Cricket and flag football among 5 sports given Olympic status for 2028 Los Angeles Games
Cricket is an Olympic sport again.
Day: October 16, 2023
Greece’s Byzantine Maritime places first tanker in Navig8 pool
Owner’s new MR Katherine Lady brings eco pool to 13
Singapore and US sync up on AI governance and set up joint group
Both nations have mapped their respective AI governance frameworks to ease compliance and they will also establish a group to exchange insights on responsible innovation.
Abbas says Hamas actions ‘don’t represent Palestinians, then seems to backtrack
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Former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari dies
The 86-year-old was involved in the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Cancelled Tours, Empty Hotels: Israel, Palestine Tourism Sector Hit By War
Early this month, the main square and streets around Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity were bustling with tourists.
Daily politics briefing: October 16
Daily politics briefing for October 16, as US President Joe Biden warns Israel it would be a “big mistake” to occupy Gaza again.
Poland’s opposition parties set to claim election victory, exit polls show
Polish opposition parties appear to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party, with the highly-anticipated election bringing out the largest numbers of voters in decades. So far exit p…
A Major Pivot in Hamas Strategy
The Oct. 7 attack launched by Hamas — along with other factions including Palestinian Islamic Jihad — was unprecedented in its nature and scope, as news reports have made clear in the days since. On the Israeli side, the death toll from the initial att…
Was it Israel of Hamas? The fatal missile strike no one wants credit for
At least one missile strike in Gaza that has reportedly killed 70 people has been blamed on both the Israel Defence Force and Hamas by the opposing sides, the former claiming the Palestinian leadership had more reason to attack them than they did.