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$10 billion needed to rebuild Gaza health system: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: At least $10 billion will likely be needed to rebuild Gaza’s devastated health system over the next five to seven years, according an initial World Health Organisation assessment

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Israel approves Gaza ceasefire deal effective from Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire deal Israel’s cabinet voted to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal early Saturday, the office of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said,

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Then & now: How Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and other tech leaders are treating Trump differently this time around

Shawdesh Desk: Donald Trump’s second inauguration is on Monday. He’s received a warm welcome from top CEOs in the tech industry. Some business leaders are reacting differently to a Trump

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Seven dead in fresh Israeli strikes, says Gaza rescuers

Shawdesh Desk: At least seven people had been killed in fresh Israeli strikes in the Palestinian territory, hours before Israel’s cabinet was set to vote on a ceasefire deal, Gaza’s

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Death toll at illegal South African mine reaches 78; 246 rescued

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the death toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police finished clearing out illegal miners who

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Israel, Hamas agree deal for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release

Shawdesh desk: Hamas has approved a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, Palestinian sources close to negotiations said Wednesday, after mediator Qatar expressed hope an agreement to end the war

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60 dead at illegal South African mine

Shawdesh Desk: Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, police said Wednesday. Authorities

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Qatar says Gaza truce talks in ‘final stages’

Shawdesh Desk: Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their ‘final stages’ on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could

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