Shashank Bengali

Jan 13, 2025 | editorandpublisher.com | Melissa Hoppert |Shashank Bengali

We are thrilled to announce that Jonathan Wolfe will be joining the Express desk in London as a reporter. His enthusiasm and versatility will make him a major asset for the London breaking news hub as he produces the delightful, viral stories that are the hallmark of Express and jumps in on live coverage.

Jan 8, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Soumya Karlamangla |Shashank Bengali

A fierce January windstorm helped ignite not just one, but several big fires that are now simultaneously burning at an unusual time of year for California to see such destructive blazes. To look at a map of the Los Angeles region is to see surprising and enormous stretches of the densely populated area under evacuation orders, from beach towns such as Santa Monica and Malibu to suburban neighborhoods in Pasadena and parts of ranch country in the San Fernando Valley.

Jun 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Shashank Bengali

Analysts say the combative strategy reflects Mr. Netanyahu's need to balance competing interests - to show a domestic audience that he is standing up for the country amid the rising global outcry over the war, while keeping his right-wing allies just close enough that they don't abandon him. Still, he is picking a high-stakes fight with the Biden administration, which has provided political cover for Israel's devastating military campaign while supplying it with key weapons.

Mar 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Gaya Gupta |Shashank Bengali |Thomas Fuller

The warning came amid an Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to send military and humanitarian officials to Washington to hear the Biden administration’s concerns.

Mar 20, 2024 | sanjuandailystar.com | Gaya Gupta |Shashank Bengali |Thomas Fuller

A global authority on food security said that in the coming months, as many as 1.1 million people in Gaza could face the most severe levels of hunger. By Gaya Gupta, Shashank Bengali and Thomas FullerThe acute food shortage in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has become so severe that “famine is imminent” and the enclave is on the verge of a “major acceleration of deaths and malnutrition,” a report from a global authority on food security and nutrition said earlier this week.