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High-level Pledging Event on United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund for 2024

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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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File - A man is detained as he marches with other union members during Labor day in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 1, 2023. As in previous years, police in Turkey prevented a group of demonstrators from reaching Istanbul's main square Taksim, and detained around a dozen protesters. Journalists trying to film demonstrators being forcibly moved into police vans, were also pushed back or detained.

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Turkey is Targeting Kurdish Journalists for Reporting Rights Violations – Lawyer

Balkan Insight 08 Dec 2023

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 ....

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FILE - Palestinians flee the Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis. It marks a grim new chapter in the war that the Gaza Health Ministry says has already killed over 17,000 Palestinians and the U.N. estimates has displaced 1.9 million people.

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US to oppose Arab-backed resolution calling for urgent Gaza ceasefire

The Guardian 08 Dec 2023

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Palestinians rescue a woman from a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis.t marks a grim new chapter in the war that the Gaza Health Ministry says has already killed over 17,000 Palestinians and the U.N. estimates has displaced 1.9 million people.

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U.S. criticizes Israel on Gaza as civilian death toll mounts

Japan Times 08 Dec 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 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 ... .

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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, on May 9, 2014 which hosts a major Russian Black Sea Fleet base, Crimea. Following the ouster of Ukraine's Russia-friendly president amid protests in Kyiv, Moscow annexes Crimea after the Kremlin sends in troops without insignia. A quick referendum is staged on the peninsula splitting from Ukraine. Putin admits a year later that he planned the annexation weeks previously.

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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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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the track and field event at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, April 17, 2022

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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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Riyad Mansour (at microphone), Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, briefs reporters on recent developments in Gaza together with Permanent Representatives of the Arab Group.

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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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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 ... ....