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
- ‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer October 5, 2024Sonya Liakh was diagnosed with eye cancer at age 2. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted her treatment, her family faced a desperate struggle.Lynsey Addario
- Live Updates: Israel’s Attacks Against Hezbollah Expand October 5, 2024A strike was reported in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, near the country’s northern edge.The New York Times
- Fear Factors October 5, 2024Sometimes the scariest movies are the ones that depict the ordinary horrors of life.Melissa Kirsch
- Ever-Shrinking Condos Are the Choice of Investors in Toronto and Vancouver October 5, 2024A new report shows that small condo units are preferred by investors and that a lack of investor buyers may now be delaying new buildings.Ian Austen
- Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hit Hard by Deadly Marburg Virus October 5, 2024The Health Ministry has reported that 80 percent of the infected are health care professionals.Sarah Hurtes and Arafat Mugabo
The Guardian
- Middle East crisis live: explosions heard in Beirut as Hamas says commander killed in refugee camp October 5, 2024More explosions reported in Lebanese capital’s south as Hezbollah says Israeli army trying to infiltrate southern town of Odaisseh At least 41,825 Palestinians have been killed and 96,910 wounded in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, the territory’s health authorities said on Saturday.A South Korean military transport aircraft returned 97 c […]Cash Boyle (now); Tom Ambrose and Rebecca Ratcliffe (earlier)
- Families lay wreaths to mark 25 years since Ladbroke Grove rail crash October 5, 2024Collision of two trains in west London killed 31 people and was one of worst rail disasters in recent UK historyFamilies bereaved by the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster have laid flowers to remember those killed, and to recognise those who came to their aid, 25 years since the crash that killed 31 people.The disaster, one of the most catastrophic rail incidents […]Kevin Rawlinson and agency
- Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in polls with early voting under way October 5, 2024More than 1.4 million have already voted in the presidential election, as battleground state polls show no clear frontrunnerMore than 1.4 million people have now voted in the presidential election, as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continue to crisscross the country in the final stretch of a neck-and-neck campaign.Their vice-presidential picks, JD Vance and […]Sam Levine
- ‘Good girl and true hero’: dog saves owner by leading US officer to her home October 5, 2024Gita, 13, sat down in middle of road in Washington state after owner hurt his leg, fell and couldn’t get upA dog saved her owner – who hurt his leg at home in rural Washington state, fell and couldn’t get up for hours – by walking to a road, sitting in the middle of it until a local sheriff’s deputy stopped, and leading the officer to him, according to autho […]Ramon Antonio Vargas
- Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression October 5, 2024Critics of incumbent Kais Saied say he has increasingly bent the country’s institutions to his willTunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.The incumbent, Kais Saied, whose most prominent c […]Eromo Egbejule West Africa correspondent and agencies
National Public Radio
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- Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan October 5, 2024Army says a high-ranking officer among those killed as the military clashes with rebels in two incidents.
- What’s at stake in Tunisia’s presidential election on Sunday? October 5, 2024And what is the political climate in the country under the leadership of President Kais Saied?
- Failing Gaza: Pro-Israel bias uncovered behind the lens of Western media October 5, 2024Journalists at CNN and the BBC expose the inner workings of their newsrooms, a year into Israel's war on Gaza.
- ‘No place to go’: As Israel bombs Lebanon, African migrants feel abandoned October 5, 2024Seeking safety from Israeli strikes, many foreign domestic workers face new hurdles of displacement and discrimination.
- Israeli air strike on northern Lebanon kills Hamas commander and his family October 5, 2024Israel also launches more attacks on Beirut's southern suburbs and says it targeted Hezbollah's intelligence HQ.
The Atlantic
- Netanyahu Doesn’t Care About His Friendship With Biden October 4, 2024Washington should be dictating policy to Jerusalem, not the other way around.Andrew Exum
- How Do You Forgive the People Who Killed Your Family? October 4, 2024Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.Clint Smith
- Photos of the Week: Iron Buffalo, Sunset Camel, Annular Eclipse October 4, 2024Wildfires and drought in South America, Israeli missile strikes in Lebanon, early Christmas celebrations in Venezuela, a dahlia show beside Stonehenge, and much moreAlan Taylor
- How My Family Survived the October 7 Massacre October 4, 2024Hamas had overrun our community, and we were trapped. Then my dad promised to come get us.Amir Tibon
- The Choice America Now Faces in Iran October 2, 2024Iran’s large-scale attack on Israel presents the United States with the chance to achieve a set of long-standing objectives.Eliot A. Cohen
The Economist
- And then there were two June 20, 2019Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt progress to the final stage of the Tory leadership contest
- The centre cannot hold - the failure of Change UK and the atrophying of political thought June 19, 2019Our columnist reflects on why those trying to shake up contemporary politics have been destined to fail
- On Britain beyond Brexit and the future of Conservatism June 18, 2019Our columnist reflects on the turmoil facing the Conservative Party
- On Change UK’s inadequacies, political agreements and missing Scots May 20, 2019Our Britain columnist muses over the decline of Scottish influence in Westminster
- On “Fleabag”, a Corbyn government and Kenneth Clarke’s tandoori moments April 26, 2019Our Britain columnist laments the decline of working-class culture