Health Dec 22 Reported dengue cases spiked tenfold over the last generation, WHO says The agency says reported cases soared to a record 5.2 million in 2019, up from 500,000 in 2000, across 129 countries worldwide – and the figures likely understate the actual toll.
World Dec 21 Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives Miller said the government will start accepting applications for people with extended family connections to Canada, including parents, grandparents, siblings and grandchildren.
World Dec 21 At least 15 people dead after mass shooting at university in Prague, police chief says Prague's police chief says an armed man who killed at least 15 people was a student at a university where the mass shooting took place.
Politics Dec 20 Right-wing social media platform Parler plans to relaunch early 2024 The right-wing friendly app, which was temporarily booted offline following the Jan. 6 insurrection, has been offline since April after it was purchased by the digital media conglomerate Starboard.
World Dec 20 Putin builds up military resources for new stage of war against Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be hoping that relentless military pressure, combined with changing Western political dynamics and a global focus on the Israeli-Hamas war, will drain support for Ukraine in the nearly 2-year-old war and force Kyiv to…
Politics Dec 20 Read the full ruling by Colorado's Supreme Court removing Trump from state ballot DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely…
World Dec 19 Live updates: Israel launches more strikes in Gaza, U.N. delays vote on a cease-fire resolution Israeli troops launched more deadly strikes in Gaza on Tuesday and raided the last working hospital in Gaza City, while the U.N. Security Council delayed voting on an Arab-sponsored resolution for an urgent cessation of hostilities.
Nation Dec 19 Meta's Oversight Board reversed initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war.
World Dec 18 El-Sissi wins Egypt's presidential election with 89.6 percent of the vote, secures third term in office The vote was overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Egypt's eastern border, which has threatened to expand into wider regional turmoil.
Politics Dec 18 The European Union targets Russian diamond industry in latest round of Ukraine war sanctions The European Union is imposing sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine, targeting the lucrative diamonds industry as well as more than 140 officials, companies and organizations.