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Babies are seen in an incubator at the preemie ward of the Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, March 8, 2024. Sixteen premature babies have died of malnutrition-related causes over the past five weeks at the hospital, one of the senior doctors told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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It's not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are dying of hunger too
By MOHAMED JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY AND LEE KEATH - Associated Press
Thu,03/07/24-11:04PM , 20 Reads
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in war-ravaged Gaza — now some are dying of hunger.
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A woman arrives to vote in a referendum on the proposed changes to the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family and care are seen at Treasa Naofa on Donore Avenue, Dublin , in Dublin, Ireland, Friday, March 8, 2024. As the world marks International Women's Day, in Ireland, voters are deciding on Friday whether to change the constitution to remove passages referring to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family. (Gareth Chaney/PA via AP)

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Ireland's Constitution says a woman's place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that
By MICHAEL KEALY AND JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Thu,03/07/24-11:01PM , 15 Reads
DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home.
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A woman reacts in front of an electronic screen displaying stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, on Feb. 5, 2024. Chinese shares rallied on Friday, March 8, 2024, following better-than-expected import and export data, signaling increased demand that could support Beijing's effort to rev up the economy. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

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Chinese shares rally after Fed chief Powell says that a rate cut is 'not far' off
By ZIMO ZHONG - Associated Press
Thu,03/07/24-10:33PM , 36 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese shares rallied Friday on hopes that a rate cut by the Federal Reserve might relieve pressure on the Chinese yuan and attract more foreign investment in the markets.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, center, waves to delegates after the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Hong Kong's new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent
By KANIS LEUNG AND ZEN SOO - Associated Press
Thu,03/07/24-6:28PM , 68 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong unveiled a proposed law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who “endanger national security" on Friday, deepening worries about erosion of the city’s freedoms four years after Beijing imposed a sim
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