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Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Australia’s spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the country’s reef authority reported on Wednesday. Issued on: 17/04/2024 – 05:29 1 min Often dubbed the world’s largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) long expanse, home to a stunning array of biodiversity including more than 600 types of coral and 1,625 fish species.But aerial surveys conducted by the scientists show about 730 out of more than 1,000 reefs spanning the Great Barrier Reef have bleached, the authority said. “The cumulative impacts experienced across the reef this summer have been higher than previous…

Dubai’s major international airport diverted scores of incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates, causing widespread flooding around the desert country. Source link

Solomon Islanders began voting Wednesday in an election that could reshape regional security, with citizens effectively choosing if their Pacific nation will deepen ties with China Issued on: 17/04/2024 – 01:29 2 min Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has pledged to further bolster relations with Beijing if he is re-elected, while his main challengers want to wind back China’s growing influence.Swelling crowds gathered early outside guarded election booths in the capital Honiara, pouring in to cast their ballots when voting opened at 7:00 am local time.Voting day is an immense logistical challenge in Solomon Islands, a nation of some 720,000 people…

Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 10:59Modified: 16/04/2024 – 11:20 01:25 2024-04-16 10:02 Hundreds expected to attend lighting of Olympic flame © FRANCE 24 Hundreds of dignitaries and spectators are expected to attend the lighting of the Olympic flame in the small Peloponnese town in southwestern Greece where the Olympics were born in 776 BCE, and where the ceremony is held every two years for the summer and winter Olympics. As clouds crowd the skies Tuesday morning, participants and spectators alike await eagerly the appearance of the sun, an important element in the ritual, FRANCE 24’s Nathalie Savaricas said, reporting from Olympia.…

Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 16:46Modified: 16/04/2024 – 18:53 01:52 Israel’s war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack, amid international pressure to avoid further escalating the conflicts in the Middle East. Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised that Saturday night’s launch of more than 300 missiles, cruise missiles and drones from Iran into Israeli territory “will be met with a response”, but gave no details. Read more on related topics: Source link

Brussels authorities set off a political firestorm Tuesday by ordering the shutdown of a controversial gathering of hard-right European politicians, in a move denounced by the Belgian prime minister as “unacceptable”. Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 19:24Modified: 16/04/2024 – 19:41 3 min Keynote speakers at the “national conservatism” conference included the eurosceptic populist Nigel Farage and Britain’s former interior minister Suella Braverman, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban scheduled to address the two-day gathering on Wednesday.Farage’s speech went ahead amid swirling rumours the event was about to be shut down, followed by Braverman, who took the stage despite police entering the…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 16:19 12:32 arts24 © FRANCE 24 She has featured in Beyoncé’s music videos, choreographed a sell-out stage musical and brought underground nightclub moves to the stage of the Opéra de Paris. Now Josepha Madoki is hosting a weekend of waacking in the Musée d’Orsay’s imposing entrance hall; she tells us more about this 1970s queer subculture and how she became France’s unofficial queen of waacking. She also tells us about the phone call from her friend and colleague, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which led to a video shoot in the…

Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 14:57Modified: 16/04/2024 – 15:23 01:19 2024-04-16 14:37 Countdown to 2024 Paris Olympics starts as Greece lights flame at Olympia © FRANCE 24 On Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony. It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896. Read more on related topics: Source link

Israel’s air defences were in operation on Saturday night, after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles in an unprecedented direct attack. That starts with the Iron Dome, which has intercepted thousands of rockets since it first went into operation in 2011, provides Israel with crucial cover during times of conflict. It has been heavily relied upon to protect military and civilian sites from frequent barrages of rockets fired from Gaza and Lebanon in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Source link