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Turkey is Targeting Kurdish Journalists for Reporting Rights Violations – Lawyer
Balkan Insight 08 Dec 2023photo: AP / Mohammed Dahman, File
US to oppose Arab-backed resolution calling for urgent Gaza ceasefire
The Guardian 08 Dec 2023
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UN Security Council to consider urging immediate ceasefire
Manila Standard 08 Dec 2023
United Nations, New York – The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday (Saturday in Manila) under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war ... No one in his job had done this in decades. Guterres wrote ... AFP ....
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Putin to Seek Another Presidential Term in Russia, Extending Rule of Over Two Decades
Time 08 Dec 2023
Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win, according to state media reports ... He already is the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ... .
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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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U.S. criticizes Israel on Gaza as civilian death toll mounts
Japan Times 08 Dec 2023photo: AP / Peter Dejong
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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Post-summit news conferences highlight the divide between China and the EU
Newsday 08 Dec 2023
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 ... ....
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Homicide kills 52 people globally per hour in 2021: UN
Xinhua 08 Dec 2023photo: European Union
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 ... .
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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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Palestinians crowd into ever-shrinking areas in Gaza as war against enters 3rd month
Naharnet 08 Dec 2023
Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel's expanding ground offensive crowded into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third month Friday. The United Nations warned that its aid operation is "in tatters" because no place in the besieged enclave is safe ... 7 attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel. Still, U.S ... .
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From the Kremlin to the Kitchen: Russian Life in 6 Charts
Gallup 08 Dec 2023
As the war in Ukraine crossed the 18-month mark, we recently outlined Ukrainians’ continued support for victory on the battlefield, ambitions to join the EU and NATO, economic strains, and strong support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the military ... 1. Russians Remain Bullish on Economy Despite Sanctions ... ###Embeddable### ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... * ... .
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Putin's economic challenges are numerous but surmountable as election looms
Reuters 08 Dec 2023
MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russia's success in evading a Western oil price cap is helping drive a recovery in economic growth as President Vladimir 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 ... ....
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‘China's economic recovery is still at a critical stage,’ says President Xi Jinping
Hindustan Times 08 Dec 2023
President Xi 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 ... ....