The assessment, released by the U.N. Development Programme, said Gaza needs “approximately 80 years to restore all the fully destroyed housing units.” However, in a best-case scenario in which construction materials are delivered five times as fast as in the last crisis in 2021, it could be done by 2040, the report said. The UNDP…
LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as an array of election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears increasingly likely to return to power after 14 years. Labour won control of councils in England it…
NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacle and an extra source of income in a region dependent on rice-growing. Following a prolonged spell with little rain, the dried-up dam has revealed parts of a sunken church…
‘A force to be reckoned with’ If successful, the Chang’e mission will be a crucial step in realizing the country’s goals of landing Chinese astronauts on the moon by 2030 and eventually building a base on the lunar surface. The outcome of the mission will also have implications far beyond China’s borders. A slew of…
‘We really felt inspired’ A growing number of protests have also been launched on campuses in the United Kingdom. “I think we felt really inspired seeing Columbia and just all the universities cropping up with the encampments,” Ella Ward, a 21-year-old environmental science student at the University of Leeds in northern England, said in a…
The 30th anniversary of the death of three-time Brazilian Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna was commemorated on Wednesday with a memorial at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari track in Imola, Italy, where he was involved in an accident during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. A minute of silence was held at the same…
Security forces in Georgia used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a “foreign agents” bill which is viewed by the opposition and Western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired. Reuters eyewitnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters, who threw eggs…
LONDON — British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy. A law to pave the way for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrived in…
A senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” anti-satellite nuclear device that would pose a threat to all satellites operated by countries and companies around the world. “The concept that we are concerned about is Russia developing and — if we are unable to convince them otherwise — to ultimately…
Search work has been hampered by rain and land and gravel sliding down the slope. The disaster left a curving earth-colored gash in the otherwise verdant forest landscape. “Because some of the vehicles involved caught fire, the difficulty of the rescue operation has increased,” said Wen Yongdeng, the Communist Party secretary for the Meizhou emergency…
