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Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians

© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout Palestinian women mourn the loss of a family member at Al-Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. (file)

Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, a top UN humanitarian official insisted on Thursday following a direct hit on a United Nations training centre.

The death toll from intensified fighting “in the area” of the training centre in the southern city of Khan Younis in recent days has risen to 12 confirmed fatalities and 75 injured – 15 critically – said Thomas White, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

Governor Ganesan Urges Fitting Tribute to Founding Fathers on the eve of the 75th Republic Day

KOHIMA, Jan 25 (NEPS): Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan, on the eve of the momentous occasion of the 75th Republic Day, extends warm greetings to fellow countrymen and calls for a fitting tribute to the founding fathers of the nation. In a message on the eve of the 75th Republic Day of India, today, he reflects on the historic promise made 75 years ago by the people of India to adopt the country’s constitution and embrace the identity of citizens in a sovereign democratic republic.… Read the rest

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Maria Kostyuk speaks up for ‘forgotten’ Ukraine war after Australian Open win

Marta Kostyuk celebrates after beating Russia’s Maria Timofeeva 6-2 6-1. Photograph: James Ross/EPA
  • Kostyuk thrashes Russia’s Maria Timofeeva in fourth round
  • ‘I think it just shows how strong Ukrainian people are’

Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park

Marta Kostyuk believes that tennis has forgotten the war in Ukraine and she hopes that the success of Ukrainian women at the Australian Open will generate further attention for the issue as she reached the quarter-finals of a grand slam tournament for the first time in her career.… Read the rest

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