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In rare move, UN Secretary-General Guterres invokes Article 99 amid Gaza war
Beijing News 07 Dec 2023
New York , December 7 (ANI). In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter and formally referred the situation in Gaza to the UN Security Council, urging its members to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in the besieged enclave, CNN reported on Wednesday ... Thousands of others have been injured.
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Turkey is Targeting Kurdish Journalists for Reporting Rights Violations – Lawyer
Balkan Insight 08 Dec 2023photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev, File
Putin to Seek Another Presidential Term in Russia, Extending Rule of Over Two Decades
Time 08 Dec 2023
Putin announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election during a Kremlin award ceremony, according to Tass and RIA Novosti state news agencies ... When Putin announced he would run for a new term in 2012 and Medvedev submissively agreed to become prime minister, public protests brought out crowds of 100,000 or more ... .
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UN Security Council to consider urging immediate ceasefire
Manila Standard 08 Dec 2023
He called for a “humanitarian ceasefire” to prevent “a catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications for Palestinians” and the entire Middle East ... Israel is severely restricting the entry of food, water, fuel and medicine, and 1.8 million people (80 percent of Gaza’s population) have been forced to leave home to escape Israeli attacks ... AFP .
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US to oppose Arab-backed resolution calling for urgent Gaza ceasefire
The Guardian 08 Dec 2023
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U.S. criticizes Israel on Gaza as civilian death toll mounts
Japan Times 08 Dec 2023photo: European Union
Post-summit news conferences highlight the divide between China and the EU
Newsday 08 Dec 2023
The EU, which sees imports from China as a potential threat to companies and jobs, pressured China on its large trade surplus with Europe and its de facto support for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Separate post-summit news conferences on Thursday evening highlighted the divergent positions ... Sign up. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our Credit ... WANG.
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The Obvious Solution to Loss-and-Damage Fund Distribution
Time Magazine 08 Dec 2023
Leaders gathered in Dubai for the United Nation’s (U.N.) COP28 Climate Summit are fiercely debating loss-and-damage funding—money pledged to low-emission countries due to the costs of extreme weather and slow-onset disasters caused by high-emission countries ... fund established in 2023 at COP27. The obvious answer should be ... .
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Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan, royals
Reuters 08 Dec 2023
LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Six former London police officers on Thursday were given suspended prison sentences for sharing offensive and racist messages on WhatsApp, including references to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and other members of the royal family ... Meghan's mother is Black and her father is white ... Our Standards ... , opens new tab ... ....
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China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation'
Korea Times 07 Dec 2023
This handout photo taken and released by the European Council Press Service on Dec. 7 shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking next to China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 24th EU-China Summit in Beijing. AFP-Yonhap ... Xi said both side needed to develop "a right perception" of each other, and encourage mutual understanding and trust ... Issues ... .
