内容摘要：In February, Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.

In February, Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.

Thousands of Palestinians havea food distribution centre in southern Gaza, driven by hunger after nearly three months without access to fresh supplies.

It was a chaotic scene on Tuesday in the southern city of Rafah, as men, women and children thronged the aid centre, seeking food to stave off malnutrition and starvation.Israeli soldiers used gunfire to disperse the desperate crowds, as they tugged at the fences separating them from food boxes. Gaza’s Government Media Office reported that three Palestinians were killed and 46 wounded at the site. Several more remained missing.Starting on March 2, Israel had imposed a total blockade on aid into war-torn Gaza, as part of the military offensive it began in the Palestinian enclave in October 2023.

As fears of famine grew, so too did international pressure on Israel. Allies including theUnited Kingdom, France and Canada

warned Israel earlier this month that it could face sanctions if aid restrictions were not lifted.

Days later, Israel announced it would allowSouth Asia has experienced rising temperatures in recent years, accompanied by shifting weather patterns, but scientists remain uncertain about the precise effect of global warming on the region’s highly complex monsoon system.

The southwest monsoon, a colossal sea breeze, delivers between 70 and 80 percent of South Asia’s annual rainfall between June and September each year. It is triggered when seasonal heat warms the subcontinent’s landmass, causing air to rise and drawing in cooler winds from the Indian Ocean, releasing huge volumes of rain.The monsoon is crucial for agriculture and, by extension, the livelihoods of millions of farmers and overall food security. But it also brings annual destruction in the form of landslides and floods.

Panama’s new canal dam plan puts thousands of villagers at risk, prompting protests over mass displacement.Magdalena Martinez has spent her entire life along the banks of the Indio River, but a proposed dam intended to shield the Panama Canal from drought now threatens to engulf her home.