Category: Al Jazeera
Crematoriums overwhelmed as COVID cases spike in India
India has set a new global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from COVID-19 also jumped [more…]
Ukraine conflict: Georgian volunteer ‘defending freedom’ on frontline
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin soon, in a bid to end the conflict in the east. Since it [more…]
India & China: Who has the military edge? | Project Force
India says it’s reached a deal with China to disengage troops from a contested area in the western Himalayas after a nearly one-year-long standoff. But [more…]
At least 44 dead, hundreds hurt, in Israel pilgrimage stampede
Dozens of people have been crushed to death in a stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage site in the north of Israel, rescue services said. Magen [more…]
Families mourn as Brazil hits 400,000 COVID deaths
Brazil has seen a record number of coronavirus deaths for the second straight month as it struggles with a devastating second wave. April was the [more…]
Will Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan go to a full-scale war? | Inside Story
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have been in dispute over land and water resources for more than three decades. But that’s recently escalated into the heaviest fighting [more…]
Dutch company aims high to launch flying car
It is a familiar scene in science fiction: avoiding traffic by taking to the skies in your car. Now a Dutch company thinks it is [more…]
Israel pounds Gaza with air raids, shelling
Israel continued on Friday to bombard the Gaza Strip with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks [more…]
Sweden oceans: Scientists measure largest dead zone in world
The oceans have been a powerful ally in combating global warming, absorbing nearly 93 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human actions since 1970. [more…]
Al Jazeera’s Gaza reporter ‘miraculously’ survives Israeli strike
We speak to our reporter in Gaza, Youmna al Sayed, who joins us from outside the enclave’s al-Shifa Hospital, to tell us about the latest [more…]