Global Outlook

  New Zealand joined 24 other countries including, Britain, Japan and a host of European nations in issuing a joint statement overnight saying the war in Gaza “must end now” — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens. The foreign ministers of countries also including Australia and Canada said “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths”. They condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food”. The statement described as “horrifying” the recent deaths of over 800 Palestinians who were  seeking aid , according to the figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry and the UN human rights office. “The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity,” the countries said. “The Israeli government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unaccep...

In an accident that took place at the London Olympic stadium, 29 people were struggling for proper breathing due to the high quantity of chlorine gas in the arena.  They were immediately taken to the hospital from the aquatic center at London’s Olympic Park. On Wednesday, the incident caused some serious injuries to the athletes that included swimmers in both parents as well as toddler groups.  All of them were at the children’s pool at the time of the incident, which was reported by the park after 11am the same day. The officials also asserted that they managed to evacuate nearly 200 people who were present at the site.  The firefighters and the paramedics also managed to help at least nine of the construction workers who were injured during the accident.  \In a report that included the statement from Darren Farmer, an official from the ambulance available at the site said, “Our crews took 29 patients to hospital and assessed a further 48 patients at the scene. The...