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An Israeli government agency tasked with co-ordinating aid deliveries to Gaza is rejecting figures reported by international organizations on the number of supply trucks entering the war-torn enclave, a day after Israel failed to meet the United States’ deadline to allow in more humanitarian assistance. CBC | World News
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Israel officially ends agreement with UN Palestinian relief agency operating in Gaza
Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main UN relief organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since 1967, the country’s foreign ministry said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »China ‘compromised’ Canadian government networks and stole valuable info: spy agency
Threat actors sponsored by China “compromised” government networks over the past five years and collected valuable information, says a new report from Canada’s cyber spy agency. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel bans Palestinian refugee relief agency UNRWA from its country
Israel passed a law on Monday banning UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact the the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s work in war-torn Gaza. CBC | World News
Read More »Rise of solar power ushers planet toward ‘age of electricity,’ energy agency says
Renewable energy production is expanding at an unprecedented pace, led by the rapid rise of solar power. At the same time, the world’s insatiable demand for more energy led to an increase in the production of fossil fuels, the report found. CBC | World News
Read More »UN chief tells Israel that draft law blocking aid agency UNRWA in Gaza would be ‘catastrophe’
Draft Israeli legislation that would stop the UN Palestinian refugee agency working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would be a “catastrophe” if enacted, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. He said he raised his concerns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. safety agency says 40 foreign operators may be flying Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using aircraft with rudder components that may pose safety risks. CBC | World News
Read More »6 staffers in Gaza killed after airstrikes hit school, UN Palestinian refugee agency says
The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident. CBC | World News
Read More »Jannik Sinner doping saga rumbles on after World Anti-Doping Agency update
Jannik Sinner was found to have “bore no fault or negligence” for two anti-doping violations. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Dozens killed and injured in Israeli attack on Gaza tent camp, Gaza agency says
Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding dozens of people, the enclave’s civil emergency service said on Tuesday, in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command centre. CBC | World News
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