World News – Page 156 – Prologue Journal

As Israel Keeps Fighting in West Bank, Residents in One Area Assess the Damage

New York Times In the Nur Shams area near Tulkarm, Israeli bulldozers have chewed up large chunks of the roads, and many homes have been left without running water. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/world/israel-west-bank.html

A Playlist to Remember

New York Times Songs can help demarcate this chapter of your life: It’s a way to mark time, to keep one period of time from bleeding indistinctly into the next. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/briefing/a-playlist-to-remember.html

3 years after US withdrawal, Afghan resistance still ignored by US, West

Fox News The Taliban has been in power for three years since the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021, and the country’s only pro-Western opposition force, the National Resistance Front (NRF), tries to make gains against the increasingly extremist authorities, all without much-needed U.S. and international support. Even without external support, the…

Chasing the perfect abs, men flock to plastic surgery

Washington Post Men are turning to ultra-high-definition liposuction, a plastic surgery procedure pioneered in Brazil, to sculpt six-packs and perfect abs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/brazil-abs-plastic-surgery-six-packs/

Mass polio vaccination to begin in Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges

Washington Post Polio’s reemergence poses a threat to the war-torn territory and adjacent regions. A baby, Gaza’s first polio case in 25 years, can no longer move his limbs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/31/gaza-polio-case-vaccine-pause-israel-war/

Authorities race to remove tons of rotting fish from Greek port

Washington Post The Volos chamber of commerce said the dead fish created an overwhelming stench. More than 160 tons of fish have been removed, local media reported. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/31/greece-dead-fish-volos/

Something’s Poisoning America’s Farms. Scientists Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.

New York Times A form of fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres for decades. Researchers say it contains alarming levels of the toxic substance. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/climate/pfas-fertilizer-sludge-farm.html

Thousands cheer on defiant palm tree as Typhoon Shanshan hits Japan

Washington Post As the deadly storm made landfall, people were glued to a live stream, rooting for a solitary palm tree — known affectionately as “Yasshi” — to endure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/31/japan-palm-tree-live-stream-typhoon-shanshan/

Ukraine’s gamble in Russia has yet to slow Moscow’s eastern assault

Washington Post Ukraine’s advances into Russia buoyed morale but Moscow’s forces are poised to bite off new chunks of the country in the east. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/31/ukraine-russia-kursk-pokrovsk-sysrky/

Gaza Polio Crisis: What We Know

New York Times Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war/gaza-polio-crisis