Day News Recap: Gaza, Ukraine and Africa conflicts dominate as markets stay mixed
Israeli airstrikes and West Bank violence dominated the day, with a strike on an apartment building in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood killing five Palestinians, while the World Health Organization warned that repeated delays in getting medicines, prosthetics and other supplies into Gaza could have devastating consequences. π πIn the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters and journalists at several locations, and residents of Ras al-Ahmar said a new barrier had cut off water, animal feed, healthcare access and movement for their Bedouin community. π πIsrael's Supreme Court overturned a ban on the country's two main Arab-majority political... [Continue Reading]
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Suspected plague outbreak in Russia's Irkutsk region leaves one dead and 189 in quarantine
A suspected plague outbreak in Russia's Irkutsk region has left one person dead and prompted the quarantine of 189 people, according to reports from the area. Public events have been cancelled across the region as officials respond to what has been described as a particularly dangerous infectious disease. The incident is reported to be centred on Shelekhov, with neighbouring Baikalsk told to avoid travel there.The dead person has been identified in reports as Daria Shipilova, a laboratory assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. Some accounts say she became ill during an expedition near the border with Mongolia, while others... [Continue Reading]
