World Briefing: October 21, 2024

The vote count in crucial elections in Moldova is almost complete, with pro-EU integration forced narrowly winning a referendum vote that would clear the path for the small country to join the bloc. Israel has carried out air strikes across Lebanon, saying it's targeting branches of a bank used by Hezbollah, with Israel's foreign minister saying the city is "in flames"

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Michael BociurkiwComment
World Briefing: October 20, 2024

Crucial voting underway today in the buffer state of Moldova as citizens decide on whether they’ll become EU members - and have Maia Sandhu as president again. Israel has carried out at least a dozen air strikes on Beirut on Saturday in the heaviest attack the Lebanese capital witnessed in more than a week

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Michael BociurkiwComment
World Briefing: October 17, 2024

Stray dogs are eating the dead in the streets of northern Gaza, an emergency services chief says. UK investigating the origins of a package that caught fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham, amid heightened fears that Russian agents are intent on causing “mayhem” on Britain’s streets.

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World Briefing: October 12, 2024

A US-made munition was used in a strike on central Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded 117. Russia has confirmed that Donald Trump sent the Kremlin sample Covid-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic

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World Briefing: October 8, 2024

Ten firefighters in Lebanon have been killed after Israeli soldiers targeted a fire station affiliated with the Islamic Health Authority. Hezbollah is again firing rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa, after the city was hit for the first time in 18 years on Monday

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Michael BociurkiwComment
World Briefing: October 7, 2024

Israel’s military said it launched attacks against Hamas positions throughout the Gaza Strip on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, as Israelis held memorials to mourn the victims of the deadly assault a year ago. Two Chinese nationals have been killed and at least ten people injured after an explosion near the airport in Karachi, Pakistan

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Michael BociurkiwComment
World Briefing: October 6, 2024

Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon. Meanwhile, the UN says Lebanon is facing a “terrible” refugee crisis, with people “left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes.”

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World Briefing: October 4, 2024

Apparent Israeli bombing has caused large explosions just outside Beirut's international airport.  Cambodian authorities have arrested and charged an award-winning journalist in apparent reprisal for his investigative journalism

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