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UN aid delivery from Turkey to Syria to resume Thursday
The United Nations may resume humanitarian aid to millions of people in northwestern Syria via Turkey on Thursday after a long-running operation was halted by a devastating earthquake in the region, U.N. officials said. For years, the United Nations has described access to opposition-held areas in Syria through a Turkish border crossing as a “lifeline” for some 4 million people who depend on humanitarian aid.
Man and family who survive Turkey earthquake
Abdulalim Muaini peered out from under a slab of concrete and brick and gestured feebly to rescuers. It has been more than two days since a massive earthquake brought down his home in Hatay, Turkey. Next to him is his wife Ezra. Help came too late for her.
Australia admits to suspending probe into MH17 crash
The Australian government said on Thursday it had acknowledged international prosecutors’ decision to suspend the investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over Ukraine. MH17 was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system while flying over eastern Ukraine from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew, including 196 Dutch citizens and 38 Australian citizens or residents.
Zelensky presses EU leaders for more arms, membership talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Brussels on Thursday for a small visit to European capitals aimed at pushing EU leaders to buy more weapons to counter a Russian aggression and start EU membership negotiations as soon as possible. After visiting London and Paris on Wednesday, Zelensky is expected to attend a summit of EU leaders and address the European Parliament during a visit to the Belgian capital.
Pentagon says U.S. monuments visited by Chinese balloons in the past
The Pentagon said on Wednesday that Chinese spy balloons that flew over the United States on four previous occasions flew over sites of interest to Beijing, but did not elaborate on whether they flew over military bases. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Washington was getting more information “almost by the hour” about a Chinese spy balloon that was shot down on the U.S. East Coast on Saturday. He said the U.S. would share the findings with Congress and allies around the world.
Driver charged with murder after bus crashed into Canadian daycare center
A city bus driver faced first-degree murder charges Wednesday after his vehicle rammed into a daycare center in suburban Montreal, killing two children and injuring six others. Police did not give a cause for the crash but charged Pierre Ny St-Amand, 51, with murder and battery. Authorities said the driver had worked in the transit system for 10 years and had no criminal record.
As death toll tops 12,000, Turkish leader admits quake relief problems
President Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged on Wednesday that there were problems with his government’s initial response to the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey, as those left impoverished and frustrated by the slow arrival of rescue teams were outraged. Erdogan, who ran for May’s election, said operations were proceeding as normal and promised not to leave anyone homeless as the combined death toll in Turkey and neighboring Syria surpassed 12,000.
Brazil minister says Bolsonaro undermined country’s cultural policy
Brazil’s former far-right president has canceled all government cultural programs and blocked funding for institutions and artists, Brazil’s new Culture Minister Margareth Menezes said on Wednesday. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has appointed Menezes, a pop singer from Bahia state, to head the newly revived ministry, which had been overtaken by his predecessor Jarr. The closure of Jair Bolsonaro, who reduced it to an office in the tourism ministry.
Chilean wildfires destroy hundreds of homes, endanger world’s smallest deer
A wildfire in south-central Chile that has killed 24 people and swallowed hundreds of homes spread to new areas on Wednesday after raging overnight, burning through the habitat of vulnerable woodland animals. “We call on everyone who can to take care of the forest that is currently burning, and our animals, these vital specimens,” said Valentina Aravena, manager of a wildlife rehabilitation center in Chillan.
Zelensky urges France and Germany to send modern planes ‘game-changing’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to two European capitals on Wednesday in search of better aerial firepower to turn the war against Russia, winning Britain’s commitment to train Ukrainian pilots on advanced NATO fighter jets. In his second trip abroad since the war began a year ago, Zelensky met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles in London before flying to France.
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