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At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza, the enclave’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Wednesday. It reported that most of those dead are children. With limited access to food and healthcare, aid officials have warned for months that Palestinians in the enclave are at risk of famine. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 17:38 5 min Famine is becoming a real threat for Gazans, exhausted by five months of war. At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza reported Wednesday.Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) in recent days…

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country’s northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 18:36 3 min The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa’s most populous state, where heavily armed criminal gangs on motorbikes target victims in villages and schools and along highways in the hunt for ransom payments.Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on Thursday, but they have still not…

The creator of Japan’s hugely popular and influential “Dragon Ball” comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 05:45Modified: 08/03/2024 – 05:43 2 min First serialised in 1984, “Dragon Ball” is one of the best-selling manga franchises of all time and has spawned countless anime series, films and video games.Toriyama died on March 1 because of an “acute subdural haematoma” – a blood clot on the brain – a statement posted to the official “Dragon Ball” account on X, formerly Twitter, said.”It’s our deep regret that he still had…

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…

On this year’s International Women’s Day, Ireland votes on whether to remove the decades-old ‘women in the home’ clause from its constitution, alongside a second referendum on revising the definition of family. Despite a desire to remove the gendered and outdated language of the ‘women in the home’ clause, concern has arisen from both the YES and NO camps over the wording of the proposed new article and what impact – if any – it will have on women’s rights in Ireland.  Following the historic same-sex marriage and abortion referendums in 2015 and 2018 respectively, the people of Ireland vote on…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 15:06 11:45 arts24 © FRANCE 24 From an interview with the Syrian-German duo Shkoon who are breaking down geographical and language barriers through music to the fifteen artists from war-torn countries who are putting on an exhibition in Paris to show the impact of forced exile, imprisonment and conflict. Today, we’re talking about artists in exile. Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 18:26Modified: 07/03/2024 – 19:28 03:44 As talks on a truce in Gaza drag on, the United Nations has warned repeatedly that famine looms for Palestinians struggling to survive in the territory. Read more on related topics: Source link

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said France would not rule out any option to support Ukraine two years into Russia’s invasion, leaders of several major French political parties said. Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 19:24 3 min Speaking after the two-and-a-half-hour meeting, the party chiefs said the talks with Macron left them concerned, with some accusing him of using the conflict to boost his coalition’s standing ahead of crucial European elections this summer.The president had last week stunned many in Europe by refusing to rule out the dispatch of Western ground troops to Ukraine, pointing to Russia’s hardening stance.And earlier this…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 14:06 07:18 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 The EU’s landmark tech regulation known as the DMA takes effect at 11:59 pm Thursday, ushering in significant changes for social media platforms, internet browsers and operating systems. The head of the US Federal Reserve signals rate cuts will have to wait for summer, and Nigerians want Shell to clean up its mess before leaving the country. Read more on related topics: Source link

Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 10:24Modified: 07/03/2024 – 11:20 01:48 A Houthi missile attack killed three seafarers on a Red Sea merchant ship on Wednesday, US Central Command said, the first fatalities reported since the Iran-aligned Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest trade lanes. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze around 50 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen’s port of Aden. Yinka Oyetade has more information in this video report.  Read more on related topics: Source link