World News – Page 158 – Prologue Journal

Israeli evacuation orders force displaced Gazans into ever-smaller spaces

Washington Post Israeli evacuation orders in August have shrunk Gaza’s only humanitarian zone by nearly a third and deepened the plight of displaced Palestinians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/30/israel-gaza-palestinians-displaced-civilians/

Israel strikes aid convoy organized by U.S. humanitarian group, killing 5

Washington Post The Anera convoy was carrying medical supplies and fuel to a hospital in Rafah, and its route was coordinated in advance with the IDF. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/30/anera-aid-convoy-israel-strike/

As Germany’s far right reaches milestone moment, extremists grow bolder

Washington Post The AfD could emerge for the first time as the strongest party in a German state parliament after Sunday elections in Saxony and Thuringia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/30/afd-germany-elections-saxony-thuringia-attacks/

Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Faces Big Hurdles

New York Times The operation depends on brief pauses in fighting in a war zone where the rule of law has broken down and hundreds of thousands of people are living in temporary shelters. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/30/world/israel-hamas-gaza-war

Paris Is Utopia for Paralympians Until They Leave the Athletes’ Village

New York Times The city built highly accessible accommodations for competitors in the 2024 Paralympic Games. But the rest of Paris remains difficult to navigate. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/olympics/paris-paralympics-accessibility.html

Why Interest Rate Cuts Won’t Fix a Global Housing Affordability Crisis

New York Times Central bankers are lowering borrowing costs, but that won’t be a cure-all for a widespread lack of affordable housing. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/business/economy/interest-rate-cuts-housing-affordability-crisis.html

Mining for Neutrinos and for Cosmic Answers

New York Times In a South Dakota cavern, scientists are working to capture the most elusive particles in the universe. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/science/astrophysics-dune-neutrinos.html

Preaching the Mormon Gospel in Remotest Australia, With Art

New York Times In Northern Territory communities, missionaries rely on a special Indigenous edition of the Book of Mormon to get their message out. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/australia/mormons-indigenous-art.html

3 years after US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Israel looks to lessons learned from War on Terror

Fox News The U.S. on Friday marked its third anniversary of the complete withdrawal from Afghanistan and the closure of the 20-years-long war, but questions remain over the lessons learned from the U.S. War on Terror and what can be applied to Israel’s fight against Islamic extremism. The collapse of Kabul to the Taliban, followed…

What Ukraine’s Kursk incursion means for the war with Russia

Washington Post Ukraine is hoping for an escape to victory. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/30/ukraine-kursk-incursion-russia/