Sunday, March 24, 2024

Two hospitals in southern Gaza under attack by Israeli forces, Palestinian health officials say

Smoke billows in a city following bombardment.

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, while Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza's main Al-Shifa Hospital.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hospital-al-shifa-amal-nasser-1.7154065?cmp=rss

Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh made her a target. But she would do it again

Closeup of a woman with long blonde hair speaking into a microphone

Christine Blasey Ford was propelled into the public sphere in 2018 when she testified in front of the U.S. Senate judiciary committee that Brett Kavanaugh, then a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. Now she's revisiting those dark days in her new memoir.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/christine-blasey-ford-memoir-one-way-back-1.7152943?cmp=rss

Nigerian army rescues children abducted from school over 2 weeks ago

Parents wait outside a school in Kaduna state, Nigeria.

The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before a deadline to pay a ransom.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigerian-schoolchildren-released-1.7153924?cmp=rss

What is ISIS-K and why did it attack Russia?

A screen shows an image with the words "(We) Mourn" in Moscow, a day after a deadly attack on a concert hall.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-isis-k-background-1.7153581?cmp=rss