Monday, October 7, 2024

Israel continues strikes on Gaza, issues warning for Lebanon's south coast

Smoke rises from destroyed buildings.

The Israeli army issued an urgent warning Monday for people to stay off the beach or on boats on Lebanon’s coast. Earlier on Monday, the Israeli military struck at Al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-warns-lebanon-coast-1.7345096?cmp=rss

Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as deaths rise to 12

The mobile clinic where the Marburg vaccine is being distributed in Rwanda.

Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/marburg-vaccine-rwanda-1.7344807?cmp=rss

South Korean woman sues government over abduction, adoption of child to U.S.

A dark haired woman holds a handkerchief up over her face in a closeup photo.

A 70-year-old South Korean woman sued her government, an adoption agency and an orphanage Monday over the adoption of her four-year-old daughter, who was sent to the U.S. in 1976 after being kidnapped. It's the first known lawsuit of its kind in South Korea.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-mother-adoptees-lawsuit-1.7344652?cmp=rss

India offers support to cash-strapped Maldives in bid to repair strained ties

Two men shake hands

India stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after the two leaders held talks in New Delhi on Monday in a bid to repair strained ties that saw the president of the Indian Ocean archipelago forging closer relations with China.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maldives-india-1.7344678?cmp=rss

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary under shadow of escalating war

Three women in dark clothing huddle and look mournful, with one appearing to cry, in an outdoor setting that includes Israeli flags and posters depicting other people.

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas-led attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/middle-east-conflict-anniversary-hamas-attack-1.7344582?cmp=rss