One evening in January 2021, Arafe Rajabi, exasperated by yet another night of roaring cars below his window in an east Jerusalem Palestinian suburb, went downstairs to complain.. "There are non-stop gunshots, there is no authority, no police, no law," sighed Imane Rajabi, 37, who has been raising her four children alone since her husband, Arafe, was shot dead by residents armed with M16s.
Connollystrasse 31 may be seared in most people's memories as the address where Palestinian gunmen took Israeli athletes hostage during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.. On September 5, 1972, members of the militant Palestinian "Black September" group stormed into the Israeli Olympic delegation's lodgings, shooting two dead and taking nine others hostage.
Israel and Germany's presidents will jointly commemorate the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that left 11 Israeli athletes dead, after a last-minute compensation deal averted a feared boycott by bereaved relatives.. On September 5, 1972, eight gunmen from the Palestinian militant group Black September stormed the Israeli team's flat at the Olympic village, shooting two dead and taking nine others hostage.
The number of "Help Wanted" signs may have decreased across the United States in August, but the job situation still remains tense, official figures are expected to show Friday.. Job creation, on the other hand, is expected to have slowed sharply, falling to 300,000 -- almost half July's number.
A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with the fatalities thus far limited to a single clinic, health authorities said Thursday.. Three -- two health personnel and now also a patient at the clinic -- have died since Monday.
The 150,000 residents of Jackson, the capital of the southern US state of Mississippi, endured a fourth straight day without clean running water Thursday, with authorities urging those who still had supplies to shower with their mouths closed.. "It's like we're living in a nightmare right now," Erin Washington, a student at Jackson State University, told CNN. Those who do have running water can shower or bathe, but they are being warned not to consume what is coming out of the pipes.
A new hormone treatment improved the cognitive function of six men with Down Syndrome by 10-30 percent, scientists said Thursday, adding the "promising" results may raise hopes of improving patients' quality of life.. "We are not going to cure the cognitive disorders of people with Down Syndrome, but the improvement seen in our results already seems fundamental enough to hope to improve their quality of life," Pitteloud said.
Cate Blanchett's powerful female, gender-fluid and gay roles have helped transform Hollywood, but she told Venice on Thursday that she never sets out to make a political statement. . When she was preparing to make "Tar" with US director Todd Field, she said she "didn't think about the character's gender nor her sex at all".
The EU's drug regulator on Thursday approved Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna adapted for the Omicron variant, paving the way for a booster campaign this winter.. The Amsterdam-based EMA said that the two jabs backed for people aged 12 and above on Thursday were the "first adapted Covid-19 booster vaccines recommended for approval in the EU".
The city of Paris on Thursday introduced fees for parking motorbikes and motorised scooters in the capital, sparking outrage and defiance among bikers.. "We had to stop making an exception for scooters and motorbikes," he said, adding he hoped bikers would use more underground parking spots "so we can get some public spaces back".
