Tag: Mounts
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Israeli troops push toward Gaza City as Palestinian death toll mounts – National
[ad_1] Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met fierce resistance from Hamas militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels as the Palestinian death toll from nearly four weeks of bombardments mounted. At the southern end of the besieged enclave, foreign passport-holders were being allowed out through the Rafah crossing…
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Urgency mounts as search for missing Whistler senior marks day 3 – BC
[ad_1] Efforts to find a missing man near Whistler, B.C., are growing in urgency, as the third day of searching draws to a close. Robert McKean was last seen on Thanksgiving Day, while out walking his dog Lexi at the top of Alpine Way, according to RCMP. Search crews have now covered all the trails…
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Death toll mounts to 18, search for 98 people continue
[ad_1] The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18. Second day in search of 98 people who were swept away continues and they are still missing. The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18 on Thursday as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and sheets…
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Desperation Mounts as Aid Trickles In to Quake-Hit Areas of Morocco
[ad_1] Government rescue workers began to reach some devastated mountain villages in Morocco on Monday, but many more settlements were waiting desperately for help, three days after the country was hit by the strongest earthquake in the area in more than a century. In the town of Amizmiz at the foot of the High Atlas…
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Biden Forges Deeper Ties With Vietnam as China Mounts Ambition
[ad_1] President Biden cemented a new strategic relationship with Vietnam on Sunday, bringing two historical foes closer than they have ever been and putting the ghosts of the past behind them out of shared worry over China’s mounting ambitions in the region. During a landmark visit to Hanoi by the American president, Vietnam’s Communist Party…
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Pressure mounts on Sunak as education secretary caught saying others ‘sat on their a***s’ over collapsing schools
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak after his education secretary was caught on camera saying others had “sat on their a***” over collapsing schools. Gillian Keegan was filmed voicing her frustrations about…
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Pressure mounts on NatWest chairman Howard Davies
[ad_1] NatWest’s chairman is under mounting pressure to determine whether Dame Alison Rose, the bank’s chief executive, played a role in the leaking of Nigel Farage’s private information. Dame Alison’s career is hanging in the balance after the BBC apologised on Monday for an inaccurate story that claimed Coutts, which is owned by NatWest, shut…
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Carlee Russell Reportedly Fired As Suspicion Mounts
[ad_1] 0 Carlethia “Carlee” Russell (Photo: Hoover Police Department Twitter account) Carlee Russell appears to have been fired from her job at an Alabama spa after concerns over her potentially being abducted appear to have been unfounded. Stewart Rome, owner of the Woodhouse Spa in Birmingham told the New York Post “It was really devastating…
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China’s youth left behind as jobs crisis mounts
[ad_1] Job opportunities scream from posters at an employment fair in central China’s Zhengzhou. “Join us for the future!” urges one advertising positions for graduates to sell electric vehicles. Others seek “courageous” candidates or “attractive females” to sell medical equipment. But many of the jobs require 70 hours of work a week and command salaries…
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Horse deaths before Kentucky Derby mounts scrutiny : NPR
[ad_1] An equine ambulance arrives at Churchill Downs throughout the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs disguise caption toggle caption Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs An equine ambulance arrives at Churchill Downs throughout the Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs The 149th Kentucky Derby could also be over, however…