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Video and witness accounts indicate there have been multiple strikes in the area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Tuesday, with many casualties being taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. In one video, a blanket appears to be covering a dead body as people at the scene prepare to move the body. "Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is the only hospital in the central area and cannot accommodate such a large number of people, especially considering that massacres against our people are still ongoing," he said. "There is a major crisis, particularly because we do not have enough beds, especially in the overcrowded emergency room." Another video filmed in Deir al-Balah shows a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance fleeing the scene of nearby artillery fire, according to the aid agency.

Persons: Khalil Al Daqran, Al Daqran Organizations: Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, CNN, Al, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Red Crescent Society Locations: Deir, Gaza, Aqsa, Deir al, Al Aqsa, Deir Al, Egypt, Rafah

☆ Wounded and dead overwhelm southern Gaza hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Arafat Barbakh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Fadi Shana Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - In southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital, a young man cradled the lifeless body of his brother then reached out to try to grab a medic running past him in the corridor. More than 15,500 people have been confirmed killed in Gaza since the start of the conflict, according to Gaza's health ministry. Elsewhere in Khan Younis, families gathered at funerals. Reporting by Arafat Barbakh in Gaza Writing by Maggie Fick; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nasser, Khan Younis, Fadi Shana, Israel, Akram el, Arafat Barbakh, Maggie Fick, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Nasser Hospital, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Khan, Israel

REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza, Dec 1 (Reuters) - At Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, a man cradling a boy with a bloodied scalp cried for help. Barely two hours after the lapse of a week-old truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reported that 32 people had already been killed in Israeli air strikes. Reuters footage from Nasser Hospital, the second largest in the Gaza strip, showed a steady stream of wounded children and adults being brought in as other people wept outside beside bodies of loved ones killed in strikes. "Gaza's health system has been crippled by the ongoing hostilities," Dr Richard Peeperkorn, the World Health Organisation's representative in Gaza, said. "It cannot afford to lose any more hospitals or hospital beds," he told reporters by video link.

Persons: Nasser, Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza's, António Guterres, Richard Peeperkorn, Arafat Barbakh, Mohammed Salem, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Maggie Fick, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: REUTERS, Nasser Hospital, Palestinian, Hamas, United Nations, Health Organisation's, Thomson Locations: Israel, Khan, Gaza, Gaza's Hamas, United, Geneva

Nearly 30 young people took refuge inside a grimy bunker on the morning of Oct. 7, hoping the reinforced-concrete shelter near the border with Gaza would fulfill its promise of protection. Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed more than 11,000 people in the Palestinian enclave. There is no official list of who was in the bunker near Re’im, one of hundreds of shelters that dot the roads of southern Israel. Seeing a shelter, its exterior painted with a colorful mural of a bird, they pulled their cars off the road and sought safety inside. She had arrived at the festival around 4:30 a.m. with her boyfriend, her nephew and his girlfriend.

Persons: ”, Ziv Abud Organizations: Health Locations: Gaza, Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, Re’im, Tel Aviv

☆ Surgery without drugs, patients piling up: Gaza’s hospitals overwhelmed as power run out
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —In Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, a dazed and drowsy woman sits on the floor with a bleeding leg. “The situation in hospitals is miserable… (it) makes you weep,” Rajaa Musleh, a 50-year-old woman sheltering at Al-Shifa, told CNN on Thursday. ‘Overloaded’Hospital staff are exhausted, Dr. Alaa Shitali, a medical officer at Al-Shifa’s emergency department, told CNN Tuesday. “And the doctors are left to treat them with limited pain control, (as they are) running out of anesthetic drugs.” she told CNN. Hospitals in the besieged and heavily battered enclave are “hanging by a thread,” the UN said Monday, adding that around 10 hospitals in Gaza are still operational.

Persons: Rajaa, ”, Musleh, Mustafa Hassona, Alaa, “, Shitali, Tanya Haj, Hassan, Gaza’s, Israel, Sobhi Skaik, Skaik, Khan, Ahmad Hasaballah, Atef Al Kahlout, Ali Jadallah, Bashar Morad, Morad, ” Morad, ” Musleh Organizations: CNN, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UN’s, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Getty, Palestinian Ministry of Health, ’ Hospital, Al, of Health, Nasser Medical Hospital, Israel Defense Forces, Care International, Quds Hospital, The, Care, UN, Palestinian, Crescent, Palestinian Red Crescent Society Locations: Al, Gaza, Anadolu, Ramallah, Gaza City, Israel, Turkish, Palestinian, Hamas, Khan Younis, GAZA, Quds, Tel al, The Geneva

☆ French government condemns 'disgusting' Marseille fan violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

French Interior and Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - France's government condemned on Monday "disgusting" weekend violence around the Olympique de Marseille soccer stadium and said nine people had been arrested after visitors Olympique Lyonnais' bus was attacked and their Italian coach injured. Sunday's Ligue 1 match between the arch-rivals of France's south east, who have a history of fan violence, was cancelled. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said nine people had been detained so far. Darmanin denied authorities had failed to prepare for the risk, saying 500 police officers were present.

Persons: Gerald Darmanin, Sarah Meyssonnier, Fabio Grosso, Amelie Oudea, Castera, Darmanin, Tassilo Hummel, Sudip Kar, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Overseas, REUTERS, Rights, Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais, Sunday's Ligue, France, Stade Velodrome, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, France's

☆ In Israel and Gaza, Photos Show the Human Cost of War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After Hamas, which controls Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, photographers documented moments of mourning and later, mobilization. Israel retaliated by bombarding Gaza with airstrikes; a photographer in the Gaza City neighborhood of Al-Nasr captured images of children looking toward the sky, fearing aerial attacks. Over the past two weeks, the photojournalism of The New York Times has relayed the horror and human cost of the conflict. Ms. Tripoli, who is based in London, oversees the Times photography coming out of Israel and Gaza. Below are four photographs taken by freelance photojournalists who are covering the war for The Times.

Persons: Khan, Israel, Nasr, ”, Gaia Tripoli, photojournalists, Sergey Ponomarev, Avishag Shaar, Samar Abu Elouf, Yousef Masoud, Masoud, Abu, — Terence McGinley Organizations: Hamas, New York Times, Times, The Times Locations: Kfar Azza, Khan Younis, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Al, Tripoli, London, Russian

☆ Families of hostages are struggling with 'ambiguous loss,' cycling through hope and despair as they await word on their loved ones after Hamas' attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

About 140 people are likely hostages of Hamas. Not knowing whether to grieve or hold hope is having an immobilizing effect on the families. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The families of Israel's dead are holding funerals and mourning in the wake of Hamas' deadly rampage. A Hamas video indicated his 18-year-old son had been taken hostage.

Persons: —, Rachel Goldberg, Hersh Goldberg, Polin, Witnesses, They're, Pauline Boss, they're, Mia Schem, she'd, Keren Schem, Ilan Regev, Regev, Mirit Regev, Iris Haim, Haim's, texted, Haim Organizations: Service, Associated Press, AP, University of Minnesota, Hamas, Shura Locations: Israel, Gaza City, Jerusalem, Kfar Aza, Gaza

☆ Henry Taylor’s ‘B Side’ Is Full of Grade-A Paintings
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Roberta Smith | More About Roberta Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As long as there are artists like Henry Taylor around, painting is in little danger of dying. That is because Taylor, like most great painters, has reinvented the medium for his own purposes, reshaped it to his own particular needs. Those needs seem complex, encompassing and exceptionally empathetic. They are those of an ambitious artist attempting to give as full an account as he can of Black life in America, starting with his own, and spiraling out to family, friends and fellow artists (some of whom are white) as well as Black figures from politics and culture, and urgent issues like incarceration and racial violence. In “Henry Taylor: B Side,” a thrilling survey at the Whitney Museum, you will see paintings of the artist watching his toddler daughter feed herself; Barack and Michelle Obama sitting cozy on a couch; Philando Castile dying in his car after being shot by a Minneapolis policeman; a self-portrait based on a 16th-century portrait of King Henry V in profile wearing royal regalia; and the great Chuck Berry performing for a group of slightly dazed-looking white teenagers.

Persons: Henry Taylor, Taylor, “ Henry Taylor, Michelle Obama, Castile, King Henry V, Chuck Berry Organizations: Whitney Museum Locations: America, Minneapolis

“Getting information from social media is likely to lead to you being severely disinformed,” said Ahmed. Everyone from US foreign adversaries to domestic extremists to internet trolls and “engagement farmers” has been exploiting the war on social media for their own personal or political gain, he added. “Bad actors surrounding us have been manipulating, confusing and trying to create deception on social media platforms,” Dan Brahmy, CEO of the Israeli social media threat intelligence firm Cyabra, said Thursday in a video posted to LinkedIn. The dynamic simultaneously highlights the business models of social media and the role the companies play in carefully calibrating their users’ experiences. ‘Be very cautious about sharing’Despite giving the impression of reality and truthfulness, Brookie said, individual stories and combat footage conveyed through social media often lack the broader perspective and context that journalists, research organizations and even social media moderation teams apply to a situation to help achieve a fuller understanding of it.

Persons: ”, Gazans, Pepe, Imran Ahmed, Ahmed, “, Dan Brahmy, ‘, ’ Graham Brookie, Islamophobic, Elon Musk, it’s, ” Imran Ahmed, ” Brian Fishman, ” Linda Yaccarino, “ We’ve, Andy Stone, Snapchat, TikTok, ” Ahmed, ” Brookie, Brookie Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, —, Twitter, European Union, Facebook, YouTube, Center, LinkedIn, Digital Forensic Research, Atlantic Council, European Commission, European, Digital Services Locations: New York, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, London, Egypt, Islamophobic, Washington ,, United Kingdom, United States

☆ How to avoid, identify and treat concussions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Andrea Kane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

(CNN) — Doctors, researchers and laypeople have come a long way in the understanding of concussions. To hear more of the conversation on kids, sports and concussions, listen to the full episode of Chasing Life here:So, what can you do to protect, identify and treat a concussion? Concussions can happen without losing consciousnessYou do not need to lose consciousness to have a concussion, Stamm said via email. Concussions can occur without a direct hit to the headSimilarly, a concussion can occur in the absence of a direct hit to the head. “The best way to prevent a concussion is to avoid impacts.”We hope these five tips help protect your (or a loved one’s) brain in case of a concussion.

Persons: Sanjay Gupta, —, Julie Stamm, ”, “, Stamm, “ We’re, ” Stamm, Gupta Organizations: CNN, —, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Sports, University of Wisconsin -, University of Pittsburgh Medical Locations: kinesiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Israel, Gaza

☆ Thai mall shooting victim's mother bids emotional farewell at cremation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Mourners attend the cremation ceremony of Moe Myint, a 31-year-old Burmese victim of the Thailand mall shooting, at a temple in Nonthaburi, Thailand, October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva Acquire Licensing RightsNONTHABURI, Thailand, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Among the hundreds mourning Moe Myint on Sunday was the mother of the Burmese victim of last week's shooting rampage at a Bangkok mall, seeming dazed at the cremation ceremony on the outskirts of the Thai capital. Tears streaking her face, Khin Win was revived with smelling salts as she sat at the Buddhist ceremony. Moe Myint was one of two killed when a 14-year-old boy went on a shooting spree at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping centre in Bangkok's bustling commercial area on Tuesday. Moe Myint's employer, Aksorn Chantarojvanich, who attended the funeral, said she would provide the family 10,000 baht ($270) a month, matching the remittances Moe Myint had sent home.

Persons: Moe Myint, Jorge Silva, Win, Khin Win, Moe Myint's, Aksorn Chantarojvanich, Tawee Sodsong, Napat Weshasartar, Panu, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Siam Paragon, Thai, Thomson Locations: Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Thai, Siam, Myanmar

☆ 'Half the village is gone': Ukraine hamlet reels after missile strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Valeriy Kozyr, 61, cries as he sits next to graves after losing his daughter and other relatives in a Russian military strike, at a cemetery outside the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Moscow denies targeting civilians in its full-scale invasion, a position it repeated on Friday in response to the Hroza strike. "On one side, the neighbours are gone, and on the other side a woman is gone." 'HALF THE VILLAGE GONE'As darkness fell on Thursday, dazed emergency crews carried bodies placed in white bags on to the back of a pickup truck. "Half the village is gone, families are gone," said Kozyr, standing beside his wife as she wept.

Persons: Valeriy Kozyr, Thomas Peter Acquire, Kozyr, Olya, Volodymr Zelenskiy, Serhiy Bolvinov, Valentyna Kozienko, Oleksandr Mukhovatyi, Andriy Kozyr, Valeriy, Andriy, Mike Collett, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Regional, Local, Thomson Locations: Russian, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Kharkiv, Ukrainian

☆ Russian missile strike on cafe and shop kills 51 in Ukraine, Kyiv says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. The attack was the deadliest in the Kharkiv region since Russia's invasion more than 19 months ago, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv regional military administration told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne. It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike since the start of the war. UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL CONDEMN ATTACKKlymenko cited preliminary information that he said showed the attack was carried out with an Iskander ballistic missile. He said the strike was clearly very targeted and that Ukrainian security services had launched an investigation into the matter.

Persons: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, Zelenskiy, Oleh Synehubov, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavend Organizations: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS Acquire, Kharkiv, Suspilne, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Kyiv, Spain KYIV, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, UKRAINIAN, Spain, Russia, Moscow

☆ I was arrested for trying to buy cannabis 15 years ago. Now, I run a multi-million dollar business selling weed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Keshawn Warner is the cofounder of Dazed, a cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts and New York. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Keshawn Warner, co-founder of the cannabis dispensary Dazed. Then, in 2008, at the height of the stop and frisk era, I was arrested for trying to buy cannabis. A Dazed cannabis dispensary. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen we heard that New York had legalized cannabis and was opening up its cannabis industry, my ears perked up.

Persons: Keshawn Warner, Warner, Yoonji Han, Woodrow Wilson, There's, we'd, Andrew Lichtenstein, dink, I'd, Patrick Roberts, frisked Organizations: Warner, Morning, Getty Images, Norfolk State University, Yankees, York Locations: Massachusetts, New York, New York City, East Harlem, Puerto Rican, California, Breckenridge in Colorado . Denver, York, Manhattan

☆ Opinion | We All Have the Right to Mourn on Sept. 11
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Gabriella Ferrigine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She went instead to her office at 111 Broadway, the Trinity Building, next to the towers. She was there when jihadists plunged the first plane into the north tower, and along with everyone else in her building, she fled. Mom was on a street below near the south tower when the second plane struck. When she boarded the ferry home to Monmouth County, N.J., her blue dress suit, now gray, was still wet. The people she’d planned to meet in the south tower had died.

Persons: Michaela Ferrigine, Olivia —, jihadists, Mom, didn’t, — Organizations: World Trade, Trinity Locations: Monmouth County, N.J

Landing feet first on the ground, Mnqandi felt his right leg crack. His son seemed OK, and there was his wife, dazed, but alive. But there was no sign of his stepdaughter, Melita. The 16-year-old had turned back to fetch some blankets to use as ropes to shorten the terrifying distance to the bottom.

Persons: Mnqandi, Melita

☆ 16 Adults on the Virtues and Pleasures of Being Bad - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

They’re almost enough to make you forget the pleasures of being a little bit bad. We asked 16 writers — most of them respectable adults — about the irresponsible, immoral, indulgent things they do. Years later, we bumped into each other in public, resulting in a humiliating exposition that left everyone questioning my sanity. Can’t stop won’t stop ShopliftingWhenever I’m at the airport, I like to do a little shopping at the Free Store. Yes yes yes.

Persons: —, it’s, I’ve, Kennedy, Dan Cathy, Burger King, Jack, they’re, Chick, I’m, ”, Tell, Wranchers, pant, Henry Hill, Bob Hughes, — let’s, Kelly I, It’s, Saint Augustine, “, It’s icky, Jamieson Webster, Rinee Shah Organizations: Harvard, New York Times Locations: British, New York, “, YOLO, San Francisco

☆ 'It was a death trap.' Their loved ones died working in the extreme heat. Now they demand change
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

By Friday, he had his accident, and my son was gone Saturday morning,” Velma Infante, his mother, told CNN. CNN spoke to two women who lost loved ones who died while working outdoors in the extreme heat. According to what Eugene’s then-supervisor told Carla, her husband collapsed in a neighbor’s front yard while delivering mail. Velma Infante carries this vial which holds a print out of her son Gabriel's last heart beats. Velma Infante worries that other state governors might follow Abbott’s example and implement similar laws that could potentially roll back local worker protections.

Persons: Los Angeles CNN — Gabriel Infante, “, Gabriel’s, Joshua Espinoza, Infante, EMTs, Infante wasn’t overdosing, ” Velma Infante, ”, Carla Gates, Eugene Gates, ’ Gates, Eugene, Carla, ” Gates, Carla didn’t, ” Carla, Eugene’s, Gates, Kimetra Lewis, Aaron Fisher, ’ Infante, Velma, ” Infante, Gabriel, ” Velma, Velma Infante, Gabriel's, John General, ’ ” Velma, Greg Abbott’s, Biden, we’re Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, CNN, US Postal Service, Dallas, Medical, National Association of, Carriers, USPS, Texas, Occupational Safety, Health Administration Locations: San Antonio , Texas, Bexar County , Texas, Bexar County, Dallas, Texas, Lakewood , Texas, Gates, Austin

☆ Can Good Journalism Change the World? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Lydia Polgreen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

War arrived on their doorstep, and each of them, somehow, found the courage to meet it. Chernov was an artist who increasingly moved to making news photos and videos when Russia menaced and ultimately invaded Ukraine. Stepanenko, the daughter of a pioneer of hip-hop dance in Ukraine, was just 22 years old during the siege of Mariupol. A woman on the verge of giving birth is carried out of a bombed hospital, dazed, bleeding, clutching her swollen belly. I have watched helplessly as friends and colleagues have been jailed, beaten and killed simply for trying to do their work with honor and integrity.

Persons: Chernov, Maloletka, Vladimir Putin’s, wails Organizations: Stepanenko Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Mariupol

☆ In Florida, Swimmers Brave an Ocean That Feels Like Steamy Syrup
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | More About Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The water temperature near Key Biscayne, a barrier island just east of Miami, had already passed 89 degrees one morning this week. And though the ocean off South Florida was slightly cooler than the recent record highs that had stunned scientists and threatened marine life, it remained phenomenally hot. But on this serene patch of the Atlantic Coast, it was still a summer day at the beach, when nothing satisfies quite like a dip — even when the ocean feels like a thick, simmering syrup. “I like it warm,” shrugged Niki Candela, 20, a Miami native, moments after a powerful siren warned of approaching lightning. The shallow water was a crystalline teal, rolling oh so gently, not a cresting wave in sight.

Persons: “, shrugged Niki Candela Locations: Key Biscayne, Miami, South Florida, Gulf of Mexico

CNN —An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his beloved dog has recounted his remarkable tale of surviving on raw fish and rainwater after finally making it safely back to dry land. Sailor Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock and his dog Bella survived on raw fish and rainwater after being stranded for three months in the Pacific Ocean. CNNThe pair were eventually spotted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean “more than 1,200 miles from land,” according to Grupomar, the company that owns the tuna boat, in a tweet on Monday. The boat’s crew, led by Captain Óscar Meza Oregón, provided Shaddock with medical attention, hydration, and food, according to Grupomar. “I don’t know how far out in the ocean again I’ll be, you know, but I think I just love the nature,” he said.

Persons: Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, Bella, ”, Shaddock, I’m, Polynesia –, “, Captain Óscar Meza Oregón, ” Antonio Suarez, ” Shaddock, he’ll “ Organizations: CNN Locations: Australian, Mexican, Manzanillo, Mexico City, “, Mexico, Cortes, of California, Polynesia

☆ Australian Man and His Dog Rescued After Nearly 3 Months at Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Michael Levenson | More About Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

While searching for tuna last week, a helicopter pilot spotted something bobbing in the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean, more than 1,200 miles from land. It was a small white catamaran, badly damaged. When a small boat sent by the helicopter caught up with him, he said his name was Timothy Shaddock and that he and his dog, Bella, had been at sea for about three months. He said he had survived in part by fishing for tuna, which he ate raw, and drinking rainwater. On Tuesday, Mr. Shaddock, 54, walked down the gangway of the Maria Delia, the Mexican tuna trawler that had rescued him, and began to recount his remarkable story of survival.

Persons: Timothy Shaddock, Bella, Shaddock, Maria Delia

☆ ‘Boys Love’ genre finds new audiences in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jake Kwon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Not only was the TV series part of a genre — Boys’ Love, or BL for short — that was lesser-known in South Korea, it depicted something rarely seen on the country’s screens: same-sex romance. “Semantic Error,” which was based on a popular web novel of the same name, tells the story of two male college students who fall in love. And the risk paid off: “Semantic Error” became a hit upon its release in 2022. There are currently more than 20 BL shows being produced in South Korea. The on-screen adaptation of "Semantic Error" stars Park Seo-ham as Jang Jae-young and Jaechan as Chu Sang-woo.

Persons: Park Jae, chan, ” Jaechan, Jaechan, Chu Sang, “, ”, —, Kim Hyo, Jeong Areum, Kakao, Kim, Jennifer Konig, J, Kim Hye, ” Kim, Jang Jae, Thomas Baudinette, Jeong, South Korea’s, Go Tae, Holland, ” Holland, “ That’s Organizations: CNN, Elle, Cosmopolitan, BL, Seoul National University . Local, Sydney’s Macquarie University, South Locations: South Korean, South Korea, Japan, Seoul, Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Korean

☆ Frontline videos offer grim, close-up view of Kyiv's counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak /File PhotoKYIV, July 11 (Reuters) - Vivid helmet camera videos filmed by Ukrainian soldiers at the front line can give viewers a visceral feel of combat as Kyiv's counteroffensive finally unfolds, even though experts warn against drawing strong conclusions about how the war is going. The information vacuum has been partially filled by a steady stream of video filmed by soldiers themselves and often compiled, edited and released by their units. Later, an exhausted commander lets out an expletive at the camera after a Russian artillery strike on his unit's position. Reynolds added that the videos can also provide a feel for the artillery-scarred terrain Ukrainian troops are fighting on. 'SO YOU ALL KNOW THE PRICE'Troops releasing videos say that depicting the intensity of combat helps convey to the public their forces' commitment, bolstering support.

Persons: Oleksandr Ratushniak, Nick Reynolds, Reynolds, Oleh, Valerii Markus, we'll, Dan Peleschuk, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, Separate Assault Brigade, Royal United Services Institute, Reuters, Troops, Mechanized Brigade, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Neskuchne, Donetsk region, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Russian, London, Crimea, Russia

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