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Relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes mourn at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 23 November 2025. (EPA)
Israeli strikes test Gaza ceasefire as health officials report dozens killed
GAZA — Israel’s military launched a series of airstrikes across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 54 others, according to Gaza health officials, in what has become the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said five senior Hamas members were killed in the strikes. Israel said the attacks were a response to gunfire at its troops. The escalation came days after the U.N. Security Council approved a U.S.-backed blueprint to secure and administer Gaza, authorizing an international stabilization force, outlining a transitional authority overseen by President Donald Trump, and envisioning a potential path to a future Palestinian state. Israel has carried out similar strikes since the ceasefire began, including...
November 23, 2025

Israeli strikes test Gaza ceasefire as health officials report dozens killed

CDC detects new flu strain as US season begins slowly
NEW YORK — The U.S. flu season is off to a slow start, but health experts are expressing new concern as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data released shows a newly emerged version of the virus driving recent infections. Early analysis suggests current flu vaccines may still offer some protection against the new strain, which is part of the type A H3N2 family — historically linked to higher hospitalization and death rates, particularly among older adults. Some scientists worry more about lagging vaccination rates, which contributed to one of the deadliest flu seasons in decades last winter. “I think we’re going to see a really severe season,” said Asefeh Faraz Covelli of the George Washington University School of Nursing. Last year’s flu hospitalization rate was...
November 23, 2025

CDC detects new flu strain as US season begins slowly

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus pardons 31 Ukrainians under US-brokered goodwill deal
TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 31 Ukrainians imprisoned in Belarus on criminal charges, the latest sign of Minsk’s attempt to ease tensions with Western nations. The prisoners were released “as a gesture of goodwill,” in line with understandings reached between Lukashenko and U.S. President Donald Trump at Kyiv’s request, Belarusian state news agency Belta reported Saturday, citing Lukashenko’s spokesperson Natalia Eismont. Those freed were handed over to Ukrainian authorities, according to the report. The move follows another high-profile decision earlier this week, when Lukashenko pardoned two jailed Catholic priests at the request of the Vatican. Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has allowed Moscow to use its territory to launch...
November 23, 2025

Belarus pardons 31 Ukrainians under US-brokered goodwill deal

A woman casts her ballot during the early presidential elections at a polling station in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 23 November 2025. (EPA)
Snap presidential election begins in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska
BANJA LUKA — Voting began Sunday in the snap presidential election in Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, where more than one million registered voters are choosing a new president following the removal of Milorad Dodik from office. Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) across 2,211 polling stations in Republika Srpska and abroad, and will remain open until 7:00 p.m. (1800 GMT). The first unofficial results are expected before midnight, according to Bosnia’s Central Election Commission. The election features six candidates competing for the presidency. The frontrunner is widely seen as Sinisa Karan, the minister of science, technology and higher education, who is backed by the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), the party led by...
November 23, 2025

Snap presidential election begins in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska

Tatiana Schlossberg.
Kennedy granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
NEW YORK — Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and has been given less than a year to live. The 35-year-old journalist shared the news in a personal essay published in The New Yorker on Saturday, coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of her grandfather’s assassination. Schlossberg, the daughter of former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and an environmental and climate writer, said she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia shortly after giving birth in May 2024. She wrote that despite her previously active lifestyle, which included running, skiing, and even swimming in the Hudson River to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, doctors have told her that...
November 23, 2025

Kennedy granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals terminal cancer diagnosis

People wade through flood water in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, 20 November 2025. (EPA)
Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 90 as heavy rains devastate central regions
HANOI — At least 90 people have been killed and another 12 remain missing after days of torrential rain triggered widespread flooding and landslides across Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday. The government reported that more than 186,000 homes have been damaged nationwide, while over three million livestock were swept away in the disaster. Officials estimate that the economic losses amount to hundreds of millions of pounds, as floodwaters submerged towns, destroyed crops and infrastructure, and cut power to tens of thousands of households. The mountainous province of Dak Lak has suffered the heaviest toll, recording more than 60 deaths since 16 November, according to AFP. The extreme weather marks Vietnam’s latest climate-driven disaster, following typhoons Kalmaegi and Bualoi, which...
November 23, 2025

Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 90 as heavy rains devastate central regions

Volodymyr Zelensky
Zelensky ready for 'honest work' with US to end Ukraine war
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready for "honest work" with the US after receiving a draft peace plan to end the war with Russia.Several US media outlets report that under the plan, Kyiv would give up areas of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine that it still controls, cut the size of its army, and pledge never to join Nato.It was unclear how involved Ukraine has been in drafting the plan, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US had engaged "equally with both sides".In a separate statement, Zelensky's office said that Ukraine had "agreed to work on the plan's provisions in a way that would bring about a just end to the war".If confirmed, the demands in the plan would appear to favour Moscow's interests.Zelensky said he expected to...
November 23, 2025

Zelensky ready for 'honest work' with US to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, USA, 22 November 2025. (EPA)
Trump says US peace plan for Ukraine is not final as allies push for revisions
JOHANNESBURG — US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war is not his “final offer” for Kyiv, amid growing concerns from Ukraine’s allies over elements of the leaked plan that are seen as favorable to Moscow. The comments came hours after leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan said the draft contains principles “essential for a just and lasting peace,” but stressed that it “requires additional work,” citing proposed border changes and limits on the size of Ukraine’s armed forces. On Sunday, senior security officials from Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Ukraine will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the 28-point framework. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned earlier that Ukraine is facing...
November 23, 2025

Trump says US peace plan for Ukraine is not final as allies push for revisions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (EPA)
Zelenskyy faces mounting political, military and diplomatic pressures
KYIV — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is confronting one of the most challenging moments of his leadership nearly four years into Russia’s war, as internal political unrest, a major corruption scandal and intense international pressure collide with worsening battlefield conditions. For more than a week, Zelenskyy has struggled to contain the fallout from a $100 million corruption scandal involving senior officials and close associates. The crisis erupted as the United States pushes a proposal that would require Kyiv to make significant concessions to end the war, including ceding territory and limiting the size of its military. “Currently, the pressure on Ukraine is one of the hardest,” Zelenskyy said in a national address on Friday. The political turmoil comes as...
November 22, 2025

Zelenskyy faces mounting political, military and diplomatic pressures

US Vice President JD Vance. (EPA)
Vance defends Trump administration’s Ukraine peace plan
WASHINGTON — US Vice President JD Vance on Friday defended the Trump administration’s emerging peace framework for ending the Russia-Ukraine war, arguing that critics misunderstand both the proposal and the realities on the ground. “Any Ukraine–Russia peace plan has to: 1) Stop the killing while preserving Ukrainian sovereignty. 2) Be acceptable to both Russia and Ukraine. 3) Maximize the chances the war doesn't restart,” Vance wrote on US social media platform X. Administration officials have floated a 28-point proposal that would require Kyiv to relinquish control of Crimea and the eastern Donbas region and permanently forgo joining NATO. Vance said criticism of the draft plan stems from either misinterpretation or a refusal to acknowledge battlefield and diplomatic...
November 22, 2025

Vance defends Trump administration’s Ukraine peace plan

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