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EXPLAINER: What we know so far about the deadly Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital

At least 500 people have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. The health ministry in Gaza said the blast at the hospital was caused by an Israeli air raid. Israel has attributed the explosion to a misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)…

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President Joe Biden will visit Israel in high-stakes trip

President Joe Biden will make an extraordinary wartime visit to Israel this week as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country as it works to eliminate Hamas while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. The dueling objectives, spelled out by his top diplomat Monday evening, bring with them significant risks for the president as…

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Putin pushes need for talks in calls with Israeli, Arab and Iranian leader

Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that Moscow wanted to help prevent a humanitarian disaster in Gaza as he waded into the Middle East crisis with a flurry of calls to key regional players. The Kremlin said Putin expressed Russia’s willingness to work towards “ending the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation and achieving a peaceful settlement…

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Nigerian Science Prize win and presidential honour for Imperial medical engineer

An Imperial pioneer of low-cost newborn care systems in Nigeria has won the Nigeria Science prize, with congratulations from the country’s president. Imperial College London’s Professor Hippolite Amadi won the national prize, worth $100,000 USD, for his solar-powered non-invasive neonatal ventilator (NIV) – now considered the gold standard in the care of premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. He was awarded the prize during…

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Xi and Putin to reunite in Beijing in show of solidarity as divisions with the West sharpen

When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Beijing for the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics, they confidently outlined their vision for a new international order no longer dominated by the United States and its democratic allies. Now, nearly two years on, and with geopolitical fault lines hardening globally, the world’s two most powerful autocrats…

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Beijing to host global gathering as Xi Jinping lays out China’s vision

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is gathering world leaders in Beijing this week for a high profile forum with a clear set of goals: laud China’s role backing economic development over the past decade and project its expanding ambitions as an alternative global leader to the United States. That bid takes on heightened significance as renewed conflict in Israel and Gaza…

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Pope Francis calls for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza

Pope Francis on Sunday called for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza and again appealed for the release of hostages held by the militant Islamist group Hamas. “I forcefully ask that children, the sick, the elderly and women, and all civilians do not become the victims of the conflict,” he said at his weekly address to thousands…

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Afreximbank, Morocco sign MoU for $1bn trade and investment programme

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Morocco, represented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, to develop a US$1billion Morocco-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion programme. According to the terms of the MoU, the programme shall aim to facilitate and guide future cooperation in areas of common interest between Afreximbank, the…

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Israel calls on 1.1 million Gazans to evacuate south in order UN warns is ‘impossible’

Israel’s military has warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes, amid signs Israel is set to ramp up its retaliatory offensive against Hamas following the group’s October 7 terror attacks. “Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using…

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Israel-Hamas conflict is ‘new cloud’ darkening economic outlook – IMF chief

International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the “heartbreaking” Israel-Hamas conflict threatened to darken an already murky global economic outlook. “We are closely monitoring how the situation evolves, how it is affecting, especially oil markets,” Georgieva said. There had been some fluctuations in oil prices and reactions in markets but it was too early to predict the…

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