Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Reuters Funerals were held at Gaza City for Palestinians reportedly killed in a Israeli air strikes A senior Hamas official has told the BBC that mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled. The comments came...
The GOP’s proposed cuts to Medicaid could take away an important lifeline in the effort to combat violence. Despite significant reductions in violent crime since the pandemic, violence and the fear of violence remain a stubborn feature of daily life in too many communities across the U.S. A new strategy of using Medicaid funding to...
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The 21-year-old soldier is the last living hostage with US nationality being held in the territory. It comes after a senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian armed group was holding direct...
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a pandemic. But public health specialists say they’re...
Days after the Myanmar earthquake, rescue efforts have been continuing in neighbouring Thailand’s capital city, Bangkok, where a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed. Dozens of workers were trapped and there have been a number of confirmed fatalities. BBC correspondent Arunoday Mukharji visited the scene and said there was a “lot of work still left...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. More than a dozen legal groups bankrolled by tens of millions in dark money tied to a conservative judicial mastermind are urging the Supreme Court to kneecap federal agencies’ ability to protect...