With Rafah border crossing closed, malnourished children in Gaza risk death
CBC
WARNING: This story contains images of an emaciated child.
Younis Jumaa laid still on the hospital bed at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on Wednesday, a shell of his former self after nearly nine months of war. His skin was stretched taut over his growing bones. An IV drip hung beside the bed of the nine-year-old who, on that day, weighed just 17 pounds.
"It's as if he's paralyzed," said his mother, Ghanima Jumaa.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he'll nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.
The gasps echoing across Washington on Wednesday proved that Donald Trump retains the capacity to shock. That's just what he did with some boundary-busting cabinet picks.
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Uncertainty and corruption are already looming over this year's climate negotiations, as delegates descend on oil-rich Baku to start talks Monday.
Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least one person.
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Israel was sending commercial planes to the Netherlands on Friday to bring home Israeli soccer fans after overnight attacks in Amsterdam that officials described as antisemitic, although there was evidence of provocative chanting from Israeli fans.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had flattering words to share Thursday about Donald Trump's recent election win and the character of the next U.S. president.