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South Korea’s Radical Solution to Asia’s Birth Rate Crisis Source link
Vaccinations by the WHO had to be suspended because of Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Source link
An estimated 56,000 people in South Africa and 1.25 million around the world died of tuberculosis in 2023, according to just-published figures from the World Health Organization. This means that in that year TB overtook Covid-19 as the top infectious disease killer on the planet. Marcus Low unpacks the new numbers. Source link
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UN security council warns against attempts to dismantle Unrwa The UN security council on Wednesday “strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish” the operations and mandate of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, after Israel passed a law banning its operations. Reuters reports that in a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member body […]
At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, said the Gaza health ministry. The US called the incident ’horrifying’. Source link
The author of the book that sparked a furore over Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Qantas flight upgrades says Albanese adopted “shoot the messenger tactics” by personally attacking him. Former Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston published The Chairman’s Lounge this week, which included revelations that the prime minister directly contacted former Qantas chief Alan Joyce […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Iraq complains to UN over Israel’s use of its airspace for its attack on Iran As we mentioned in the opening summary, Iraq has condemned Israel’s use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran in a protest letter sent to UN […]
Israel’s medical service, Magen David Adom (MDA), says emergency workers “evacuated” about 20 “casualties”, including six severely injured, following the truck-ramming at a bus stop in central Israel’s Glilot, just north of Tel Aviv (see post at 08.39 for more details). Many of those injured, according to local reports, were elderly citizens who had disembarked […]
This week, Spain’s Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez proposed “safeguarding” or “armour-plating” public housing and land in the bid to ensure more affordable homes for Spaniards in the midst of a deepening housing crisis. But the suggestion comes a bit too late, 40 years to be precise. 🔴 Pleno sobre la vivienda en el Congreso | […]