The following are current news stories at the several recommended sites on your Current Events Article Review assignment. These may or may not apply to the current unit being studied in class, but will serve as a good base point. Be aware that only the top five news stories from each source are displayed – many more things are currently happening in the world right now!
New York Times
- Fighting Rages Around Two Gaza Hospitals as Pressure on Israel Rises March 28, 2024Israeli forces are battling to retake areas they had already seized, showing the militants’ resilience, as critics call for less destructive tactics in the war.Hiba Yazbek, Cassandra Vinograd and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad
- South Africa Bus Crash Kills 45, but 8-Year-old Survives March 28, 2024The bus, which was carrying people from Botswana to an Easter weekend pilgrimage in South Africa, fell 165 feet into a ravine.John Eligon
- Middle East Crisis: Top U.N. Court Orders Israel to Ensure Aid to Gaza March 28, 2024In its strongest language yet, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered Israel to ensure “the unhindered provision” of humanitarian assistance.The New York Times
- U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Rights, U.N. Body Says March 28, 2024A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.Nick Cumming-Bruce
- Saudi Arabia, Lagging on Women’s Rights, Is to Lead U.N. Women’s Forum March 28, 2024Saudi Arabia will chair a United Nations commission on women, bringing condemnation from human rights groups, which said the kingdom still has an “abysmal” record on women’s rights.Vivian Nereim
The Guardian
- ‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid March 28, 2024Judges issue unanimous decision and say Palestinians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistanceThe international court of justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.A panel of j […]Peter Beaumont, and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
- AstraZeneca calls for reform after claims Australian rules stopped it defending its vaccine during pandemic March 28, 2024Medical company says TGA regulations prevented it from responding to incorrect claims about its vaccine in 2021Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAstraZeneca has called for reforms to Australia’s rules around discussion of medicines, saying public confusion over its Covid vaccine was created because the company was restr […]Josh Butler
- Man charged over 50 dead hares dumped outside village shop March 28, 2024The 37-year-old man from Totton, near Southampton, was arrested on suspicion of seven offences A man has been arrested by police investigating the discovery of 50 dead hares that were scattered in front of a community shop in a Hampshire village.The dead mammals, along with the bodies of a barn owl and a kestrel, were found dumped outside Broughton community […]Nadeem Badshah
- Former AFL player Eddie Betts shares video of racist abuse hurled at children playing in yard March 28, 2024Indigenous star posts CCTV footage on Instagram, stating ‘Aboriginal kids deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Indigenous AFL great Eddie Betts has shared footage of children being racially abused in their own yard while stating “we are not ev […]Emily Wind
- Biden approves $60m in aid after deadly Baltimore bridge collapse March 28, 2024Maryland governor warns of ‘very long road ahead’ as cranes and barges start work to remove twisted metal and concrete from river The Maryland governor Wes Moore has warned of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60m in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse.T […]Oliver Milman
National Public Radio
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- Amid legal woes, Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks passport return for Israel trip March 28, 2024The former president's passport had been seized as part of a police raid in February amid allegations of coup-mongering.
- ‘Transformative’: US Census to add Middle Eastern, North African category March 28, 2024Advocates have long said census count has left communities invisible, but say change is only 'first step'.
- South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma barred from May elections March 28, 2024The general elections are expected to be the most competitive vote since 1994 when the nation became a democracy.
- Baltimore Key Bridge collapse investigation March 28, 2024A search and rescue effort in Baltimore, US is now a salvage operation as the Key Bridge collapse investigation begins
- Could Florida’s social media ban for children take hold elsewhere? March 28, 2024State's governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, enacts the strictest measures yet in the United States.
The Atlantic
- U.S. Support for Israel’s War Has Become Indefensible March 28, 2024A good pretext for war is not enough to make a war just.Phil Klay
- Benjamin Netanyahu Is Israel’s Worst Prime Minister Ever March 27, 2024One man’s ambition has undermined Israel’s security and consumed its politics.Anshel Pfeffer
- Winners of the 2024 World Nature Photography Awards March 26, 2024Some of the top nature photography featured in this year’s competitionAlan Taylor
- Holi 2024: The Festival of Colors March 25, 2024Images of this year’s colorful Holi festivals from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and the U.S.Alan Taylor
- Beijing Is Ruining TikTok March 24, 2024Unfortunately for ByteDance, there’s nothing it can do about the rule of law in China.Michael Schuman
The Economist
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