April 2024
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The United Nations raised alarms Wednesday over the alarming global uptick in incidents where humanitarian aid for children is being obstructed, warning of dire consequences for the most vulnerable. During a briefing of the UN Security Council on children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, the secretary-general’s special representative for children and armed conflict, brought to…
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A New York judge decided today that Jonathan Majors will still be sentenced next week on his assault and harassment conviction. Judge Michael Gaffey has denied the defense motion to set aside the verdicts and strip the guilty results against the Creed III actor that a jury delivered on December 18 last year. With this last Hail Mary effort now dead, Majors…
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Former Marvel actor Jonathan Majors’ conviction on assault and harassment charges will stand after the judge in the case rejected a bid to set it aside. The charges stemmed from a domestic dispute involving Majors and his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Through his attorney, Majors denied the allegations against him in a statement to CNN in August.…
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World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car”. Monday’s strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli forces had been told of their movements. WCK workers from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK…
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Health facilities in Port-au-Prince metropolitan areas continue to be impacted by the ongoing violence, further restricting access to life-saving care for people in and around the Haitian capital, said UN humanitarians on Wednesday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that armed groups last week looted two health care facilities — Delmas…
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Thursday on closer bilateral ties, Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama reported. While congratulating Prabowo on his election, Anwar expressed hope that friendship between the two neighboring countries would remain strong and strengthen further for mutual benefit. Prabowo arrived in Malaysia on Wednesday for…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday attended a voluntary tree planting activity in Beijing and called for nationwide efforts in afforestation to jointly build a beautiful China. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while attending the tree planting activity…
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A former Conservative defence secretary has urged the UK to “lead the way” on defence spending, warning the country is facing a greater threat now than during the Cold War. Sir Michael Fallon told Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that fewer than half of NATO’s members spend 2% of their GDP on defence, “so we need…
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On Tuesday evening, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone. The two sides agreed to stay in communication and tasked their teams to deliver on the San Francisco vision. “Two big countries like China and the United States should not cut off their ties or turn their back on…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith in Chongzuo City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Saleumxay’s visit was at the invitation of Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. This year…
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Eight people aboard a fishing boat went missing after it collided with a Panamanian container ship off the southwestern coast of south China’s Hainan Province around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the provincial maritime search and rescue center said. The fishing boat bears the name “Yuenan Aoyu 36062” and the Panamanian container ship “SITC DANANG.” The…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for the aid charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in a Gaza airstrike. The explanation came amid demands from the U.S. and other allies for answers amid widespread condemnation. Israel’s military voiced “sincere sorrow” over the incident, which ratcheted up international pressure for…
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A powerful earthquake jolted Hualien County in China’s Taiwan region on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of at least nine people and leaving hundreds injured, according to local authorities. It was described as “the strongest quake the region has seen since 1999” by an official from the local earthquake center during a press conference. The…
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China-U.S. economic relations are rooted in the common interests of the two countries and are mutually beneficial in nature, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Wednesday in response to an upcoming visit by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Wang said China hopes the U.S. will meet China halfway and…
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China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Miao Deyu on Wednesday held consultations on UN security council affairs with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on the current international situation, relevant matters of the UN and the Security Council, “the Summit of the Future,” and…
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The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 was held in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province on Thursday, with China’s top legislator Zhao Leji stressing China’s economic potential, appealing to international investors and calling for Asia solidarity and cooperation for regional prosperity in his keynote speech. Zhao, chairman of the…
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