Israel targeted a Gaza school on Thursday that it said contained a Hamas compound, killing fighters involved in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the eight-month war, but Gaza media said the strike killed at least 27 people seeking shelter.
A Palestinian man inspects the site of an Israeli strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, in this screengrab taken from a video June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Reuters TV - World
Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel's attempts to take control of Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials told Reuters.
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When U.S. President Joe Biden publicly aired a Gaza ceasefire proposal developed by Israel and the United States and sent to Hamas, he made the announcement without seeking agreement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said three U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.
D-Day Anniversary
Veterans and world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles, meet in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings.
RAF veteran Bernard Morgan, 100, salutes at Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy, France. June 5, 2024. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS - World
Veterans and world leaders meet in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers arrived in France by sea and air to drive out the forces of Nazi Germany.
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President Joe Biden landed in France on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on a trip designed to underscore his commitment to U.S. allies in Europe and contrast his vision of democracy with his 2024 political opponent Donald Trump.
Poll workers reached India’s most remote corners to set up polling stations. About 642 million voters cast their ballots in the staggered seven-phase polling over six weeks, the largest election in history.
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Lack of jobs, high inflation and falling income in India led voters to rein in support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the general election where his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win a majority, according to a survey.
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Exit polls could not accurately capture discontent among the social and economic castes that are ranked lower in India in key states, resulting in an overestimation of electoral support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, two pollsters said.
Markets
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he could deploy conventional missiles within striking distance of the United States and its European allies if they allowed Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with long-range Western weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with senior editors from international news agencies at Lakhta Centre business tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 5, 2024. Sputnik/Valentina Pevtsova/Pool via REUTERS - World
Ukrainian teenager Yelisei Mamonov dreams of attending his country's top technical university one day.
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Ukraine's first deputy foreign minister visited China on Wednesday and urged it to send a delegation to a planned summit on Ukraine this month in Switzerland, in the apparent hope it was still possible to persuade China to attend.
A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in April and the source of exposure to the virus was unknown, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
The Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference. Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril - Focus
Novo Nordisk is facing the prospect of intensifying competition in the promising Chinese market where drugmakers are developing at least 15 generic versions of its diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss treatment Wegovy, clinical trial records showed.
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Italy's antitrust regulator said on Thursday it had launched a probe into several pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis , for having potentially restricted competition in the sale of a drug for eye conditions.
When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain took a drastic step: it hiked hourly wages by a third.
Ryu Kawane works at Costco store in Meiwa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Bateman/File Photo - World at Work
Walmart will pay bonuses to its U.S. hourly store workers, including those at its pharmacy and Vision Center stores, the retailer said on Wednesday, in a move that could boost wages for 700,000 front-line staff.
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Pilots at Aer Lingus are balloting for industrial action in a dispute over pay, the Irish Air Lines Pilots’ Association (IALPA) said on Wednesday, while the Irish airline dismissed the action as "entirely unnecessary."
President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections.
Talking Points
The first all-girls team in the country are determined to put Somaliland on the map, by mobilising their more than 10,000 followers on social media.
