The Palestinian foreign ministry said Abu Jalhoum, his wife Fatima, & four children, were among 70 Palestinians found dead. The overall death toll in the quake has shot beyond 11,000.
With anger simmering over delays in the delivery of aid and getting the rescue effort underway, the disaster is likely to play into the vote if it goes ahead.
During his visit near the epicentre of Monday's earthquake, Erdogan stressed that the weather conditions have added to the magnitude of the destruction caused by the quake.
Many in the disaster zone had slept their cars or in the streets under blankets, fearful of going back into buildings shaken by the 7.8 magnitude tremor that hit early Monday morning.
Rescue workers struggled to reach some of the worst-hit areas, held back by destroyed roads, poor weather & lack of resources and equipment. Some areas were without fuel & electricity.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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