An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The strike hit without warning in the early morning before sunrise as people were praying at a mosque inside the school, … Read more
Philippines’ EJ Obiena prepares to compete in the men’s pole vault qualification of the athletics event at the Paris Olympics 2024 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP) MANILA, Philippines—Team Philippines’ EJ Obiena may not know the next step in his career yet, … Read more
The 77th World Health Assembly (WHA)—the annual meeting of member states of the World Health Organization (WHO)—concluded on the 1st of June 2024. At this high-level meeting, after four days of intense negotiations (and many years of back-and-forth discussions preceding it) the Assembly made two major decisions. First, to adopt several amendments to the International … Read more