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Mourners have gathered at a church in Kyiv to honor two Ukrainian journalists killed last week by a Russian drone strike.
Ukraine mourns two journalists killed by a Russian drone strike
Mourners have gathered at a church in Kyiv to honor two Ukrainian journalists killed last week by a Russian drone strike.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Despite years of congressional hearings, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the harms of Instagram, Meta's wildly popular app, has failed to protect children with its "woefully ineffective" safety measures, according to a new report.
Instagram's 'deliberate design choices' make it unsafe for teens despite Meta promises, report says
Despite years of congressional hearings, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the harms of Instagram, Meta’s wildly popular app has failed to protect children with its “woefully ineffective” safety measures, according to a new report from former employee a
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In this family handout photo, a person shows the blood-stained camera that freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, was carrying when she was killed in a double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Family Handout via AP)
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mariam, who reported this story, was killed today.
Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims there is no hunger in Gaza, but malnourished children are regularly arriving at Nasser Hospital.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of 13-year-old Karim Qdeih, who was killed along with others in overnight Israeli strikes, during his funeral outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
August 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Alaa Hassanein carries the body of his 4-year-old niece, Sara Hassanein, who was killed in an Israeli military strike on a school used as a shelter, outside Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
cpj.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.
Dozens of kids and adults in Gaza have starved to death in July as hunger surges
Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.
bit.ly
July 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM