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When Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) met his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un last year
Russia shuts down UN watchdog tracking North Korea sanctions
MOSCOW — Russia has shut down a panel of UN experts that have for years monitored sanctions against North Korea.The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine.The UN's Security Council has imposed a series of sanctions on Pyongyang since 2006 for its nuclear weapons programme.Those restrictions are still in force - but the experts group set up to monitor violations will now be disbanded.In a Security Council vote on Thursday, Russia used its veto power as a permanent member to block the renewal, while 13 of the other 14 member states present voted for it. China, Pyongyang's closest ally, abstained.Russia's block triggered a wave of condemnation from the US, UK, South Korea...
March 29, 2024

Russia shuts down UN watchdog tracking North Korea sanctions

Tusk (R) praised a change in mentality among European allies but said the next two years were critical
War a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland's Tusk
WARSAW — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a "pre-war era" and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe."I don't want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past," he told European media. "It's real and it started over two years ago."His remarks came as a fresh barrage of Russian missiles targeted Ukraine.Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukraine in recent weeks.Ukraine's air force said it had shot down 58 drones and 26 missiles and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said energy infrastructure had been damaged in six regions, in the west, centre and east of the country.Tusk, a former president of the European Council, said Russian...
March 29, 2024

War a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland's Tusk

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Putin dismisses claims of plan to attack NATO countries as 'sheer nonsense'
MOSCOW — Speaking at an air base late Wednesday to military pilots, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had no intention of starting a war with NATO.He called the claim that Russia would attack a NATO member country "sheer nonsense".When asked about F-16 fighter jets, which the West has pledged to send to Ukraine, Putin said that the aircraft would not dramatically alter the situation.At the same meeting, he warned Ukraine’s Western allies against providing air bases in their countries from where the F-16s could launch sorties against the Kremlin's forces, saying those bases would be a “legitimate target.”The F-16s require a high standard of runways and reinforced hangars to protect them when they are on the ground.Military analysts have said the arrival...
March 29, 2024

Putin dismisses claims of plan to attack NATO countries as 'sheer nonsense'

Luis Rubiales leaves the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid on September 15, 2023
Prosecutors seek 2.5-year jail term for Spanish soccer boss Rubiales over unwanted World Cup kiss
MADRID — Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of two years and six months for former soccer chief Luis Rubiales for giving an unwanted kiss to star forward Jennifer Hermoso after Spain’s World Cup victory.The Public Ministry has formally accused Rubiales, the disgraced former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), of sexual assault for kissing Hermoso “without consent or acceptance,” according to an indictment seen by CNN.The kiss was televised globally and the scandal overshadowed a historic moment for Spain’s women’s team which was celebrating its first-ever World Cup win.Rubiales, then president of the RFEF, was seen kissing Hermoso on the lips before slapping her twice on the back – sparking an immediate global outcry over consent.He was...
March 28, 2024

Prosecutors seek 2.5-year jail term for Spanish soccer boss Rubiales over unwanted World Cup kiss

The headteacher of the Maurice Ravel Lycée thanked his colleagues for their support (file pic of school)
France to sue teen over headscarf row claim
PARIS — France's prime minister says a teenage girl will be sued by the state for falsely accusing her headteacher of striking her in a heated exchange over her wearing an Islamic head-covering.The headteacher insisted that the pupil remove her head-covering inside the school, in accordance with French law.He resigned after death threats circulated on social media.The extremist threat to French schools is taken extremely seriously since the murder of two teachers.Samuel Paty was decapitated on the street in a Paris suburb in 2020 and Dominique Bernard was killed at his school in Arras five months ago.The Paris school headteacher, whose name has not been made public, announced his decision in an email sent on Friday to colleagues at the Maurice Ravel Lycée in the 20th district of...
March 28, 2024

France to sue teen over headscarf row claim

King Charles recorded a message for the Maundy Thursday service in Worcester Cathedral
UK's King Charles sends 'hand of friendship' recorded message
LONDON — King Charles of Britain has recorded a message for the Maundy Thursday service praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need".The message will be played at the service at Worcester Cathedral.The King, who is being treated for cancer, will not be attending and Queen Camilla will hand out the traditional "Maundy money" on his behalf.The number of recipients matches the age of the monarch — so 75 men and women will receive this symbolic gift.The King's message, recorded in mid-March, will include a Bible reading and a call that as a nation: "We need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship to us, especially in a time of need."Although not directly commenting on his own health — or the...
March 28, 2024

UK's King Charles sends 'hand of friendship' recorded message

One fifth of all food available to consumers eventually goes to waste, a new UNEP report reveals. — courtesy FAO/Sumy Sadurni
With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
GENEVA — While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth of food is thrown away.The UN Environment Program’s Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights that latest data from 2022 shows 1.05 billion tons of food went to waste.Some 19 percent of food available to consumers was lost overall at retail, food service, and household levels.That is in addition to around 13 percent of food lost in the supply chain, as estimated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), from post-harvest up to the point of sale.“Food waste is a global tragedy. Millions will go hungry today as food is wasted across the world,” said Inger Andersen, executive...
March 27, 2024

With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

Buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Ukraine. (file). — courtesy UNICEF/Pashkina
UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
KYIV — The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.According to the Monitoring Mission, interviews conducted with 60 recently released Ukrainian POWs painted a harrowing picture of their experiences in Russian captivity.“Almost every single one of the Ukrainian POWs we interviewed described how Russian servicepersons or officials tortured them during their captivity, using repeated beatings, electric shocks, threats of execution, prolonged stress positions and mock execution. Over half of them were subjected to sexual violence,” said Danielle Bell, the head of HRMMU.“Most POWs also recounted...
March 27, 2024

UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

File photo of logo of TikTok
FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security
CALIFORNIA — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices, two sources told CNN on the condition of anonymity.The probe is yet another complication for the social media platform, which is already facing the threat of a potential US ban or a forced divestment from its Chinese parent company.The sources said that the FTC is probing TikTok over an alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection rule, which requires companies to notify parents and obtain consent before collecting data from children under 13.The agency is also investigating whether TikTok violated a portion of the FTC Act that prohibits “unfair or deceptive” business practices, the sources said, in denying that TikTok user data could be accessed by...
March 27, 2024

FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security

A view of space showing stars and planets. — courtesy NASA
Sussex team to join NASA’s galaxy probe project
HOUSTON — The University of Sussex team will investigate the formation of planetary systemsScientists in Sussex have secured a significant grant to become the UK lead on a NASA space research project.A University of Sussex team has been selected by the UK Space Agency as part of a £7m investment in space research.The scientists will be working on developments for a potential probe mission to investigate the formation of planetary systems and the evolution of galaxies.A university spokesperson said its team had demonstrated "scientific excellence in critical areas of space science and exploration technology".The UK Space Agency funding is to enable scientists and engineers to play a role in major global space science missions in partnership with other space agencies around the...
March 27, 2024

Sussex team to join NASA’s galaxy probe project

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