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☆ Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The orcas hunt whale sharks that gather at feeding sites in the Gulf of California and are not fully grown. While an orca versus whale shark matchup may seem like an epic battle, the orcas make easy work of the gentle giants. Kelsey WilliamsonOrca vs. whale sharkThe researchers’ analysis revealed exactly how the killer whales, often hunting as a group, subdue the whale shark. “You can clearly see how all the members of the orca pod are trying to bring down the whale shark,” Higuera Rivas said. Several of the killer whales were observed with whale shark carrion in their mouths during an attack on May 26.

Persons: ”, Francesca Pancaldi, “, Pancaldi, Kelsey Williamson, —, Moctezuma, Erick Higuera Rivas, ” Higuera Rivas, Guillermo Aceves Salazar, Sarah Teman, Teman, Kelsey Williamson It’s, Higuera Rivas, ” Teman Organizations: CNN, Centro Interdisciplinario, Marine Science, University of Washington’s School of, Fishery Sciences, Cape Town, Gulf of Locations: Mexico, Gulf of California, Ciencias, California, South Africa, Cape, Gulf

☆ China is on edge after Trump's talk of tariffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementOn Monday, Donald Trump threatened more tariffs on China, blaming Beijing for fentanyl. China criticized Trump's tariff threats, calling them ineffective and unjustified. "The excuse the president-elect has given to justify his threat of additional tariffs on imports from China is farfetched," wrote China Daily in a Tuesday editorial. AdvertisementMarkets are muted as investors wait and seeGlobal markets were jolted following Trump's post on Truth Social on Monday, but the effects have been felt mostly in foreign exchange. Global firms and Chinese manufacturers have already been diversifying their operations to manage concentration risks following Trump's first term and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, he'd, George Saravelos, Goldman Sachs, Wu Zhiqiang, Young Liu, Al Jazeera Organizations: Global, Deutsche Bank, Shenzhen Lingke Technology, Nikkei Asia, Apple, Macquarie Locations: China, Beijing, United States, Shenzhen, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Taipei, Al, Southeast Asia, Africa, China's

☆ Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Turkey wants the F-35s and may be willing to move the Russian air defenses that triggered the ban. Until five years ago, Turkey had planned to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jets to modernize its air force. According to Bloomberg, Turkey may agree to restrict its Russian S-400s air defenses in return for the US lifting sanctions. Advertisement"So, it will remain to be seen if Trump can overcome these institutional hurdles to a sale to Turkey," Bohl told BI. The intervening Ukraine war, where Russian S-400s suffered losses, could reduce the value Turkey sees in them.

Persons: Lockheed Martin's, Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump, Suleyman Ozeren, Ali Bakir, Erdogan, Bakir, Ozeren, Benjamin Cooper, US Air Force Ryan Bohl, RANE, Marco Rubio, Bohl, Mark Esper, Lockheed Martin, Paul Iddon Organizations: Trump, Lockheed, Bloomberg, Russian, American University, Orion Policy Institute, Ibn Khaldon, Security Initiative, US Air Force, East, Washington, Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, RTX Corporation, Ukraine, Iran Locations: Turkey, Ankara, Washington, Incirlik, Qatar, Turkish, North Africa, Russia, China, Ukraine, Russian

☆ This greenhouse keeps crops cool. It could prove valuable as our planet bakes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In a world where the climate is increasingly hot and volatile, farmers are having trouble keeping their crops cool. A startup founded in the desert of Saudi Arabia thinks it might have a solution. Heat peaks can desiccate crops, killing them outright if unmitigated, or stressing crops, leaving them more vulnerable to pests and disease. A prototype farm in Bada, Saudi Arabia, uses SecondSky in polyethylene greenhouse covers manufactured by SABIC. Desertification is a pressing issue and will be the focus of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December, as leaders seek to curtail an accelerating problem.

Persons: Derya Baran, John Keppler, ”, Mark Tester, Ryan Lefers, Iyris, Keppler, Armando Alvarez, Vincent Martin, SecondSky, Martin Organizations: CNN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, United Arab, Innovation, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, National Food Production Initiative, Sea, SABIC, Sea Global, UN Convention, United Nations Locations: Saudi Arabia, Iyris, KAUST, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Latin America, Mexico, Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Spain, Bada, Bada , Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

☆ Authorities seize 3,000 fake Gibson guitars in Southern California worth $18 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Elizabeth Chavolla Nbc Los Angeles | Elizabeth Chavolla Is A Multiplatform Digital Producer At Telemundo Los Angeles | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Thousands of counterfeit Gibson electric guitars were seized in a multi-agency investigation at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport. The 3,000 fake guitars, if real, would be valued at about $18 million, according to authorities. “This is a big deal,” said attorney Andrea Bates, who represents Gibson Inc. “They were able to facilitate to identify and to seize $18 million worth of counterfeit guitars. “We can pick it up immediately and tell,” Heidt said. “So there are quite a few ways you can tell that it’s not accurate.”The material and sound quality also offer a tell, Heidt said.

Persons: ”, Africa Bell, ” Bell, Andrea Bates, “, Beth Heidt, ” Heidt, Heidt, Bell Organizations: U.S . Customs, Border Protection, U.S . Homeland Security Investigations, Los, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Gibson Inc, Authorities, Gibson Locations: Los Angeles, Long, U.S, Africa, American, Carson

☆ What Robert F. Kennedy’s confirmation as HHS secretary could mean for global health
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services sent a shudder through the global health community. The US is the world’s largest funder of global health programs, according to the nonprofit health policy and research group KFF. Global health is really strategic investment,” del Rio added, saying he hoped Kennedy would find a way to maintain those investments. About half of the nation’s global health budget is spent on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, according to KFF. Worldwide, measles cases rose 20% from 2022 to 2023, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization.

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☆ The Miss Universe runner-up made history for Nigeria. After online attacks about her nationality, she felt she had 'a point to prove.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She previously competed at Miss South Africa but withdrew following online attacks on her nationality. Adetshina is now the first-ever Miss Africa and Oceania, a new title awarded by a panel of Miss Universe judges. AdvertisementIt's been a tumultuous journey for the 23-year-old, who almost didn't reach the Miss Universe stage after she withdrew from Miss South Africa following online attacks about her Nigerian name. 'People felt I wasn't South African enough'Chidimma Adetshina at Miss Universe Nigeria boot camp in August. While Adetshina felt like she had a "point to prove" to her online critics, she also realized she had a point to prove to herself.

Persons: Chidimma Adetshina, Adetshina, Instagram, It's, FAWAZ OYEDEJI, Gayton McKenzie, —, McKenzie, BENSON IBEABUCHI, I've, I'm, she'd, Hector Vivas, Nigeria Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, Chidimma, Miss Denmark Victoria Kjaer Theilvig Organizations: Miss, Business, Miss Nigeria, Miss Universe, Getty, Miss South, Miss SA, Africa's Department of Home Affairs, The, of Home Affairs, BBC, Department of Home Affairs, Adetshina, Mexico City, Nigeria Victoria, Miss Denmark Victoria Locations: Nigeria, Africa, Oceania, Mexico City, Miss Universe Nigeria, AFP, Miss South Africa, Soweto, South Africa, African, Western Province, Miss Nigeria, Mexico

☆ Will Namibia’s Liberation Party Be the Next to Fall in Africa?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( John Eligon | Timo Shihepo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Voters in southern Africa this year have delivered blow after blow to parties that helped free their countries from colonialism. And on Wednesday, one of those parties, the South West Africa People’s Organization, or SWAPO, in Namibia is expected to face its toughest electoral test ever. In May, the African National Congress, the party that led the defeat of apartheid in South Africa, lost its absolute majority in Parliament for the first time since democracy took hold in that country 30 years ago. The party was forced to form a governing coalition with rivals. In neighboring Botswana, the Botswana Democratic Party, which had governed since the country became independent 58 years ago, suffered a stunning setback in last month’s national election: It lost the presidency, going from being the largest party in Parliament to the smallest.

Organizations: West Africa People’s Organization, SWAPO, African National Congress, Botswana Democratic Party Locations: Africa, West, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana

☆ Pumpkin pie or sweet potato? How two pies divided our Thanksgiving tables
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But if she had to pick between sweet potato and pumpkin — the two autumnal pies that have come to define the Thanksgiving season — the choice is a simple one: Sweet potato. But in many homes, particularly African American ones, sweet potato pie remains supreme. This abundance of sweet potatoes, both in pastry and other forms, led to sweet potato pie entering the soul food canon. Illustration by Leah Abucayan/CNNThe importance of sweet potato pie to African Americans has continued through generations. A few decades later, Georgia Gilmore sold sweet potato pies, and other food, to help fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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☆ I've gone on over 30 safaris in South Africa. Here are 6 things I wish I knew before my first one.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Sophie Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

AdvertisementThere are several things I wish I'd known before I went on my first safari in South Africa. I didn't expect to experience a wide range of weather conditions in the winter months. If possible, I'd recommend booking a guided drive to get the most out of the safari. Related Video 'Lost' golden mole rediscovered after 86 yearsBut now that I've been on over 30 safaris in South Africa, I've realized just how little I knew back then. Here are six things I wish someone had told me before I embarked on a safari for the first time.

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☆ ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“He left South Africa and resettled in the United States in 1966,” it ends, before listing his survivors. The image, taken by South African photographer Ernest Cole, is one of thousands taken during his time in exile in the United States. Not looking for an impression but authenticity, he cast the American actor over a South African. Courtesy Magnolia PicturesIn the film, Cole despairs, “exile is destroying us one by one.”“You leave your country heartbroken,” the director said. Inside were around 60,000 Cole negatives, spanning South Africa and the US, plus his notes and contact sheets.

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☆ Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Joan Cros | Nurphoto via Getty ImagesFrench telecoms giant Orange on Tuesday said it's partnering with Microsoft -backed OpenAI and Facebook-owner Meta to build custom artificial intelligence models designed to better understand regional African languages. Orange said it's working with OpenAI and Meta to develop custom AI models built on their respective Whisper and Llama open-source AI models — openly available systems that can be adapted to meet specific needs — that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems. The open-source AI models will be provided externally by Orange with a free license for non-commercial uses including public health and education, the company said. Orange plans to expand its custom AI model initiative to eventually cover all 18 West African countries. In addition to using AI systems to improve customer service, Orange is also using the tech to improve a core part of its business: mobile networks.

Persons: MSFT ORA, Joan Cros, it's, Meta, Orange, Steve Jarrett, Orange's, Jarrett, Claude aren't Organizations: Mobile, Nurphoto, Getty Images, Microsoft, Facebook, Meta, CNBC, West Locations: Barcelona, Spain, Orange, United States, Europe, East, Africa, Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, West

☆ Breyten Breytenbach, Dissident South African-Born Writer, Dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Breyten Breytenbach, a dissident South African-born poet, memoirist and former political prisoner who was jailed on trumped-up charges for anti-apartheid actions in the 1970s, died on Sunday in Paris, his longtime place of residence as an expatriate critic of his homeland. His death was announced by his family, who did not state a cause. “To be an Afrikaner is a political definition,” he wrote in 1985. “It is a blight and a provocation to humanity.”His loathing of apartheid’s institutionalization of white supremacy began in personal experience. In 1962, Mr. Breytenbach married a Vietnamese-born woman, Hoang Lien Ngo, but because of South Africa’s laws forbidding mixed-race marriages, she was refused entry to the country.

Persons: Breyten, memoirist, Breytenbach, Hoang Lien Ngo Locations: Paris, South Africa, Vietnamese

☆ Miss Universe runner-up says she wasn't offended by the CEO calling the winner's blond hair and blue eyes the 'ultimate evolution' for the pageant
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She said the Miss Universe brand didn't need to evolve because "we already got the best here." "We have blond and blue eyes, so we're coming to the ultimate evolution already," the CEO said when a reporter asked how she planned to evolve Miss Universe. "Maybe that's just her perspective; maybe that's how she felt about the evolution of Miss Universe." Raul Rocha and Anne Jakrajutatip with Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kjær Theilvig following her crowning. Adetshina's own journey to the Miss Universe stage was tumultuous .

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☆ Subway CEO John Chidsey is stepping down at the end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Yet another fast food CEO is stepping down. Subway announced Tuesday that its CEO, John Chidsey, will retire at the end of 2024. Chidsey, the first chief executive outside of the chain’s founding family, joined Subway as CEO in 2019. The chain’s store count is also shrinking, closing 400 restaurants in the US last year and finishing 2023 with the lowest store count since 2005. Incoming interim CEO Walsh is currently the company’s president of Europe, Middle East and Africa and also served as global chief marketing officer.

Persons: John Chidsey, Carrie Walsh, Chidsey, Walsh, – CNN’s Jordan Valinsky Organizations: New, New York CNN, Subway, Starbucks Locations: New York, Wendy’s, Europe, Middle East, Africa

☆ Scientists unravel how squirting cucumbers spew their seeds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists know how the plants do it. A squirting cucumber in action is a remarkable sight, but if you blink, you might miss it — the eruption lasts about 0.03 second (30 milliseconds). Squirting cucumbers, also known by the scientific name Ecballium elaterium, are found across the Mediterranean and Europe, and in parts of northern Africa, Australia, Asia and North America. The seeds of a squirting cucumber can reach distances of about 33 feet away from the mother plant. But there’s also much to be learned by studying outliers that receive less attention, such as the squirting cucumber, Hay said.

Persons: Pliny the Elder, Dominic Vella, ”, Angela Hay, Max Planck, Hay, Derek Moulton, Chris Thorogood, “ We’ve, ” Moulton, ” Thorogood, Moulton, Dominic Vella “, Elizabeth Evans, It’s, there’s, “, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, National Academy of Sciences, Max, Max Planck Institute, Plant Breeding Research, UK’s University of Oxford, Oxford Botanic Garden, Scientific Locations: Roman, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, North America, Cologne, Germany, Oxford

☆ Chinatown Vendor Tallies Neighborhood’s Decline in $1 Plastic Bracelets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Rong Xiaoqing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By the time Shaohua Yu erected his stand at around 10 a.m., Chinatown was already bustling. Behind Mr. Yu, the New Kam Man supermarket had just rolled up its steel curtain. Mr. Yu, 61, has occupied a spot between Mulberry and Mott Streets almost every day for more than 20 years, and he has seen enough to know that hustle can no longer promise prosperity to immigrants working in Chinatown. For years, Mr. Yu was known and celebrated for traditional handcrafted sculptures: elephants, flamingos, butterflies and the like, all made from intricately folded palm leaves. His stall was almost indistinguishable from any other vendor’s: plastic bracelets for $1 each; knit caps for $5.

Persons: Yu, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Gucci, Kam Man Locations: Chinatown, Africa, Mulberry, Mott

☆ Rich nations raise COP29 climate finance offer in bid to break deadlock
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The agreement was criticized by developing nations, who called it insufficient, but United Nations climate chief Simon Steill hailed it as an insurance policy for humanity. It also laid bare divisions between wealthy governments constrained by tight domestic budgets and developing nations reeling from costs of storms, floods and droughts. Delegates applaud during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan on Nov. 24, 2024. Donald Trump’s victory this month has raised doubts among some negotiators that the world’s largest economy would pay into any climate finance goal agreed in Baku. The showdown over financing for developing countries comes in a year that scientists say is destined to be the hottest on record.

Persons: Simon Steill, we’ve, ” Steill, Murad Sezer, Donald Trump’s Organizations: Nations, COP29 United, Change, Republican Locations: BAKU, Baku, Azerbaijan, Paris, U.S, Canada, China, Baku . Trump, Ukraine, Africa, Asia, South America, Valencia, Spain

☆ Israel announces that West Bank settlers no longer face detention without trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Israel’s new defense minister has said security forces would no longer apply administrative detention orders to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and thus only Palestinian suspects can be held indefinitely without trial. Israel Katz, a long-time ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was appointed defense minister earlier in November and announced the decision on Friday. In 2019, Trump abandoned the long-held U.S. position that West Bank settlements are illegal before it was restored by President Joe Biden. Settler immunity from administrative detention coincides with heightened rhetoric from Israeli ministers calling for the West Bank to be annexed. The U.N. said four Palestinian children have been killed every week in the West Bank on average since the current conflict began, a three-fold increase from the first nine months of 2023.

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Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries — including, for the first time, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan — were in Azerbaijan for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a critical deal on climate finance. Participating world leaders Tuesday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. “It is really disappointing to see that world leaders haven’t shown up in force in solidarity,” she added. While Trump “may put climate action on the back burner,” U.S. climate envoy John Podesta said, “the work to contain climate change is going to continue.”U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said states, cities, nongovernmental organizations and companies are still “all-in” on pursuing climate goals. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks Tuesday on day two of the COP29 climate conference.

Persons: Donald Trump, Alexander Nemenov, General Ban, ”, Ruth Townend, COP29, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau, Shigeru Ishiba, ” Townend, haven’t, Matiul Haq Khalis, Laurent Thomet, Trump, John Podesta, Jennifer Granholm, ” Granholm, Darren Woods, Who, Ilham Aliyev, Carl Court, Getty Images Aliyev, Adel, Lord Adair Turner, Britain, “, James Marape, Marape, Asadullah Jawid Organizations: Change, United Nations, Getty, World Meteorological Organization, House, Pacific, British, Seven, Canadian, Japanese, Environmental Protection Agency, Getty Images, U.S . Energy, Infrastructure Law, NBC, Exxon, Independent, Climate Finance, U.S, Energy, Commission, Union, Baku, American University of Locations: BAKU, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, United States, Paris, AFP, London, Baku, U.S, ”, Saudi, Adel Al, Saudi Arabia, Saharan Africa, China, Papua New Guinea, American University of Afghanistan

☆ Chinese Marines are becoming more like US Marines, while the USMC returns to its roots
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementBack to their rootsUS Marine amphibious assault vehicles approach the USS Wasp during a 2020 ship-to-shore exercise. This is transforming the US Marine Corps into "an archipelagic maneuver force designed to conduct littoral, sea-denial operations," Tangredi said. Ironically, the US Marine Corps is returning to its historical roots. This is what the US Marine Corps did for most of its history since its founding in 1775. AdvertisementAs for Chinese marines, their historical purpose was to storm Taiwan, not garrison tiny atolls on behalf of the navy.

Persons: Sam Tangredi, Tangredi, Lance Cpl, Jacqueline Parsons, Rudyard Kipling, Michael Peck Organizations: US Marine Corps, US, China's, Corps, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, China Maritime Studies, US Naval, PLA, People's, Army, PLAN, People's Liberation Army Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps, Nationalist, War College's Institute for Future Warfare, Marine, USS, US Navy, senior Marine, USMC, US Army, 3rd Littoral Regiment, South China, Marines, Navy, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: China, Taiwan, United States, South China, of Africa, East, South, Roman, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pacific, America, Forbes

☆ UN talks in disarray as a draft deal for climate cash is rejected by developing nations
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Baku, Azerbaijan AP —As nerves frayed and the clock ticked, negotiators from rich and poor nations were huddled in one room Saturday during overtime United Nations climate talks to try to hash out an elusive deal on money for developing countries to curb and adapt to climate change. We need to speak to other developing countries and decide what to do,” Evans Njewa, the chair of the LDC group, said. The rough draft discussed on Saturday was for $300 billion in climate finance, sources told AP. Until we’re tired, until we’re delusional from not eating, from not sleeping.”Activists protested for climate finance grants for poor countries at the United Nations talks. Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesWith developing nations’ ministers and delegation chiefs having to catch flights home, desperation sets in, said Power Shift Africa’s Mohamed Adow.

Persons: ” Evans Njewa, Susana Mohamed, John Podesta, Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, ” Gomez, Sean Gallup, Mohamed Adow, ”, Teresa Anderson, Luis Acosta, “ We’re, Eamon Ryan, it’s, ” Ryan, Alden Meyer, ” Jiwoh Emmanuel Abdulai, “, Nabeel Munir, Monterrey Gomez Organizations: Azerbaijan AP, Nations, Alliance of Small, Associated Press, European Union, ”, United Nations, Action, Colombia's, Unit for, Risk Management, Getty Locations: Baku, Azerbaijan, Colombia, United States, Panama, Paris, AFP, Sierra Leone, Pakistan

Under the Rome statute that created the ICC, its signatories are obliged to carry out arrest warrants, no matter the rank of the accused. Mohammed Deif was accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including for his role as a mastermind of Oct. 7. Some European countries have not said whether they would arrest Netanyahu if he visited, including a number of Israeli allies. Britain respects the independence of the ICC, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said, but did not say whether Britain would arrest Netanyahu. Netanyahu and the other two Israelis facing the arrest warrants join a group that includes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been subject to an ICC arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in Ukraine since last year.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif —, Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán, Hungary, ”, Joe Biden’s, “, Gallant, Mohammed Deif, Keir Starmer’s, Petr Fiala, Alexander Schallenberg, Omar Al, Israel, Pope Francis, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Israeli, U.S, Criminal Court, Government Press, AFP, Getty, ICC, World Health Organization, Austrian, International Court of Justice Locations: Gaza, Ireland, Netherlands, Hungary, U.S, Tel Aviv, The Hague, Rome, Israel, Britain, France, Paris, Sweden, Norway, Czech, Austrian, Gaza City, AFP, South Africa, Ukraine

☆ I spent a week in a hospital in Ecuador when my lung collapsed. It confirmed that moving here was the right decision.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Sinead Mulhern | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Earlier this year, she spent a week in the hospital due to a collapsed lung, a severe complication of pneumonia. The support she received from the hospital staff and her friends confirmed that moving there was the right decision. "We have to go to the hospital right now," my doctor told me after confirming that my right lung had collapsed. I felt scared and focused on my friend as the surgeon told me to hold my right arm above my head and stay still. People I didn't know well would call to check in, and friends of friends would send well wishes.

Persons: Sinead Mulhern, I'd, Ecuador —, hadn't, I'm, Sanja, We've, Jonathan, KFF Organizations: Monopoly Locations: Ecuador, Cuenca —, Quito, South America, Ecuadorian, Canada, Australia, South Africa, England, Venezuela

☆ U.N. Watchdog Censures Iran Over Nuclear Program Secrecy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency censured Iran on Thursday evening for failing to cooperate fully with the agency’s monitoring and inspection, as the country is obligated to do under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. The censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency could lead to penalties against Iran, including renewed economic sanctions. The agency’s Board of Governors voted 19 to 3, with 12 abstentions, for the censure, despite intensive lobbying by Iran and its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. The three votes against were cast by Russia, China and Burkina Faso. Mr. Araghchi promised that Iran would retaliate if the resolution passed, most likely choosing to accelerate its enrichment of uranium to levels close to bomb grade, rather than putting a cap on that enrichment.

Persons: Abbas Araghchi, Araghchi Organizations: United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Governors Locations: Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Britain, France, Germany, United States, Russia, China

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