They plan to set up “emergency” memory clinics in places where cultural heritage is in danger of being eroded by natural disasters, such as in southern Brazil, which was last year hit by floods. There are also hopes to make their finished tool freely available to nursing homes.
Israeli soldiers have fired warning shots to disperse the thousands who thronged the aid centre seeking food.Thousands of Palestinians have
a food distribution centre in southern Gaza, driven by hunger after nearly three months without access to fresh supplies.It was a chaotic scene on Tuesday in the southern city of Rafah, as men, women and children thronged the aid centre, seeking food to stave off malnutrition and starvation.Israeli soldiers used gunfire to disperse the desperate crowds, as they tugged at the fences separating them from food boxes. Gaza’s Government Media Office reported that three Palestinians were killed and 46 wounded at the site. Several more remained missing.
Starting on March 2, Israel had imposed a total blockade on aid into war-torn Gaza, as part of the military offensive it began in the Palestinian enclave in October 2023.As fears of famine grew, so too did international pressure on Israel. Allies including the
United Kingdom, France and Canada
warned Israel earlier this month that it could face sanctions if aid restrictions were not lifted.China has swiftly expanded its space programmes and embarked on several landmark missions in recent years, including landing robots on the
far side of the Moonand collecting humankind’s first-ever samples from the area in June last year.
China is also running its own Tiangong space station in orbit – the only operational space station other than the International Space Station (ISS) – after the US barred it from participating in the ISS.In April, three crew members landed back in the country’s north after spending