Tag: United Nations
NASA launches Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid | Full Video
NASA is launching its Psyche asteroid probe on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Friday, setting off a five-and-a-half-year voyage to a rare, metal-rich asteroid that may hold clues about how the cores of rocky planets…
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israeli evacuation order
Palestinians are fleeing to southern Gaza after the Israel Defense Forces ordered more than a million people to immediately evacuate. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has the latest. #news #israel #gaza CBS News Streaming…
Are Gaza residents able to evacuate ahead of expected Israeli ground invasion?
Israel has called for everyone in northern Gaza to evacuate to the south of the enclave, raising expectations of a ground invasion. A United Nations spokesperson told CBS News the world body “considers it impossible”…
Gaza civilians struggle to get clean water and food as Israel-Hamas war intensifies
Accessing clean water in Gaza is becoming “extremely challenging” as humanitarian organizations have not been able to bring in supplies into the strip for the past 10 days. Juliette Touma, a director of communications for…
Why the U.S. doesn’t accept many Palestinian refugees
The Israel-Hamas war has triggered a wave of Palestinians fleeing Gaza. While the Biden administration has not announced efforts to resettle people from Gaza, historically the U.S. does not admit many Palestinian refugees. CBS News…
Jordan loses 2nd speaker vote, Biden reaffirms U.S. support for Israel, more | America Decides
“America Decides” reports on Rep. Jim Jordan’s second attempt to win the 217 votes necessary to fill the House speaker seat, President Biden meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while pushing for aid for…
Jordan pushes ahead on House speaker vote, Biden to address nation, more | America Decides
“America Decides” reports on Rep. Jim Jordan continuing his bid for the House speakership after his GOP colleagues rejected a plan to widen powers of the interim speaker, President Biden’s planned address to the nation…