Hundreds of thousands of children are to be vaccinated against polio in the embattled Gaza Strip from Sunday morning. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and mobile teams are to start immunizing 640,000 children against the virus responsible for polio within a few days. Four weeks must separate the two doses...
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Canada battling more than 800 active wildfires from coast to coast
Hundreds of wildfires are currently raging across Canada, with over 800 active fires, 223 of which are out of control, according to the latest report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) dated Monday. Scientists note that this year’s fires are unusually widespread, affecting regions from the West Coast to the Atlantic provinces in...
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North Macedonia has the fastest internet in the region
North Macedonia has the fastest internet in the region and is one of the higher-ranked countries in Europe, according to research by Cable.co.uk, published by the statistical portal ‘Landgeist.’ With an internet connection speed of 97.9 Mbps, Macedonia is ahead of Slovenia (97.0 Mbps), Serbia (60.5 Mbps), Kosovo (57.3 Mbps), Greece (53.9 Mbps), Montenegro (49.5...
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Harris secures enough votes to be Democratic presidential candidate
US Vice President Kamala Harris has officially secured the necessary majority of delegate votes to be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, the party said on Monday. Harris received 99% of the approximately 4,500 delegate votes cast, the Democratic Party announced. Harris achieved a majority shortly after voting opened on Friday, but voting continued until Monday...
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Bangladesh prime minister resigns after weeks of violent protestsFollowing weeks of violent student protests that left roughly more than 300 people dead, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned, army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Monday. “An interim government will be formed,” the army chief told a news briefing after a meeting with leaders of...
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US journalist Gershkovich among 26 freed in Russia prisoner deal with West
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among 26 prisoners released Thursday in a swap deal between Russia and several Western countries, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Turkey’s presidency. Wall Street Journal journalist Gershkovich was released just weeks after being sentenced by a Russian court to 16 years for espionage. A Turkish...
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British nationals urged by foreign secretary to leave Lebanon
British nationals have been urged to leave Lebanon and not travel to the country amid mounting tensions in the Middle East. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said events were “fast-moving” and Foreign Office staff are working “round the clock” to help ensure the safety of UK citizens. Fierce diplomatic efforts are being made to prevent...
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Maduro wins third term as Venezuelan president
Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has won a third term in office, the Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Monday. Maduro won about 51% of the vote, beating opposition candidate Edmundo González, who secured about 44%, the CNE said. Ten candidates ran in the presidential election, with several opinion polls prior to the election placing González...
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Italy’s Meloni signs economic pact in China, seeks new relationship
Italy and China on Sunday signed a three-year pact for economic cooperation, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said after a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Meloni said during her state visit in Beijing that she aims to use the document to explore new opportunities for cooperation with China, but the exact contents of the...
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UN chief warns of harms from ‘crippling heat’ as temps hit records
Antonio Guterres warned Earth was becoming “hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere,” as he pointed to a deadly heatwave hitting Africa’s Sahel region, 1,300 people dying in scorching conditions in the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, record temperatures in the United States and Europe’s “sweatbox cities.” And the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service declared Sunday...
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