Conflicts between the United States and Israel were exposed on Monday when Washington stood aside and allowed the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The US decision to abstain on the vote prompted Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a scheduled trip to the US by two…
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UN passes a first resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza as US abstains.
The UN Security Council has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. It is the first time the council has called for a ceasefire since the war began in…
After decades of secrecy, the ‘Ghost Army’ is honored for saving U.S. lives in WWII
Nearly 80 years after World War Two, members of secretive US units have been honoured for the clever ruses they used to save tens of thousands of lives. Known as the “Ghost Army”, the group used inflatable vehicles and Hollywood-level special effects to fool the Germans about Allied war plans. President Joe Biden signed a…
Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the first time.
Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department…
French Senate rejects EU-Canada free trade deal.
France’s Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right-wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017 but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to…
US identifies Alabama soldier killed in WW2.
The US says it has identified the remains of an Alabama-born soldier nearly 80 years after he was killed fighting in Germany. The 26-year-old soldier, private first class Noah C Reeves, was killed by German forces near the town of Vossenack on 6 December 1944. Unidentified remains found in the area in 1948 and interred…
Biden warns Netanyahu against invading Rafah.
The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday that, while President Joe Biden remains committed to the goal of…
Putin wins the Russian election in a landslide with no serious competition.
President Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on the country he has ruled since the turn of the century, winning Russia’s stage-managed election by an overwhelming majority in a result that was a foregone conclusion. Putin won 87.3% of the vote on a record turnout of 77.5%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported Monday after all the…
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