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Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point

CNN — Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical point, with the little supplies that are available …

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Egypt Independent July 9, 2025

Why an 18-year-old UN resolution is critical to ending the Lebanon-Israel war

CNN — With a Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire on the horizon, an 18-year-old United Nations resolution has resurfaced as a blueprint for ending the war. The Israeli cabinet is set to vote on a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson told CNN on Monday, noting that the agreement will likely be approved. The 60-day …

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Egypt Independent November 27, 2024

Estonia’s President Alar Kares in exclusive interview says Egypt is critical to resolving Gaza crisis

Estonian President Alar Kares, in an exclusive interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, said that Egypt plays a major role in resolving the Palestinian issue and working to stop the brutal war that has been ongoing in the Gaza Strip for more than 13 months, and having now expanded to Lebanon. He praised Egypt for being a …

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Egypt Independent November 11, 2024

Nelson Mandela’s party has ruled South Africa for three decades – it now faces a critical moment of truth

Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — South Africans go to the polls on May 29 for what will likely be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid. Polls show the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led the party to power in …

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Egypt Independent May 22, 2024

Netanyahu critical of reported US plans to sanction IDF unit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other ministers have sharply criticized the reported plans of the Biden administration to sanction a unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for alleged human rights abuses in the occupied West Bank. The alleged abuses precede Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 and are said to have involved …

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Egypt Independent April 22, 2024

Australian miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

A miner rescued after surviving a rockfall in an underground collapse that killed his colleague is continuing to fight for

Australian Associated Press March 16, 2024

The world just marked a year above a critical climate limit scientists have warned about

CNN — Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past 12 months for the first time on record, new data shows, breaching a critical threshold that, if it continues, will push the limits of life on Earth to adapt. The past year was 1.52 degrees hotter on average than temperatures before industrialization, according to …

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Egypt Independent February 9, 2024