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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook much of the Dominican Republic this Friday, without causing personal or material damage, according to the Fire Department. According to the Dominican National Center of Seismology, the earthquake occurred at 1:22 p.m. local time (17:22 GMT), at a depth of 23 kilometers, with an epicenterContinue Reading

Between 25 and 50 people died this Friday in an Israeli bombing against a public school in the city of Loopaccording to medical sources and the Government of the Strip, in an incident of which all the circumstances have not yet been clarified and in which a granddaughter of theContinue Reading

The citizen insecurity It is a disease that has hit Latin America in recent decades. In order to better understand this shared challenge in the region, El Comercio summoned journalists from police and judicial coverage from various media outlets of the Grupo de Diarios América (GDA) in Mexico, El Salvador,Continue Reading

Egypt and Qatar They are mediating so that Israel accept a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas free at least 10 hostages, several of them from the United States. According to information collected by the EFE agency from sources close to theContinue Reading

More than 800 people have been reportedly killed by armed groups in Ardamata, West Darfur, an area which has so far been less affected by the conflict that erupted in April. Ardamata also housed a camp for internally displaced people, Close to 100 shelters have been razed to the ground,Continue Reading

The guidance will assist healthcare professionals to identify those at high, moderate or low risk of hospitalization and to tailor treatment accordingly. WHO said current COVID-19 virus variants tend to cause less severe disease while immunity levels are higher due to vaccination, which has led to lower risks of severeContinue Reading

More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one month of conflict, they said, citing local health authorities. Children, women and the elderly account for 75 per cent of the victims, and upwards of 26,000 people have been injured. “Furthermore, according to multiple sources, the number of Palestinian childrenContinue Reading

“Water is scarce and fear is pervasive” in Gaza, Mr. Türk told journalists in Amman, recounting a conversation he had minutes earlier with a colleague in Gaza who had to flee Israeli bombardments with his family. “His children, aged nine and seven, are asking him questions he does not knowContinue Reading

The assessment by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) looks at preliminary socio-economic impacts, warning that poverty could spike while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could plummet by 8.4 per cent, which translates into a loss of $1.7 billion. Lamenting the lossContinue Reading