U.S. House Begins Debate On Crucial Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel The U.S. House of Representatives is to vote on April 20 on a much-delayed $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and other U.S. allies after Democrats and Republicans finally joined together ... 04/20/2024 - 6:16 am | View Link
As Russia presses forward, Ukraine pleads with Canada for armour, air defence A leading member of the Ukrainian parliament delivered stark warnings to Canadian politicians and top defence officials this week in a series of mostly under-the-radar meetings in Ottawa ahead of the ... 04/19/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Israel-Hamas War Day 196: Israel strikes Iranian air base Iran warns of new nuclear strategy IDF strikes terrorist targets in Rafah • America signals approval of IDF Rafah op • Explosions heard in southern Syria, Iran ... 04/18/2024 - 2:42 pm | View Link
Bombing at airport in Kabul revisited At the airport, investigators said, the bomber detonated a 20-pound explosive, probably carried in a backpack or vest, spraying 5mm ball bearings in a tremendous blast that was captured in grainy ... 04/15/2024 - 10:23 pm | View Link
Abbey Gate suicide bombing that killed 13 US troops in Afghanistan was ‘not preventable:’ military review Marine snipers posted up near Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport did not have an opportunity to take out the suicide bomber responsible for the attack on the airport during the chaotic US withdrawal ... 04/15/2024 - 3:10 pm | View Link
This year, TIME launched its inaugural list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies of 2024, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this quantitative study: 250 companies changing the field of educational technology. Here’s how the winners were selected.
Methodology
The research project “World’s Top EdTech Companies 2024” is a comprehensive analysis conducted to identify the top performing EdTech companies in the United States.
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
KUALA LUMPUR — Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said.
The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in a brief statement.
“All victims were confirmed dead on site,” it said, adding that the remains have been sent to the hospital to be identified.
A video circulating on social media purported to be of the incident showed several helicopters flying low in a formation.
Fresh off his feud with a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Elon Musk is taking his next fight to the very top of the government down under. The owner of X and self-proclaimed champion of free speech has refused to comply with an Australian order to remove videos of violence from his platform, a move that has solicited the ire of the Prime Minister.
Just days after a knifeman killed six at a mall earlier this month, Australia was rocked by another stabbing incident in the suburbs of Sydney when, on April 15, a bishop and a priest were stabbed during a live-streamed sermon.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
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They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The medication she really needs, we barely have,” said Dr.