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Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

NEPS — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:51:51 +0000

Labour government says it will not pursue questions on court’s jurisdiction over Netanyahu and Gallant

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Reuters

Britain has said it will not proceed with efforts to question whether the international criminal court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the defence minister, Yoav Gallant.… Read the rest

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New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises

NEPS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:09:40 +0000

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises.

The report warned that millions of children under five have difficulty accessing nutritious and diverse diets necessary for developmental growth and that food prices and living costs have hit record-high levels as countries continue to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read the rest

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At least 100 killed after RSF paramilitary group attacks village in Sudan

NEPS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:41:34 +0000

Claims of looting as dozens injured during Rapid Support Forces clash with Sudanese army in Gezira province

Associated Press

At least 100 people were killed and dozens more injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday.

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Rwanda opposition leader barred from standing against president

NEPS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:37:02 +0000

Diane Rwigara’s name missing from list of candidates to challenge Paul Kagame in 15 July vote

Agence France-Presse in Kigali

A prominent opponent of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s election to challenge his three-decade rule.

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Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive

NEPS — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:49:53 +0000

James Gregory and James Waterhouse, BBC News

Ukraine has pulled back its troops from several villages in the border region of Kharkiv following continued pressure from Russian forces.

Soldiers had come under heavy fire and moved to “more advantageous positions” in two areas of the north-eastern region, a military spokesman said.

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Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur

NEPS — Thu, 09 May 2024 12:51:15 +0000

As El Fasher stands on the ‘precipice of a massacre’, rights groups call for sanctions after new testimony describes atrocities carried out by RSF paramilitaries in Sudan

Mark Townsend

Gruesome new testimony details one of the worst atrocities of the year-long Sudanese civil war – the large-scale massacre of civilians as they desperately tried to flee an ethnic rampage in Darfur last summer.

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Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s

NEPS — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 05:07:17 +0000

Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses

Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Robin McKie

A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS was approved for use after government officials were told convicts were among the paid donors and virus contamination “should be assumed”, corporate filings reveal.… Read the rest

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Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’

NEPS — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:47:11 +0000

Shock in Brazil after woman is arrested and charged with violating a corpse and attempted theft through fraud

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

When Érika de Souza Vieira wheeled her lethargic-looking uncle into a Brazilian bank, clerks quickly sensed something was amiss.

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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row

NEPS — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:10:35 +0000

President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concerns

Guardian staff and agencies

Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.

Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns.

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Tuvalu prime minister calls on Australia for sovereignty ‘guarantees’ over treaty

NEPS — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:07:27 +0000

Feleti Teo tells the Guardian Tuvaluans fear last year’s treaty may give Australia too much say over the Pacific nation’s security

Prianka Srinivasan

Tuvalu’s new prime minister, Feleti Teo, wants “guarantees” from Canberra that a landmark treaty with Australia will not undermine his country’s sovereignty.

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