Monday, April 1, 2024

5 aid workers killed in strike while delivering food in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

A crowd of people outside at night around an ambulance with flashing red lights.

Five aid workers with the international humanitarian group World Central Kitchen (WCK) were reported to have been killed while delivering food in Gaza on Monday. The Hamas-run Gaza media office blamed the strike on Israel — while the Israeli military says it's investigating the "tragic incident."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-food-delivery-workers-killed-1.7160711?cmp=rss

Trump posts $175M bond in civil fraud case, then hit with expanded gag order in hush money case

A person is photographed in a medium closeup.

Donald Trump posted a $175 million US bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, as a judge in a separate case hit the former U.S. president with a gag order following online comments he made about the judge's daughter.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-civil-fraud-hush-money-gag-order-bon-1.7160724?cmp=rss

Person diagnosed with bird flu in Texas after contact with cows

A group of brown cows nestle together.

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient is being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/texas-person-gets-bird-flu-1.7160508?cmp=rss

Pope appeals for peace in Gaza and Ukraine as he presides over Easter Mass

Pope Francis, centre, waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations on Sunday, making a strong appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-easter-gaza-ukraine-1.7160336?cmp=rss

Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw

Palestinians inspect the damage at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week operation, the Israeli military said on Monday, leaving behind a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian bodies scattered in the dirt of the complex.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-shifa-hospital-troop-withdrawal-1.7160327?cmp=rss