Israeli tanks advanced deep into a town in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday after days of relentless bombardment that forced tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families to flee in a new exodus. CBC | World News
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Hunger for gold means the Amazon has reached ‘tipping point’ of mercury contamination from illegal mining
The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous communities and the environment could pay a far greater price. CBC | World News
Read More »Storm Gerrit blasts U.K., ripping roofs off homes and leaving thousands in the dark
A storm that battered the United Kingdom with high winds, heavy snow and rain has damaged houses, cancelled trains and left thousands of people without electricity across Scotland and parts of northern England. CBC | World News
Read More »AP investigation: hundreds possibly undercounted in Kakhovka Dam disaster
AP investigation finds Russian authorities deliberately underreported hundreds of deaths in Kakhovka Dam disaster. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Canadian Israeli Judih Weinstein was killed during Oct. 7 attack, kibbutz says
Judih Weinstein, a Canadian Israeli woman whose fate had been unknown since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas, died during the initial attack, her kibbutz said in a statement on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Outraged pub landlord fumes at ‘freeloaders’ who think complaining gets them freebies
The outraged pub landlord warned other pubs in the Evesham area not to serve the woman or her partner because they believed they were just after a freebie. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iran vows to ‘remove Israel from existence’ after military chief is killed in air strike
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Russian wives rage at Vladimir Putin sending troops ‘to slaughter’ in Ukraine war backlash
Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin are desperately trying to fight off growing outrage from the wives of Russian troops who have been forced to fight in the Ukraine war. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Shop worker sacked for giving staff discount to pensioners and war veterans
John Burley, 64, claimed he was never told it was against company policy and fears he will not get another job. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘I survived horror crash which killed my twin sister days before Xmas – I’m heartbroken’
Abigale Pearson was in the car that was involved in a crash that killed her twin sister 10 days before Christmas Day. Daily Express :: News Feed
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