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Gaza situation ‘disastrous’ and Israel ban on aid agency UNRWA ‘extremely worrying’ – UN peacekeeping chief | World News
29Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Gaza situation ‘disastrous’ and Israel ban on aid agency UNRWA ‘extremely worrying’ – UN peacekeeping chief | World News

Israel's decision to ban the main aid agency providing most of the humanitarian relief in Gaza is "extremely worrying", says the United Nations' peacekeeping chief.Jean-Pierre Lacroix told Sky News' The World With Yalda Hakim that UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) is "absolutely essential" to the delivery of such assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, where access is controlled by Israel. More than a year into the war which was sparked by Hamas's massacre in southern Israel on 7 October last year, the population in Gaza is in a "disastrous situation", he said.Latest updates: Israel warns new Hezbollah leaderThe Israeli parliament's decision on Monday to vote to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, citing the alleged role of some local staff in the attack,...
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US election live: Watch as Kamala Harris gives final major speech
29Oct By No Comments
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US election live: Watch as Kamala Harris gives final major speech

The latest polls have vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump even in the critical southwest states of Arizona and Nevada. At 12.30pm on Wednesday (NZT), Harris will give her final speech on the Ellipse - the patch of park where Trump rallied his supporters on 6 January 2021, within view of the White House. Trump is still working to distance himself from the controversial Madison Square Gardens rally insisting he is "the opposite of a Nazi". Keep up to date with the latest US election coverage here: Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. Source link
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Report calls on Ottawa to launch 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children
29Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Report calls on Ottawa to launch 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children

A final report into missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children. It’s also calling on Canada to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for investigation.Kimberly Murray, Canada’s special interlocutor on unmarked graves, released her final report Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., during a gathering with Indigenous residential school survivors and experts from across the country.More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, the last of which closed in 1996. An estimated 6,000 children died in the schools, though experts say the actual number could be much higher.Many of thei...
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Placenta plays a hidden role in maternal anxiety, depression: Study
29Oct By No Comments
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Placenta plays a hidden role in maternal anxiety, depression: Study

In groundbreaking research, a team of Australian researchers has identified the placenta`s unexpected influence on maternal mental health. The finding may potentially revolutionise the understanding of pregnancy-related anxiety and depression and help develop a treatment for the conditions. Scientists at the Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland identified 13 distinct glucocorticoid receptor isoforms in the placenta, with one particular variant showing a surprising response to maternal stress. "We have discovered that the placenta has 13 different isoforms of the glucocorticoid receptor, with one isoform expressed in the presence of maternal stress, anxiety, and depression that activates an inflammatory response in the placenta in the presence of high cortisol concentrations,...
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Several missing as flash floods sweep cars through the streets in Spain | World News
29Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Several missing as flash floods sweep cars through the streets in Spain | World News

Several people have been reported missing after flash floods struck Spain, sweeping cars through the streets.Shocking images and videos have emerged from eastern and southern parts of Spain, showing heavy rainfall turning once-busy roads into muddy rivers. Flooding caused havoc, running from the provinces of Malaga in the south to Valencia in the east. Image: A man looks on at the destruction caused by the flash floods in Malaga province. Pic: AP Image: Cars are swept away by the water in Alora, Malaga province. Pic: AP Image: Pic: AP Videos shared by Spanish broadcasters showed floodwate...
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US election live: What will result mean for NZ trade?
29Oct By No Comments
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US election live: What will result mean for NZ trade?

The latest polls have vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump even in the critical southwest states of Arizona and Nevada. On Wednesday, Harris will give her final speech on the Ellipse - the patch of park where Trump rallied his supporters on 6 January 2021, within view of the White House. Trump is still working to distance himself from the controversial Madison Square Gardens rally insisting he is "the opposite of a Nazi". Keep up to date with the latest US election coverage here: Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. Source link
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Freeland nixes Liberal calls for secret Trudeau ballot: ‘Not how we do things’ – National
29Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Freeland nixes Liberal calls for secret Trudeau ballot: ‘Not how we do things’ – National

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected the idea of the Liberal caucus holding a secret ballot vote on Justin Trudeau’s leadership, saying it’s “just not how Liberals govern themselves.” Last week, 24 members of the caucus signed on to a letter calling on the prime minister to step down, but the next day Trudeau said firmly that he will lead his party into the next election.Some of the dissenters are now calling for Liberal MPs to vote in a secret ballot on whether Trudeau should remain leader.Freeland said leaders are not chosen by secret ballot in the Liberal party.“Our party and our caucus have had many opportunities to decide our own rules for choosing a leader,” she said at her weekly press conference on Tuesday. Story continues below advertisement ...
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US election polls: Harris and Trump locked in close races in Arizona and Nevada
29Oct By No Comments
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US election polls: Harris and Trump locked in close races in Arizona and Nevada

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN The poll come as large numbers of voters report having already cast ballots. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Patrick T. Fallon / AFP In the critical Southwest battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump run near even in the race for the White House, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. The findings come as large numbers of voters report having already cast ballots and the pool of those open to changing their mind shrinks. Harris holds 48 percent support among likely voters in Arizona, according to the poll, to 47 percent for Trump. In Nevada, 48 percent of likely voters support Trump and 47 percent back Harris. Those 1-point margins fall within each poll's margin ...
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TikTok founder Zhang Yiming becomes China’s richest man with almost $50bn fortune | World News
29Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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TikTok founder Zhang Yiming becomes China’s richest man with almost $50bn fortune | World News

TikTok's founder Zhang Yiming has become China's richest man with a fortune of almost $50bn (£38bn).Dubbed the "short video king", the 41-year-old topped the Hurun China Rich List for the first time with $49.3bn (£37.9bn). Mr Yiming stepped down as chief executive of ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, in 2021.He is the 18th individual to be crowned China's richest person in the 26 years since the Hurun China Rich List began.He dethroned bottled water magnate Zhong Shanshan, who slipped to second place as his fortune dropped 24% to $47.9bn (£36.8bn). A number of the billionaires on the list saw their fortunes plummet over the past year with difficult economic conditions in China.This comes during a legal battle over ByteDance's US assets as TikTok could be banned in the US next year unless...
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Norwegian runaway tram crashes into store
29Oct By No Comments
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Norwegian runaway tram crashes into store

By Pierre-Henry Deshayes, AFP A derailed tram that has driven into a building in a busy street in the centre of Oslo, Norway. Photo: OLE BERG-RUSTEN/NTB/AFP A tram derailed and careened into a store in central Oslo, a rare accident that left at least four people injured and sparked panic among passersby. The accident happened in the late morning in a bustling commercial neighbourhood of the Norwegian capital. The tram, which should have made a left turn at a crossing, jumped the rails for an unknown reason and continued straight ahead, its front section crashing deep into an electronics retailer on the corner selling Apple products. "Three people on board the tram were injured and another person outside," head of police operations at the scene, Anders Ronning, told AFP. "No one is de...
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