Palestine

Category: 3. World

  • UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’

    UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global crisis’

    GENEVA: Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the life-threatening waste.
    “We are facing a global crisis,” Ecuadoran diplomat Luis Vayas Valdivieso said at the start of 10 days of negotiations.
    “Plastic pollution is damaging ecosystems, polluting our oceans and rivers, threatening biodiversity, harming human health, and unfairly impacting the…

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  • India deploys rescue teams as flood swamps Himalayan town

    India deploys rescue teams as flood swamps Himalayan town

    DEHRADUN, India: Rescue teams deployed Tuesday to India’s Himalayan region after flash floods tore down a mountain valley, appearing to wipe away much of a town, where at least four people were missing.

    Videos broadcast on Indian media showed a surge of muddy water sweeping away multi-story apartment blocks in the tourist region of Dharali in Uttarakhand state.

    Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand state chief minister, said rescue teams had been deployed “on a war footing.”

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  • Ex-British Army head urged Palestine Action crackdown at behest of US company: Report

    Ex-British Army head urged Palestine Action crackdown at behest of US company: Report

    LONDON: The former head of the British Army and a House of Lords peer, Richard Dannatt, urged government ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at the behest of a US arms company that employs him as an adviser, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.

    He wrote privately to two Home Office ministers, requesting that they confront the “threat” posed by the activist group, the newspaper reported.

    It came after Palestine Action in 2022 targeted a factory operated by Teledyne, a US…

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  • Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London

    Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London


    Dhaka/Phnom Penh: Across Asia, unions and industry groups are raising alarms over the impact of higher tariffs by the United States on garment workers.


    High tariffs might force companies to shut down or move to neighboring countries that offer lower tariff rates, resulting in a loss of jobs, they say.


    “The potential loss of jobs will cut the income and ability for workers to sustain their daily lives,” said Ath Thorn, vice president of the Coalition of…

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  • Russia’s Lavrov visits Beijing to discuss Ukraine

    Russia’s Lavrov visits Beijing to discuss Ukraine

    MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Sunday in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart to discuss Ukraine and relations with the United States.
    Russia’s top diplomat arrived in China following a visit to North Korea, where he received assurances of support in its conflict with Ukraine.
    Lavrov and Wang Yi “discussed relations with the United States and the outlook for settling the Ukrainian crisis,” Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

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  • ’Inexcusable’ failures led to Trump assassination attempt: Senate report

    ’Inexcusable’ failures led to Trump assassination attempt: Senate report


    KABUL: As Kabul makes global headlines for being on the brink of running out of water, experts say the crisis stems not only from natural and local causes, but also decades of unsustainable foreign projects and mismanagement of aid.


    About one-third of Afghanistan’s population — around 12.5 million people — lack reliable access to water, according to the latest data from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.


    In the country’s capital, the situation…

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  • Hundreds sign letter opposing ban on Palestine Action, calling it ‘major assault on freedoms’

    Hundreds sign letter opposing ban on Palestine Action, calling it ‘major assault on freedoms’

    LONDON: Hundreds of trade unionists, activists, politicians and campaigners have signed an open letter condemning the UK government’s recent decision to ban the protest group Palestine Action, describing the move as “a major assault on our freedoms.”

    Palestine Action, known for its direct action protests targeting UK-based Israeli weapons factories and their supply chains, was officially proscribed under anti-terrorism laws earlier this month after a parliamentary vote.

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  • EU and Indonesia announce ‘political agreement’ on trade deal

    EU and Indonesia announce ‘political agreement’ on trade deal

    BRUSSELS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday announced a “political agreement” to conclude a long-awaited free trade deal, as US leader Donald Trump upends global commerce.
    “We’re living in turbulent times and when economic uncertainty meets geopolitical volatility, partners like us must come closer together. So today we’re taking a big step forward in this partnership,” von der Leyen told journalists in Brussels.

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  • Kabul’s water crisis: How unsustainable foreign aid projects made it worse

    Kabul’s water crisis: How unsustainable foreign aid projects made it worse


    Dhaka/Phnom Penh: Across Asia, unions and industry groups are raising alarms over the impact of higher tariffs by the United States on garment workers.


    High tariffs might force companies to shut down or move to neighboring countries that offer lower tariff rates, resulting in a loss of jobs, they say.


    “The potential loss of jobs will cut the income and ability for workers to sustain their daily lives,” said Ath Thorn, vice president of the Coalition of…

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  • India marks inclusion of 12 Maratha forts on UNESCO World Heritage List

    India marks inclusion of 12 Maratha forts on UNESCO World Heritage List

    NEW DELHI: India’s Maratha Military Landscapes — a network of 12 strategic forts — have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming the country’s 44th site to receive the designation.

    The forts were used by the rulers of the Maratha Empire, who held power across parts of central, western and southern India between the late 17th century and the early 19th century.

    Marathas rose to prominence after the decline of the Mughal Empire, following the death of Emperor…

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