displaced · incumbent · barred
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Learn “displaced”, “incumbent”, “barred” in slow English. From: Israeli strike hits hospital in Gaza, killing at least five, officials say.
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- Israeli strike hits hospital in Gaza, killing at least five, officials say
- Fighting in Yemen displaces more than 320,000, UN health agency says
- Brooklyn building collapse kills at least two as rescue search continues
- Mississippi elects Scott Colom in historic Senate upset
- Spain’s general strike protests soaring housing costs
- Indonesia’s vice president submits resignation amid qualifications controversy
- U.S. could lose measles elimination status as outbreak grows
- Former Youpla directors penalized over collapsed fund serving Aboriginal families
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- RechercheEarlier, Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told AFP that six people had been killed. The BBC reported no immediate response from the Israeli military and said it had contacted the Israel Defense Forces for comment.
- RechercheThe WHO said medical supplies had been delivered and a vaccination campaign was targeting nearly one million children, while major gaps remained in trauma care, rehabilitation and mental health services.
- BBC NewsNew York building collapse kills at least two, officials say - BBC News
- RechercheAuthorities were investigating the cause of the collapse.
- Al JazeeraBuilding collapse in Brooklyn kills two, injures more than a dozen | Construction News | Al Jazeera
- RechercheDemocrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race; the result was projected on Wednesday, November 11.
- RechercheColom is the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since the Reconstruction era, more than 140 years ago.
- RechercheThe result gives Democrats 55 seats in the Senate, with Alaska’s Senate race still undecided.
- RechercheThe Guardian reported that rents had risen by 80% within a decade and home prices by 63%.
- RechercheSpain’s general election was scheduled for Nov. 29, and the strike offered the left an opportunity to refocus attention on housing, according to a political science analyst quoted in the report.
- RechercheOn Wednesday, 120 parliamentarians from all eight parliamentary factions signed a proposal to exercise the House of Representatives’ right to express an opinion, a mechanism that could potentially lead to impeachment proceedings against Gibran.
- RechercheAl Jazeera also reported that Gibran submitted a resignation letter amid a dispute over his educational qualifications.
- RechercheThe report says six people died in Pennsylvania this year, a child died in New York on election day, and an infant died in Wisconsin days later.
- RechercheThe court found that the three directors failed to meet the expected standard of care and diligence, failed to manage conflicts of interest, and caused detriment to ACBF members.