UN expert asks states to cut trade ties with Israel over Gaza atrocity
NEW YORK, July 03 (Reuters/AFP): A UN expert on Thursday called on states to impose an arms embargo and cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a "genocidal campaign" in Gaza.In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council presenting her latest report, UN...
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South Korea revises martial law rules after political crisis
SEOUL, July 03 (BBC): South Korean lawmakers have voted to revise the rules around martial law, now barring any attempt to obstruct lawmakers from entering the National Assembly.This comes after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law order last December, which plunged the country into a political crisis. As...
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Canada turns to drones for reforestation after wildfires
CHIBOUGAMAU, July 03 (AFP): A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with seed capsules to accelerate reforestation.This area of northern Quebec province was ravaged by megafires in the summer of 2023 and for the second year in a row...
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Deputy head of Russian Navy killed in Ukraine attacks in Kursk
MOSCOW, July 03 (Reuters): Major General Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy head of the Russian Navy who also led a brigade fighting against Ukraine, has been killed in Russia's Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of a far eastern Russian region, said on Thursday.Unofficial Russian and Ukrainian military Telegram channels had earlier...
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US strikes set back Iran N programme by 2 yrs: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, July 03 (AFP): US intelligence assessments indicate that strikes on Iranian nuclear sites set the country's atomic program back by up to two years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday."We have degraded their program by one to two years at least-intel assessments inside the (Defense) Department assess that," Pentagon spokesman...
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