The town of Lewiston, Maine, joined the list of place names that will forever be associated with gun violence Wednesday when the deadliest massacre committed in the U.S. this year claimed the lives of at least 18 people. A manhunt was launched to capture the suspect, 40-year-old military reserve officer and shooting instructor Robert Card, who has a history of mental health problems.(...).
After three weeks of war between Israel and Hamas, the death toll among the civilian population in Gaza has risen to over 7,000, of whom over 2,300 are children, according to data released Tuesday by the Gazan Health Ministry. More minors have been killed since Israel launched a bombardment of the Strip in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attack than in the previous 23 years of the Israel-Palestine conflict. EL PAÍS spoke to Palestinian journalist Mohamed Farra, who was covering a protest in the West Bank when he learned five members of his family had been killed in Gaza. “This is not a war. They are simply killing us,” he said.
Elsewhere, Acapulco was devastated by the category five Hurricane Otis, which struck the popular tourist resort after being upgraded from a tropical storm in just a few hours, catching authorities and meteorologists by surprise. (...) communications down, roads cut off, and food and water running low. (...).
And finally, EL PAÍS spoke to Kavita Singh, South Asia Director at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, which seeks affordable and easy-to-use treatments for the estimated one billion people worldwide suffering from any of these ailments. (...).
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