UNRWA shows extent of damage in Gaza
UNRWA has shared a video on X documenting their joint mission to north Gaza with the World Food Programme to assess food distribution.
The video shows scenes of destruction in Gaza – craters on the side of the road, buildings with walls completely missing and roofs that are not intact, UNRWA employee Louise Wateridge explains in the video.
UNRWA has had 165 facilities damaged or destroyed in the war, “a huge problem when it comes to the humanitarian operation”.
- Hamas says a delegation is set to visit Egypt soon for further talks, adding that chief Ismail Haniyeh affirms the group’s “positive spirit in studying the ceasefire proposal”.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed 28 people and wounded 51 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
- Palestinian armed groups have been attacking Israeli troops stationed at a main junction in central Gaza, where witnesses have reported extensive fire exchanges.
- At least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive.
Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals
Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists
The high intelligence levels of orangutans has long been understood, partly due to their practical skills such as using tools to crack nuts and forage for insects. But new research suggests the primate has another handy skill in its repertoire: applying medicinal herbs.
Researchers say they have observed a male Sumatran orangutan treating an open facial wound with sap and chewed leaves from a plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties.
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over water cannon attack
Manila is protesting the "harassment" of Philippine vessels en route to the contested Scarborough Shoal as tensions flare up in the South China Sea.
The Philippines on Thursday summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over Beijing's use of water cannon against Filipino vessels at a contested shoal in the South China Sea.
"The Philippines protested the harassment, ramming, swarming, shadowing and blocking, dangerous maneuvers, use of water cannons, and other aggressive actions of China Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia", the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
The Foreign Ministry said that the deputy chief of the Chinese Embassy, Zhou Zhiyong, was summoned to hear Manila's 20th protest against Beijing this year, one of 153 under the current administration.
Paris rubbish collectors threaten Olympics strike over 'excessive workload'
Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said Thursday, raising the spectre of piles of stinking trash on the streets during the Olympic Games.
Walkouts could start in May and continue from July 1 to September 8, the CGT union branch representing binmen warned, a period that includes the Games, which run from July 26 to August 11.
Refuse workers in the Paris region are demanding an extra 400 euros ($430) per month and a one-off 1,900-euro bonus for those working during the Olympics.
"We're going to be giving it our all and we want that taken into consideration," Nabil Latreche, a member of the CGT-FTDNEEA union, told AFP.
EDITORIAL: 1987 assault on Asahi Shimbun forever a stain on our society
May 2, 2024 at 15:20 JST
May 3 will mark the 37th anniversary of a brutal attack against a journalistic institution that was a flagrant assault on the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech. The echoes of that violent challenge to crucial democratic values continue to resonate today, even though the statute of limitations has expired.
The haunting memory of the deadly attack compels us to re-evaluate the fundamental importance of being able to freely speak, see and listen.
On May 3, 1987, as Constitution Day was drawing to a close, a masked gunman stormed The Asahi Shimbun’s Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and opened fire with a shotgun. Asahi Shimbun reporter Tomohiro Kojiri was killed outright. He was 29 years old. A colleague, Hyoe Inukai, was gravely wounded.
‘No one is bigger than him’: On the campaign trail with India’s popular yet divisive leader
The whir of the helicopter shakes the marquee tent’s roof and kicks up a plume of dust that swirls through the thronging crowd, announcing the arrival of the man they’ve all come to see.
Chanting his name, waving his party’s flag and quoting his slogans, in many of their eyes he can do no wrong. Narendra Modi, India’s hugely popular but deeply polarizing prime minister, has landed in the battleground state of Uttar Pradesh as he campaigns for a third consecutive term in power.
Arrival at the rally in Aligarh, a three-hour drive from New Delhi, was preceded by a cacophony of horn-honking cars, motorcycles, and trucks all muscling their way in and out of traffic with few discernible lanes.
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