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Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 07:27Modified: 04/03/2024 – 07:46 01:58 The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza is struggling to cope with acute malnutrition and dehydration cases without electricity and with its intensive care unit relying solely on solar energy. At least 15 children in northern Gaza died of malnutrition in recent days, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave. UN health authorities say Gaza is on the brink of famine as aid deliveries into the enclosed enclave have rapidly decreased and Palestinians struggle to find food. Read more on related topics: Source link

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called for the world to help Kyiv defeat “Russian evil” as the death toll from a Russian drone strike on Odesa rose to 12, including five children. Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 14:55Modified: 03/03/2024 – 18:54 3 min A Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern port city early Saturday morning, partially destroying several floors and leaving more than a dozen people under the rubble.The attack killed at least five children, including two babies less than a year old, according to statements by Zelensky and the regional governor.”Mark, who was not even three…

Nikki Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington DC on Sunday, scoring her first victory as she struggles to remain relevant in her underdog race against Donald Trump. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 03:45 1 min Haley’s symbolic victory in the nation’s capital comes just ahead a decisive day in the long US nominating process — Super Tuesday, in which 15 states and one territory vote.Washington is a solidly Democratic town with a small number of registered Republicans. CNN, which was among outlets reporting that Haley won on Sunday, put it at just 22,000.Haley took 63 percent of the votes…

France beat Great Britain 21-0 in Sunday’s championship match to capture the World Rugby SVNS Series title at Los Angeles, completing a stellar debut for Antoine Dupont. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 05:02 1 min Antoine Zeghdar’s try and a conversion by Stephen Parez-Edo Martin in the seventh minute lifted France ahead 7-0 at half-time.Martin converted his own try in the ninth minute for a 14-0 French lead and Theo Fornier added a try in the 13th minute and converted to seal France’s championship.The crown marked a triumphant debut in the format for former World Rugby Player of the Year Dupont,…

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…

French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 04:02 3 min A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance in the right-leaning Senate.If congress approves the move, France will become the only country in the world to clearly protect the right to terminate a pregnancy in its basic law.President Emmanuel Macron pledged last year to include enshrine abortion…

Moscow, Riyadh and several other OPEC+ members on Sunday announced extensions to oil production cuts first announced in 2023 as part of an agreement among oil producers to boost prices following economic uncertainty. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 02:27 2 min The plan to extend cuts to mid-2024 comes on top of previous cuts to both oil output and exports as some of the world’s largest energy producers drive to push up market rates.Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said it would cut its production by one million barrels per day (bpd) from April to June (Q2), while Russia announced 471,000 bpd of…

At least a dozen people died as gang members attacked the main prison in Haiti’s capital, triggering a breakout by several thousand inmates, an AFP reporter and an NGO said Sunday. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 00:37Modified: 04/03/2024 – 00:39 1 min “We counted many prisoners’ bodies,” said Pierre Esperance of the National Network for Defense of Human Rights, adding that only around 100 of the National Penitentiary’s estimated 3,800 inmates were still inside the facility after the gang assault overnight Saturday.Haiti has been wracked for decades by grinding poverty, violence, political instability and recurring natural disasters but the country plunged…

Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelmingly backed a proposal to increase pension payments, a move hailed as “historic” by backers at a time when the country’s ageing population faces surging living expenses. Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 23:31 3 min A call by trade unions to add a 13th monthly pension payment each year secured nearly 60 percent backing, final results showed.But a separate vote to raise Switzerland’s retirement age to 66 from 65 was soundly rejected by three-quarters of voters.”This is historic,” Pierre-Yves Maillard, head of the Swiss Trade Union Federation (SGB), told AFP.Switzerland’s Greens Party celebrated a “significant victory… for…

The price of petrol in Cuba has risen by 500% since Friday. The ruling Communist Party says it has introduced this measure as part of a major stabilisation plan to get the Cuban economy back on its feet. But after years of facing a deepening economic crisis, Cubans fear that that they will not be able to withstand this latest blow. FRANCE 24’s Ed Augustin reports from Havana, Cuba.  Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 21:44 1 min Long queues of cars have been part of the scenery in Cuba for several years. Motorists literally spend whole days waiting to fill up…