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At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, including 10 seeking aid, health authorities said, adding another five had died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies warn may be an unfolding famine. The 10 died in two separate incidents near aid sites belonging to the …
Read More »Israeli minister hints at annexing parts of Gaza as hunger-related deaths mount
Israel could threaten to annex parts of Gaza to increase pressure on the militant group Hamas, an Israeli minister said on Wednesday, an idea that would deal a blow to Palestinian hopes of statehood on land Israel now occupies. The comment by security cabinet member Zeev Elkin came a day after Britain …
Read More »UN reports nearly 800 deaths near Gaza aid hubs, humanitarian convoys in last 6 weeks
The UN human rights office said Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks near aid points in Gaza run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group and near convoys run by other relief groups as European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation …
Read More »Bangladesh tribunal indicts former leader Sheikh Hasina over protester deaths
A special tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year. A three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, indicted Hasina, former home …
Read More »People in Gaza ‘starve or risk being shot’: NGOs urge end to aid work backed by U.S., Israel as deaths rise
More than 170 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have joined forces to call for the dismantling of a food distribution system run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group as civilian deaths and injuries mount near aid sites in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operating in the war-torn Gaza Strip in late May — becoming …
Read More »N.B. opioid deaths involving fentanyl at all-time high, says Public Health
Laura MacNeill says a regular client of Avenue B Harm Reduction died from a fentanyl overdose last week. Those tragedies have become increasingly common, the executive director said, noting Avenue B staff have witnessed people overdose while sitting in the Saint John office. “We see these folks, we look at their face, we know their story,” MacNeill …
Read More »New arrest in human smuggling deaths on the St. Lawrence River
U.S. authorities on Sunday arrested the brother of the boat pilot who drowned along with eight members of two families during a March 2023 human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River. Timothy Oakes, the brother of Casey Oakes, is facing charges related to alien smuggling resulting in death and …
Read More »Quebec judge rules 2 should face U.S. extradition in human smuggling river deaths
A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled two people from Akwesasne should face extradition to the U.S., where they face charges related to a human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River that ended in the drowning deaths of nine people on March 29, 2023. Justice Gregory Moore said the federal …
Read More »Palliative care doesn’t mean a patient is at death’s door. Here’s why
White Coat Black Art26:30What if palliative care was about living better? Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it’s not some kind of “Grim Reaper service,” say two of Canada’s leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should focus on improving a patient’s quality of …
Read More »Human smugglers sent 2 families to their deaths as RCMP closed in, court records show
After the Chaudhari family landed in Montreal on a flight from Winnipeg they walked out the airport doors to a waiting grey minivan allegedly driven by a key player in a human smuggling network that would eventually lead the four Indian nationals to their deaths, according to court records obtained …
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