Ex-Scottish Leader Alex Salmond, Who Nearly Got Scotland Independence From UK, Dead At 69
LONDON (AP) — Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of...
Embracing the power of nature during menopause
Prioritising self-care is essential during menopause, and natural remedies such as Oil Garden’s Menopause Essential Oil Blend offer comfort and relief, supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing in this significant life stage. Menopause is more than just a biological change, it represents a significant life...
Australia’s ‘Right to Disconnect’ Laws Push Employers to Rethink Tech Use for Work-Life Balance
Technology could soon help IT leaders and their employers manage the workloads of tech teams and broader workforces within reasonable working hours, according to software firm Avaya. Phil Zammit, Avaya’s vice president for Asia-Pacific and Japan, China, and India, told TechRepublic that technology has enabled...
Netanyahu Considers ‘Surrender Or Starve’ Plan To Target Militants In North Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling...
Israeli Strikes Kill Family Of 8 In Gaza, Destroy Century-Old Market In Lebanon
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon. The strike...
Heavy Israeli Bombardment In Northern Gaza As UN Peacekeepers In Lebanon Are Hit Again
BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant...
U.N. Says Two Peacekeepers Injured After Lebanon Base Hit By Israeli Strikes
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row....
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as...
Israel’s Intensified Attacks On Gaza Are Worsening An Already Dire Health Crisis
Aid workers are sounding the alarm this week on the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have trapped Palestinians while intensifying attacks both on civilians and life-sustaining infrastructure. The Israeli military has been killing scores of people in a nearly weeklong siege...
What To Know About Israel’s Ground Invasion In Southern Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired hundreds of rockets deep into Israel — with no end in sight to the escalating conflict. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Lebanon —...
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