animals either directly,…

The aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, failed harvests and oppressive tax burdens made life difficult for people in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century. Then came a tempting offer from the other side of the world — 77 hectares of land for every family willing to settle in Brazil. Plus livestock, seeds and agricultural equipment, as well as financial assistance for the first two years. It is more than many German farmers, craftsmen and day laborers ever dared to hope for at home. Soon the first of them responded to the call to say goodbye to their old home. Wanted: Workers in…

As southern Europe swelters through an oppressive and seemingly endless heat wave, Greece is marking the 50th anniversary of the restoration of its democracy with official ceremonies, exhibitions, concerts and the issuing of a commemorative €2 coin. The anniversary is cause for celebration because democracy has never proven so resilient for so long in the country’s modern history. However, it is also a time of reflection because the restoration of democracy in 1974 following the collapse of the Greek military junta is inextricably linked to the partition of Cyprus, which continues to this day. The partition of Cyprus and the…

Just last week, it looked like a near foregone conclusion that Donald Trump would return to the White House after the November election. But on Sunday, Joe Biden blew open the US presidential election by stepping out of the race and endorsing 59-year-old Vice President Kamala Harris. She is expected to bring new momentum into the race and become the official Democratic nominee in August in Chicago. Harris has already seen a huge increase in fundraising, bringing in more than $81 million (€74.4 million) in the first 24 hours after Biden’s announcement. It’s not just voters, donors or politicians who…

Job creation has emerged as a major test for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term, as India’s young workforce struggles to find employment. Last year, India overtook China as the world’s most populous country, with more than 40% of the estimated population of 1.4 billion younger than 25 years old. Joblessness was a significant factor behind Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) performing below expectations and falling short of an overall majority in India’s general elections. As India’s government announced its 2024 budget on Tuesday, it earmarked $24 billion over five years to foster job creation. “In this budget,…

A gunman has killed several people in a care home in central Croatia, police say. Local media reported five people were killed and others were wounded at the home in the town of Daruvar. The Index news portal said the suspect fled the scene after the incident but police caught him in a cafe near the home.Police said they were informed a man using firearms had killed and wounded several people at the home after 10am. Image: Pic: Pixsell/Reuters Image: Pic: Pixsell/Reuters A statement by the regional police said the suspect is “under supervision”. “We are appalled by the murder…

On July 10, A-list actor George Clooney asked a struggling Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race with Donald Trump and make way for a fresh face. But when news broke yesterday that the incumbent had dropped out and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, a host of Hollywood luminaries from actors Robert De Niro to Jamie Lee Curtis expressed their immediate support for the switch.  Curtis, star of horror classics like “Halloween,” took to Instagram soon after the announcement to heartily endorse Harris — a former attorney general of California and US senator who has yet to be formally…