Israel bombards Rafah, Gaza; IDF hits locations in Lebanon used by Hezbollah
A plan for the evacuation of the people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah has been ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in anticipation of an anticipated ground invasion.
Police in South Korea raid medics after they stage a walkout.
As authorities increased their efforts to put an end to a walkout by trainee doctors opposing plans to change the health system, South Korean police staged a raid on Friday that targeted officials of the Korean Medical Association.
Oceans smash records for high temperatures in the world's warmest February ever.
According to scientists in the European Union, last month's ocean temperatures reached a record high, and February was also the warmest on record worldwide. According to a dataset dating back to 1979, the average worldwide sea surface temperature in February was 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking the previous record of 20.98 degrees Celsius (69.77 degrees Fahrenheit) set in August 2023. The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released this information on Thursday. In contrast, February's average air temperature was 1.77C (3.18F) warmer than the pre-industrial normal of 13.54C (56.4F). It was the warmest month of the year for that particular month for the tenth time in a row. Carlo Buontempo is a director at Copernicus Climate Change Service. He discusses live from Brussels with us.
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