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☆ A ground offensive by Israel into Gaza now seems inevitable. The big question is what comes next
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Israeli soldiers listen to Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as he meets them in a field near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 19, 2023. Do you replace it with the Palestinian Authority, which has extremely low levels of popularity in the Gaza Strip?" Thomas Coex | Afp | Getty ImagesMeanwhile, the Palestinian Authority is likely to be reluctant to look like they are collaborating with Israel, Ramani said. The Gaza Strip is a narrow portion of land sandwiched between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 22, 2023 amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Palestinian groups.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Ronen Zvulun, Samuel Ramani, Ramani, CNBC's, Ismail Haniyeh, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Thomas Coex, Jonathan Conricus, Yossi Mekelberg, Mekelberg, Israel, Said Khatib Organizations: Israel's, Reuters, Hamas, Royal United Services Institute, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian, Afp, Getty, Israel Defense Forces, ABC Radio Melbourne, United Nations, Chatham House Locations: Israel's, Gaza, Israel, Reuters Israel, Sderot, Egypt, Rafah

☆ Gaza: Israel calls on 1.1 million people to evacuate south in order UN warns is 'impossible'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Helen Regan Caitlin Hu Mohammed Tawfeeq Akanksha Sharma Nadeen Ebrahim | Helen Regan | Caitlin Hu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Gaza City is part of the coastal strip and is particularly crowded. A man reacts outside a burning collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on October 11. Atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel last weekend sparked international revulsion and escalated the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Hamas militants breached the heavily-fortified border in a coordinated assault, indiscriminately killing men, women and children, and taking as many as 150 hostages back to Gaza. An IDF Artillery solider covers his ears as a shell is fired toward Gaza on October 11, near Netivot, Israel.

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☆ UN says over 400,000 people displaced in Gaza, appeals for $300 mln
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Smoke billows following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, October 13, 2023. The agency launched an appeal for nearly $294 million to help some 1.3 million people in Gaza and the West Bank, of which nearly half was programmed for food aid as supplies run out. In the Gaza Strip, the cumulative number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) increased by 25% over the past 24 hours, now exceeding 423,000, of whom over two thirds are taking shelter in UNRWA schools," OCHA said, referring to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency. It said 23 aid workers had so far been killed since the weekend, including 11 health workers and 12 UNRWA employees. Reporting by Emma Farge, Editing by Friederike HeineOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, OCHA, Emma Farge, Friederike Heine Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza

Relief workers warned the health care system in Gaza is crumbling under an Israeli blockade. Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes, which were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Karama area, in northern Gaza, on Wednesday. The Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al Kaila on Thursday called for urgent international help to field hospitals in Gaza. Palestinian officials in Gaza had said two days earlier that the crossing had been closed due to Israeli airstrikes. “They (Hamas) will regret this moment – Gaza will never return to what it was,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said earlier.

Persons: Jonathan Conricus, Israel, Mustafa Hassona, Said Khatib, Israel Katz, ” Katz, ”, Isaac Herzog, ” Herzog, CNN’s Becky Anderson, Dr, Mustafa Barghouti, “ That’s, Israel’s, “, Barghouti, Ghassan Abu, ” Abu, Ahmad Hasaballah, Sitta, Cross, Ashraf Al, Qudra, Health Mai Al Kaila, Antony Blinken, CNN’s Matthew Chance, Yoav Gallant Organizations: CNN —, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel Defense Forces, Medical, Shifa, Getty Images Israeli Energy, Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Rights Watch, CNN, Palestinian National Initiative, West Bank, International Committee, East, Committee, Palestinian, Health, Arish International Airport, Gaza, Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organization, ”, IDF, Israeli Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Anadolu, Rafah, AFP, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Gaza’s, Geneva, Egypt, Arish, Sinai, Jordanian

☆ Poland's toxic politics is splitting the country in two, one family at a time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“We always end up talking about politics,” Karolina says with an exaggerated weariness. An increasingly toxic politics has polluted kitchens and dining rooms in every region of the country. But the negativity of the country’s politics – arguments echoed each hour on state TV, which is almost always turned on – has worn her down, she says. The efforts sparked years of legal challenges, protests and international confrontations – and hardened the Polish public. Asked whether Polish politics is more divided than they remember it, three generations of this family explode in agreement.

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☆ Israel retaliates after Hamas attacks, deaths pass 1,100
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Israeli military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said the country had called in around 100,000 soldiers. Iran is an ally of Hamas and while it congratulated Hamas on the attack, its mission to the United Nations said Tehran was not involved in the attacks. Several international air carriers have suspended flight services with Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas attack, saying they are waiting for conditions to improve before resuming. In Gaza, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem condemned the U.S. announcement as "an actual participation in the aggression against our people" and said the group would not be intimidated. The United States led Western denunciations of Hamas' attack, with Biden issuing a blunt warning to Iran and others on : "This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks."

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☆ Major Gulf bourses drop amid surging Gaza-Israel conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Md Manzer Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Acquire Licensing RightsOct 8 (Reuters) - Major stock markets in the Gulf tumbled on Sunday amid worries that rising conflict between Palestinian group Hamas and Israel threatens to spiral. The index was dragged down by losses in all sectors, with Lumi Rental (4262.SE) down 5% and Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (7040.SE) dropping 5.3%. Saudi Aramco Base Oil (2223.SE) (Luberef)dropped 6.8% and the world's largest Islamic bank by assets, Al Rajhi Bank(1120.SE) slipped 2.1%. The Qatari index (.QSI) fell for a third straight session, ending 0.6% lower, with most sectors in the red. Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index (.EGX30) plunged 2.6%, the steepest drop in nearly three months.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Md Manzer Hussain, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Lumi, Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication, Saudi Aramco Base Oil, Al Rajhi Bank, . Industries Qatar, Commercial Bank, Commercial International Bank, Finance, Digital, Financial, Telecom Egypt, Fawry Banking, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Palestinian, Israel, Gaza, East, Saudi

☆ What to know about the surprise Hamas attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Hadas Gold Richard Allen Greene Amir Tal Ibrahim Dahman Abeer Salman Kareem Khaddar Nadeen Ebrahim | Hadas Gold | Richard Allen Greene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In response to the attack, Israel launched “Operation Swords of Iron,” striking a number of targets in the Gaza strip. After Hamas seized control of Gaza, Israel and Egypt imposed a strict siege on the territory, which is ongoing. Before Saturday’s operation, the last war between Hamas and Israel was in 2021, which lasted for 11 days and killed at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel. A member of Israeli security forces tries to extinguish fire on cars following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel. Western states condemned the Hamas attack and pledged support for Israel while Arab states, including those that have recognized Israel, called for calm.

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☆ Kyiv: Touting American-made guns, frontline Ukrainian soldiers fear potential loss of US military support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Vasco Cotovio Frederik Pleitgen Daniel Hodge Kostyantin Gak | Vasco Cotovio | Frederik Pleitgen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Donetsk region, Ukraine CNN —A Ukrainian solider rushes through the front-line in Klishchiivka, eastern Ukraine, as gun and artillery fire erupt around him. A Ukrainian soldier practices with an American-donated machine gun at a training ground in eastern Ukraine. Vasco Cotovio/CNNUnfazed by the artillery duels just a few miles away, over the battered city of Bakhmut, Vasyl, 44, practices with a US-made M2 Browning machine gun. “This is a large-caliber machine gun that works without failures,” said Vasyl, who asked that his last name not be used due to safety concerns. Back at the Ukrainian military training ground, smoke billows on the horizon but a momentary silence suggests an end to the artillery duel in the distance.

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☆ Archaeologists find the remains of 2 adults they believe could be victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Human remains found by archaeologists could be from victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The remains were found during a dig at grave shafts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, CNN reported. Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said that the archaeological team had exposed 22 grave shafts in a video posted on Facebook on Thursday. Stackelbeck said archaeologists had found "fancier or nicer coffins" in some of the other grave shafts, which they did not think were likely to be victims of the massacre. The Tulsa Race Massacre took place from May 31 to June 1, 1921 and was one of the worst incidents of racial violence to have occurred in US history.

Persons: Kary Stackelbeck, Stackelbeck Organizations: CNN, Service, Facebook, Greenwood District, Independent Locations: Tulsa, Tulsa , Oklahoma, State, Wall, Silicon, Oaklawn Cemetery, Oklahoma, Oaklawn, Greenwood

REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies PT Suralaya Indotenaga FollowSINGAPORE/JAKARTA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels. Plans to build two more would emit 250 million tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the groups said a letter to World Bank compliance ombudsman Janine Ferretti. The IFC, the World Bank and Hana Bank Indonesia did not immediately respond to requests to comment. According to the Global Energy Monitor think tank, Indonesia was one of 11 countries to commission new coal plants last year. The JETP compels Indonesia to impose a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, though there are exemptions for "captive" plants that serve other industrial facilities.

Persons: Willy Kurniawan, Janine Ferretti, CREA, David Stanway, Miral Organizations: Indonesia Power, Plant, REUTERS, World Bank, International Financial Corporation, IFC, Hana, Hana Bank Indonesia, Bank, Inclusive Development, Hana Bank, Research, Energy, Clean, PT, Raya, Global Energy Monitor, Thomson Locations: Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, Hana Bank, Asia, U.S, Hana Bank Indonesia, Helsinki, Jakarta, China, India

Smoke billows from flames near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023. The database includes names collected from "missing persons" notices posted at shelters as well as information submitted by loved ones. About 46,000 people had flown out of Kahului Airport, Maui's main airport, between Wednesday and Saturday, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority. "50% of our visitor economy still exists and is thriving in South Maui," the Maui Fresh Streatery food truck posted on Facebook. Bar chart shows visitor spending share of GDP to Maui and Hawaii which are much higher than that for the entire U.S.

Persons: Dustin Johnson, Handout, Josh Green, We've, Green, We're, Chris Loeffler, Deanne Criswell, Criswell, Jeremy Greenberg, Greenberg, Chris Young, Young, Basil Spring, Jorge Garcia, Mike Blake, Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Andrew Hay, Brad Brooks, Sharon Bernstein, Doyinsola Oladipo, Dan Whitcomb, Joseph Ax, Daniel Trotta, Jonathan Oatis, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Monday, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Cross, Hawaiian Electric Industries, CNN, Kahului, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Reuters Graphics, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Lahaina, Lahaina , Hawaii, U.S, Hawaii, Maui, Minnesota, West Maui, Maui's, South Maui

☆ Death toll from Maui fires rises to 53, governor says, and more than 1,000 structures have burned
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

More than 1,000 structures were destroyed by fires that were still burning, he said. The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. As she assessed the damage Thursday, she came upon a line of burned-out vehicles, some with charred bodies inside them. More than 270 structures have been damaged or destroyed, and dozens of people have been injured, including some critically. A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Maui's city of Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023.

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☆ Over $1 trillion needed for developing nations' climate transition, says ex-World Bank official
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

(Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)Developing nations will need more than $1 trillion each year to make significant progress in climate transition, according Mari Pangestu, a former World Bank official. "The estimate is like $1 [trillion] to $3 trillion a year for developing countries to be able to transition," she told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Thursday. This has led to tensions between developing nations and the developed world, which are pushing for more progress in climate related issues. "This debate is going to continue unless developed countries can see that this is about development and climate — not just about climate," Pangestu, a former trade and tourism minister for Indonesia, said. This was "part of the bone of contention," for the lack of progress made in the recently concluded Group of 20 climate ministers meeting in India, Pangestu said.

Persons: Kevin Frayer, Mari Pangestu, CNBC's, Pangestu Organizations: World Bank Locations: Inner Mongolia, China, Indonesia, India

☆ 'We are being poisoned': Black residents living in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' say the state is guilty of 'genocide' and environmental racism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Trisha Gopal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Black residents living in the area have a disproportionate lifetime cancer risk. The complaint alleged that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality discriminated against Black residents by issuing permits that authorized new industrial facilities. Last year, the EPA announced a critical civil-rights investigation into Louisiana, looking into whether the state had violated the rights of Black residents in Cancer Alley. Smoke billows from a chemical plant in the area along 'Cancer Alley', October 12, 2013. "Once we came up with Cancer Alley, industry hated it, and they've been trying to prove that it's not a reality," he said.

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☆ Niger: US State Department orders evacuation of non-emergency personnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from Niger following last week’s military takeover. Subsequent events have severely limited flight options,” the State Department said in an updated travel advisory. “We’re working really, really hard to see if we can turn this around,” a senior State Department official said Monday. On Tuesday, however, the US Embassy in Niger asked Americans who are in the country and wish to leave to register with the US State Department. The State Department created a similar form in the midst of deadly violence in Sudan, when scores of Americans were in need of assistance to depart the country.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, “, Matt Miller, ”, ” Miller, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Miller Organizations: CNN, US State Department, Wednesday, “, State Department, Department, Embassy, Nigerien, Nigerien Party for Democracy and, Getty, CNN Wednesday, The State Department Locations: Niger, Embassy Niamey, ”, U.S, Niamey, AFP, West, Sahel, Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, United States, Nigerien, Sudan, France, Italy

☆ Icelandic volcano erupts near capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Nora Buli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Smoke billows and lava spurts after the eruption of a volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula, near the capital Reykjavik, in southwest Iceland, July 10, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media. Juergen Merz - Glacier Photo Artist/via REUTERSOSLO, July 10 (Reuters) - A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country's Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday. "At the moment, it's a very small eruption," said Matthew Roberts of the service and research division at the IMO. Reykjanes Peninsula is a volcanic and seismic hot-spot southwest of the capital Reykjavik. "This is not a volcanic eruption with any ash.

Persons: Juergen Merz, Matthew Roberts, IMO's Roberts, Nora Buli, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, country's Meteorological, Reykjavik's, Keflavik, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, REUTERS OSLO, Reykjanes, Oslo

Armed men attended the funeral on Wednesday of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli military operation. People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque in Jenin, West Bank, on Wednesday, July 5. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images People attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed during the Israeli military operation. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. “Military bulldozers destroyed multiple roads leading to the Jenin refugee camp, making it nearly impossible for ambulances to reach patients,” the group said.

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The military operation remained ongoing Tuesday morning with Israeli forces searching for 10 remaining primary targets in the Jenin refugee camp, according to the IDF. A military source said Monday the operation is the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in more than 20 years. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. Raneen Sawafta/Reuters Palestinians run for cover during the Israeli military operation in Jenin. Majdi Mohammed/AP Palestinian women react Monday during the Israeli military operation in Jenin.

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☆ Jiangxi: Explosion at chemical factory in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Hong Kong CNN —An explosion at a chemical plant in Southeast China on Saturday sent huge billows of thick black smoke into the air. The blast took place at a plant owned by the silicon oil production company Jiangxi QianTai New Materials at around noon in the city of Guixi, Jiangxi province, according to Chinese state media outlet CCTV. Footage posted on Weibo by CCTV and People’s Daily, another Chinese state media outlet, showed a huge plume of black smoke billowing into the air and emergency services attending to the scene. Initial reports suggest that the explosion occurred after silicon oil caught fire, according to CCTV. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire that led to the explosion.

Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Saturday, Weibo, Twitter, CCTV, Firefighters Locations: Hong Kong, Southeast China, Jiangxi, Guixi, Weibo

☆ Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Massive fires burning in remote areas – like some of those currently burning in northwestern Quebec – are often too out of control to do anything about. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the view of the Statue of Liberty on Friday in New York. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Smoke and haze is seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 27. Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the visibility in Pittsburgh on June 8. Another issue is the increase in the wildfires are caused by climate change, and are simultaneously making climate change worse.

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☆ Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Ismail Shakil | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Smoke billows upwards from the Donnie Creek wildfire (G80280) south of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada June 11, 2023. Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERSOTTAWA, June 12 (Reuters) - Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. "If you look at western Canada, it's completely covered by the smoke and that continues into Tuesday," federal meteorologist Gerald Cheng told reporters on Monday. "The risk for smoke is very high because the winds are really transporting the smoke throughout Alberta today and even into Tuesday." (Click here to read what health experts say about wildfire smoke.)

Persons: it's, Gerald Cheng, Cheng, Anita, Ismail Shakil, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Wildfire Service, REUTERS OTTAWA, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire, TC Energy, Health, U.S ., Canadian Defence, Thomson Locations: Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, Alberta, Quebec, Netherlands, Europe, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Edson, Edmonton, McMurray, U.S . East Coast, Alberta , Nova Scotia, Ottawa

☆ Air Quality Levels Drop in U.S. as Smoke Billows from Canadian Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Air-Quality Levels Worsen in U.S. Due to Canadian Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Paul Vieira | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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