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Photo credit: CBC Medical experts have reported that homeless individuals are increasingly turning to hospitals for help. CHCH News reports that it is adding to overcrowded emergency rooms and driving up healthcare costs. Doctors say hospital emergency departments are often used as warming centres by those experiencing homelessness. Hospitals are one of the few places where…

Photo credit: France 24 Israeli soldiers have stormed and set fire to the last hospital in northern Gaza. Al Jazeera reports that the Israeli military burned the Kamal Adwan hospital and caused significant destruction to the vast majority of its wards after a raid described as “barbaric” by local authorities. Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that Israel’s military has…

Photo credit: The Hill On Wednesday President-elect Donald Trump suggested that the US could take control of Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal.  Fox News reports that the message has sparked concerns among world leaders as they scramble to prepare for Trump’s second White House term. Trump reiterated his claim that US shippers are being…

Photo credit: Yahoo New UK More than 450 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day.  BBC reports that eleven boats crossed to the UK from France on Wednesday and more are expected to follow in the coming days. Official government sources have revealed that 451 migrants arrived on Christmas Day. “We all…

Photo credit: News Central TV According to authorities in Mali, a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco on December 19 left 70 people missing, including migrants from Mali. France 24 reports that the vessel was carrying about eighty people, and it sank while en route to Spain. However, eleven survivors were rescued. Twenty-five Malians were among the missing,…

Photo credit: NDTV Russia launched a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy sector on 25 December. NDTV World reports that Russian cruise and ballistic missiles also struck several residential areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi and Kharkiv. Several people were alleged to have been killed in the attacks. Air raid sirens rang out over Ukraine…

Photo credit: DW Bethlehem marked another sombre Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of the war in Gaza. CTV News reports that the excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank on Christmas were nowhere to be found: The festive lights…