Veysel Ok, a lawyer for three Kurdish journalists on trial, told BIRN that they were being threatened with prison solely because of their reporting on worsening human rights violations in Turkey....
No one in his job had done this in decades. Guterres wrote ... “There can be no justification for continuing to block meaningful action by the UN Security Council to stop massive civilian bloodshed, the complete collapse of the humanitarian system, and even worse horrors resulting from the breakdown of public order and massive displacement,” she added.
New York , December 7 (ANI) ... According to the report, Guterres delivered a letter to the Security CouncilPresident, Jose De La Gasca ... "There is no effective protection of civilians. Nowhere is safe in Gaza," Guterres alleged ... "Civilians throughout Gaza face grave danger ... There is no effective protection of civilians," the UN chief stated in his latter.
A short-lived rebellion in June by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin raised widespread speculation that Putin could be losing his grip, but he emerged from it with no permanent scars, and Prigozhin’s death in a mysterious plane crash two months later reinforced the view that Putin was in absolute control ... He’d be the supreme leader.” ... .
U.S.Secretary of StateAntonyBlinken, in his strongest public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war on Hamas in south Gaza, said there was a gap between the government's declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties ... .
BEIJING — From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range of issues at a summit this week in the Chinese capital... Separate post-summit news conferences on Thursday evening highlighted the divergent positions ... The latest LI business news in your inbox Monday through Friday. Sign up ... AP/Andy Wong. WANG ... ....
Leaders gathered in Dubai for the United Nation’s (U.N.) COP28 ClimateSummit 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 ... .
The United Nations warned that its aid operation is "in tatters" because no place in the besieged enclave is safe ... The pace of Israel's military assault "has made no place safe for civilians in southern Gaza, which had been a cornerstone of the humanitarian plan to protect civilians and thus to provide aid to them.
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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MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russia's success in evading a Western oil price cap is helping drive a recovery in economic growth as PresidentVladimir Putin prepares to run for re-election, despite the problems caused by labour shortages, inflation and high interest rates ... SKILLED WORKER SHORTAGE ... 15 ... It traded at 92.76 on Thursday ... Our Standards ... ....
Non-Mercosur members Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru also signed the statement ... Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle. Our Standards. The Thomson ReutersTrust Principles ... Read Next ... AmericascategoryEarthquake hits central Mexico, rattles capital but no damagesDecember 7, 2023 ... ....
VIENNA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- More people were killed by homicide than by armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 victims worldwide per hour, according to a report released by the United NationsOffice on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Friday ... ■ ... .
PresidentXi Jinping said that China's economic recovery is "still at a critical stage", state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday, as sluggish domestic activity and property sector woes drag on a post-pandemic rebound. China's President Xi Jinping(AP) ...Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now ... ALSO READ ... ....