CAIRO (Reuters): Israeli forces withdrew from a hospital complex in northern Gaza on Saturday (Oct 26), one day after storming it, and the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said the troops had detained dozens of male medical staffers and some of the patients. Later on Saturday, the Palestinian official news agency …
Baca Lagi »Vatican summit praises women’s leadership, but stops short on women clergy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling for women to be ordained as clergy. The gathering, which included cardinals, bishops and lay people …
Baca Lagi »Sixty years after the unwinding of Jim Crow, a historic US election
ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) – It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” The legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin at places serving …
Baca Lagi »Commonwealth leaders say sinking nations should keep their maritime boundaries
(Reuters) – In a boost for Pacific Islands such as Tuvalu under threat from rising seas, Commonwealth nations agreed on Saturday that a nation’s maritime boundaries should remain fixed even if climate change causes small island states to be submerged. The 56 countries with roots in Britain’s empire issued the …
Baca Lagi »Georgia votes in election seen as stark choice between Russia and West
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgians vote on Saturday in a parliamentary election depicted by both sides as an existential battle that will determine whether the country integrates closely with the West or leans back towards Moscow. The vote pits the ruling Georgian Dream party, in power since 2012, against four main …
Baca Lagi »Ukrainian official says full Russian withdrawal needed to establish peace
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Friday that a full withdrawal of Russian troops, and not just peace talks, were essential to ending his country’s more than 2-1/2-year-old war against Moscow. The chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was addressing an international meeting devoted to implementing …
Baca Lagi »US, Japanese, South Korean aides express ‘grave concern’ over North Korean troops in Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S., South Korean and Japanese national security advisers expressed “grave concern” on Friday over the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for possible use against Ukraine, the White House said. The trio see the North Korean troop presence as the latest sign of growing Moscow-Pyongyang …
Baca Lagi »Zelenskiy says Russia to deploy N.Korean troops in combat zones Oct 27-28
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia plans to deploy North Korean troops to the battlefield starting Oct. 27-28, citing intelligence reports. “According to intelligence, the first North Korean soldiers are expected to be deployed by Russia to combat zones as early as October 27-28. This …
Baca Lagi »This wearable camera is designed to prevent drug administration errors
In order to prevent the wrong drugs being injected into patients, US researchers have designed a small smart camera that can alert doctors in the event of a drug administration error. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the University of Washington in Seattle have developed the first ever …
Baca Lagi »How to prepare your online accounts for when you die
LONDON: Most people have accumulated a pile of data – selfies, emails, videos and more – on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die? It’s wise to draft a will spelling out who inherits your physical assets after you’re gone, but …
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