Dilma Rousseff Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Birth date: December 14, 1947 Birth place: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Birth name: Dilma Vana…
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CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Birth date: November 23, 1962 Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Nicolás Maduro Moros Father: Nicolás Maduro…
Robert Levinson Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran in 2007. Birth date: March 10, 1948 Birth place: Flushing, New York Birth name:…
Fears of another Palestinian exodus reverberate across the Middle East
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Gaza strip: 2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as tempers flare in UN amid ceasefire calls
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Tempers flared at the United Nations on Tuesday amid ceasefire calls, as aid groups and doctors in Gaza warn that power shortages threaten the lives…
Amazon River falls to lowest level in 121 years amid a severe drought
Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives…
Hamas and Israeli troops clash in Gaza as airstrikes intensify
CNN — Hamas fighters and Israeli forces engaged in limited clashes inside Gaza on Sunday as the Israeli military ramped up airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave ahead of what its…
Gaza hospital blast: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket was cause, not Israeli airstrike
CNN — In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, dueling claims between Palestinian militants and the Israeli government…
American mother and daughter taken hostage by Hamas have been released
CNN — Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two weeks after launching a deadly attack in Israel and abducting…
Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out
CNN — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to fill up plastic bottles with water. It’s only enough for his…