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☆ Israeli attacks in West Bank killed at least eight people, officials and residents say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Kareem Khadder | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A series of Israeli raids and airstrikes in towns and villages in the occupied West Bank that stretched overnight from Monday into late Tuesday have killed at least eight people, according to Palestinian authorities and local residents. Two Palestinians were killed in the town of Tamoun, said the governor of nearby Tubas, Ahmad Assad, alleging that one of the bodies was removed from the scene by the Israeli military with a bulldozer. Two were killed by Israeli gunfire, and two others killed when an Israeli military vehicle rammed a car and opened fire, according to residents and video seen by CNN. Israel has previously described its stepped-up military offensives in the West Bank as targeting militants and “terrorist infrastructure.”The bloodshed comes as violence surges in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has intensified incursions following the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. Since October 7, 2023, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 775 Palestinians, including 167 children, in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the Palestinian health ministry reported on Tuesday.

Persons: Ahmad Assad, Araby, Qabatya, Rabe’e Al, Munir, Laila Ghannam, “, ”, Ihab Al, CNN’s Mick Krever Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Qatari, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank and, The West Bank, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Tamoun, Tubas, Al, Jenin, Qabatya, Israeli, Israel, West Bank and Jerusalem, Ramallah, Jordan

Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth. Officials from the Singapore Prison Service say they encourage guards to think of themselves as “Captains of Life,” helping rehabilitate the prison population. Officials did not allow CNN to visit Institution A1, where more than 40 death row inmates await the same fate. Before each execution, authorities organize a professional photo shoot in which inmates trade their prison uniforms for civilian clothes. Hong Kong’s population is around 25% larger than Singapore’s, and it does not impose the death penalty for drug offenses.

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☆ Telegram app hosts ‘underground markets’ for Southeast Asian crime gangs, UN says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

There is “strong evidence of underground data markets moving to Telegram and vendors actively looking to target transnational organized crime groups based in Southeast Asia,” the report said. Southeast Asia has emerged as a major hub for a multibillion-dollar industry that targets victims across the world with fraudulent schemes. Russian-born Durov was arrested in Paris in August and charged with allowing criminal activity on the platform including the spread of sexual images of children. Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC’s deputy representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said the app was an easily navigable environment for criminals. “For consumers, this means their data is at a higher risk of being fed into scams or other criminal activity than ever before,” he told Reuters.

Persons: Pavel Durov, UNODC, Durov, Benedikt Hofmann, UNODC’s, ” Organizations: —, United Nations, United Nations Office, Drugs, Southeast, Reuters, Star Health Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, France, Russian, Paris, ”, Asia, South Korea

☆ Over 100 dead in Myanmar flooding after Typhoon Yagi
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Adverse weather from Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has killed hundreds of people in Vietnam and Thailand, and floodwaters from swollen rivers have inundated cities in both countries. The flooding in Myanmar began last Monday, with at least 74 people killed by Friday, based on state media reports. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February 2021, and violence has engulfed large parts of the country. “Central Myanmar is currently the hardest hit, with numerous rivers and creeks flowing down from Shan hills,” the OCHA said. State media also reported that five dams, four pagodas and more than 65,000 houses were destroyed by the flooding.

Persons: Typhoon Yagi, Zaw Min Tun, ”, Yagi Organizations: United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, International Committee Locations: Southeast Asia, Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Shan, Central Myanmar

☆ Venezuela’s Power Struggle Deepens, With Dueling Rallies Planned
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Frances Robles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Leaders of both sides of Venezuela’s political divide are calling on their followers to take to the streets on Tuesday, in a sign that the crisis set off by this weekend’s disputed presidential election is intensifying. The opposition leader María Corina Machado released data that she said showed Edmundo González, the opposition candidate, winning in a landslide, and summoned her followers to a rally n front of the United Nations offices in Caracas. Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly and the head of President Nicolás Maduro’s campaign, also called for massive marches on Tuesday from traditional government strongholds to Miraflores, the presidential palace, after the government declared Mr. Maduro the winner. “Thousands of us will be out on the streets from all four corners of the globe, who came out on the day of the closing campaign to line all the avenues of this capital,” he said on Monday night. “We are going to Miraflores to defend our right to life, our right to freedom, and, above all, our right to choose and to defend the result of the election.”

Persons: María Corina Machado, Edmundo González, Jorge Rodríguez, Nicolás Maduro’s, Maduro, “, ” Organizations: United Nations, National Assembly Locations: Caracas, Miraflores, ”

☆ Myanmar junta leader assumes presidential powers as president takes ‘sick leave,’ state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Michael Mitsanas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s military junta, became the country’s interim president on Monday after figurehead leader Myint Swe was placed on medical leave, state media reported. “The Interim President’s Office has sent a letter to the State Administration Council Office notifying it to delegate the responsibilities,” government broadcaster MRTV said Monday, referring to the junta council that governs Myanmar, which is chaired by Hlaing. On Friday, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar reported that 73-year-old Swe has been suffering from “psychomotor retardation” and “malnutrition” since early 2023. The junta first promised to hold elections within two years after seizing power – a deadline that has been repeatedly extended. At least 18.6 million people in Myanmar today need urgent humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Persons: Min Aung Hlaing, Myint Swe, “, MRTV, Hlaing, —, Nobel, Aung, Kyi —, Tom Andrews Organizations: CNN, Interim, Administration, Office, “, Pro Tem, Administration Council, Information, UN, Rights, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Myanmar

☆ South African police discover multimillion-dollar meth lab on farm
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Amarachi Orie | Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Police in South Africa arrested four people including two Mexican nationals after uncovering a multimillion-dollar drug manufacturing lab on a farm in the country’s north. After searching four structures on the property, police found large quantities of chemicals used to make illicit drugs including acetone and crystal meth, with an estimated street value of 2 billion South African rand ($109.4 million). Police found large quantities of chemicals used to make illicit drugs including acetone and crystal meth. South African Police ServiceThe four suspects detained on Friday include the farm owner and two Mexican nationals, the police service said, adding that the Hawks are not ruling out the possibility of further arrests. The suspects will appear at Groblersdal Magistrate’s court on Monday on charges of manufacturing, dealing and possessing illicit drugs, according to the police service.

Persons: SAPS, ” Katlego Organizations: CNN — Police, South African Police Service, Police, African Police Service, Hawks, Reuters, Global, Transnational, United Nations Office, Drugs Locations: South Africa, Groblersdal, ”

☆ China: A spate of stabbings has sparked online debate about country’s economic woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But China has been rocked by a number of high-profile stabbing cases in recent decades, including multiple such attacks at schools. These worries were clear on Chinese social media after the latest attacks, with several commentators connecting China’s dire economic circumstances to the violence, even as the attackers’ motives remained unclear. Rare violent crimeTwo of the most high-profile recent attacks came in June – and both targeted foreign nationals. Video Ad Feedback Four Americans are stabbed in a shock attack in China 04:20 - Source: CNNUltra-nationalism has risen across China and Chinese social media in recent years, as has anti-American and anti-Japanese sentiment. On social media, the belief that economic insecurity is making the country less safe remains palpable.

Persons: “, haven’t, China –, Michelle Miao, ”, Mao Ning, Adam Zabner, David Zabner, Adam, Stabbings, Miao, CUHK Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Chinese University of Hong, Stanford University’s Center, Behavioral Sciences, CNN, Ministry of Public Security, World Bank, United Nations Office, Drugs, Americas, Xinhua, Youth Locations: Hong Kong, China, Guangxi, Weibo, ”, Chinese University of Hong Kong, –, Iowa, Beishan Park, Jilin, Asia

☆ Israel-Hamas War and Gaza Fighting: Latest Updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Settlers are governed by Israeli civil law while their Palestinian neighbors are subject to Israeli military law. “Settler soldiers are actually an armed militia.”Image Israeli army reservists near the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank in October. From the perspective of some in the Israeli military, settler violence is a threat to Israel’s security. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israeli forces have killed more than 530 West Bank Palestinians since the war in Gaza began, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which tracks West Bank violence on a weekly basis.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Hagit, ’, ” Ms, Ofran, Tamir Kalifa, Bezalel Smotrich, Smotrich, Yehuda Fox, “, ” Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Sheikh Ahmad Organizations: West Bank, The European Union, European Council, United, State Department, “, The New York Times, Mr, Israel’s, Command, Palestinian, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: United States, Peace, Israel, Jordan, Gaza, West, Palestinian, ”, Tekoa, Al Bireh, Ramin, Deir Abu Mash’al, Ramallah

☆ Opinion: ‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we be ready?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Opinion Jeff Schlegelmilch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority is active but relatively new in its current form, having been consolidated as a single agency only in 2009. The practice of emergency management has generally originated from the first responder community and the civil defense era, primarily with a focus on consequence management. But as emergency management agencies have been designed, emergency management systems have been shaped by laws and agreements across government bureaucracies and partners in the private and nonprofit sectors with a narrower focus on managing consequences, focused more on logistics than sociology. But disaster management in practice is still fundamentally a numbers game. Strong emergency management agencies are also important.

Persons: CNN —, Jeff Schlegelmilch Jonathan Sury, Paula Bronstein, Jeff Schlegelmilch, George Rose, Enrico Quarantelli, ”, ” Jeff Schlegelmilch, Megadisasters, Ho Organizations: CNN, Emergency Management Authority, Defense Department, Alaska Airlines, Geological Survey, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, United Nations Office, Nations, Twitter Locations: Gaziantep, Turkey, Hatay, America, Syria, Vesuvius, Patong, Phuket, Thailand, Ukraine, Mount St, Helens, Seattle , Washington, United States, Port, Prince, Haiti, Japan

☆ SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNASA has confirmed that a hunk of space junk as big as a car hood found in North Carolina belonged to a SpaceX Dragon Capsule, according to an agency statement shared on X. AdvertisementDebris from the Dragon Capsule landed in the middle of a train at the Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort in North Carolina. Photos by Brett Tingley, courtesy of the Glamping CollectiveA similar chunk of Dragon trunk was found in Franklin, North Carolina in June. It's when space debris free-falls toward Earth with no one controlling its course. Even though this space debris is relatively small compared to, say, car-sized satellites, it's not harmless.

Persons: —, Justin Clontz, Space.com, Brett Tingley, It's, landers, Moriba Jah, Jah, Jonathan McDowell, McDowell, it's Organizations: Service, NASA, SpaceX, International Space, Business, International Space Station, United Nations Office, Outer Space Affairs, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas, Harvard, Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Aerospace Corporation, Federal Government Locations: North Carolina, Asheville, Franklin , North Carolina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Florida, Austin, Asheville , North Carolina

☆ Unlikely Wild Animals Are Being Smuggled Into U.S. Ports: Corals
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Jason Bittel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But other creatures are frequently being seized at American ports of entry, creatures you perhaps would not realize are animals: corals. Corals are not plants: They are tiny invertebrates that live in vast colonies, forming the foundation of the world’s tropical reefs. All over the world, corals, which populate reefs, filter water and provide habitats for numerous fish and other ocean life, are in danger. The United States is a huge part of that trade. “The U.S. is the primary market for marine corals,” said Ashley Skeen, a senior wildlife inspector for the U.S.

Persons: they’d, ”, Ashley Skeen Organizations: United Nations Office, Drugs, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service Locations: Indonesia, Fiji, Tonga, Australia, Caribbean, United States, U.S

CNN —The Israeli military strapped an injured Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle during an operation on Saturday in the occupied West Bank. The PRCS said the Israeli military had prevented its crews from providing first aid to an injured man in the Jabarat area of Jenin. Raneen Sawafta/Reuters/FileHe was transferred to the Red Crescent to receive medical treatment, the Israeli military added. Almost three quarters of those fatalities took place during operations by Israeli forces, the UN agency said. As well as Israeli military raids in the West Bank, there has been an increase in violence carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.

Persons: PRCS, Raneen Sawafta, Biden Organizations: CNN, West Bank . Video, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Military, West Bank, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UN Locations: Jenin, Jabarat, “, Wadi, Gaza, Israel, East Jerusalem

UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told a daily briefing at the UN that the health ministry in Gaza recently published two separate death tolls – an overall death toll and a total number of identified fatalities. The fully identified death toll comprises of 7,797 children, 4,959 women, 1,924 elderly, and 10,006 men, the UN spokesperson said, citing the Gaza health ministry. The total number of dead also does not include the approximately 10,000 people who are still missing and trapped under the rubble, the officials added. Israel launched its military assault on Gaza on October 7 after the militant group Hamas, which governs Gaza, killed at least 1,200 people in Israel and abducted more than 250 others. CNN has seen a daily report from the Palestinian health ministry which matches the number OCHA published in the revised version.

Persons: Farhan Haq, Haq Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Ministry of Health, Hamas, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UN, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ A high-stakes report looms over Biden on whether Israel violated international law
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Nic Antaya/Getty Images Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on the New York University campus in New York on Friday, May 3. Mike Blake/Reuters Pro-Palestinian protesters stand their ground after police breached their encampment at UCLA on May 2. Before police were deployed to campus, pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters were clashing at the school , according to multiple reports. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Columbia University students gather for a picket organized by the Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2710) on Monday, April 29. Stefan Jeremiah/AP Israeli flags are reflected in the sunglasses of a demonstrator in front of Columbia University on April 22.

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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, eastern Rafah evacuations
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Adam Renton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Israel Defense Forces say that evacuation of residents and displaced people in eastern Rafah is "not a wide-scale evacuation of Rafah this is a limited-scale operation in the area of Eastern Rafah." Colonel Nadav Shoshani, IDF's international spokesperson, said in a press briefing Monday they were "calling on people of Eastern Rafah to move north." When asked about how long residents would have to leave, Shoshani said,"People have days at least to move," he said when asked about how long residents would have to leave. Shoshani would not be drawn about whether this evacuation was linked to an attack on IDF soldiers yesterday. "I don't want to go into specific of our operational ideas and plans and timing," he said.

Persons: Nadav Shoshani, Shoshani, Yoav Galant, Jens Laerke Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, CNN, Israeli, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Locations: Rafah, Eastern Rafah, Gaza, Israel, Geneva

How the U.S. Humanitarian Pier in Gaza Will WorkA humanitarian pier the U.S. military will bring to the Gaza Strip is currently being assembled and is expected to be ready to receive initial shipments of food and other aid early next month, according to military officials. Pier At the pier, loaded aid trucks are driven to Gaza’s shore. Gaza Strip EMPTY TRUCKS return to the pier Humanitarian partners will pick up aid near the shore to take it into the Gaza Strip. Pier At the pier, loaded aid trucks are driven to Gaza’s shore. Gaza Strip EMPTY TRUCKS return to the pier Humanitarian partners will pick up aid near the shore to take it into the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Juan Camilo Jimenez Garces, Trucks, OCHA, U.N, David Satterfield, Israel Organizations: United Nations, U.S . Agency for International Development, Military, Aid, Spanish, BANK, New York Times Ships, Army, New York Times, Food, WFP GAZA, United Nations Office, Humanitarian, New York Times Aid, Hamas, U.S Locations: U.S, Gaza, Larnaca, Cyprus, Dubai, Kenya, Europe, CYPRUS Larnaca, BANK GAZA, ISRAEL EGYPT, LEBANON, Israel, United States, Med, ISRAEL Rafah, Shalom, Egypt, Israel’s

CNN —Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said. In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 others, according to preliminary reports from Mullah Janan Sayeq, a spokesman for the Ministry of Disaster Management. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan said Tuesday that the heavy rains and floods have affected more than 1,200 families and damaged almost 1,000 houses, according to a statement on X. Houses submerged after heavy rains flood Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 16, 2024. The heavy downpours are unusual for the region at this time of the year, as Pakistan typically experiences the monsoon season from June through September.

Persons: Mullah Janan Sayeq, Sayeq, Muhammad Sajjad, Abdul Majeed, – Organizations: CNN, Ministry of Disaster Management, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UN, Getty, Pakistan Locations: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Peshawar, Herat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AFP, Balochistan

☆ Mexican drug gangs ‘increasingly targeting’ Australia as meth supplies overtake rivals, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia’s top suppliers of methamphetamine, police said, warning that Mexican gangs are “increasingly targeting” the country. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian meth fell to less than 15% of seizures of the drug, a highly addictive and potent stimulant. A wastewater detection program led by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission projected meth to be Australia’s second most used drug. In 2022, authorities stopped 1.8 tons of liquid meth masquerading as coconut water in Hong Kong before it reached Australia. They were bound for New Zealand, Australia and the surrounding Pacific region, police said.

Persons: Jared Taggart, Taggart, ”, Sam Gor, Terry Goldsworthy, Criminologist John Fitzgerald, Masood Karimipour Organizations: CNN —, Australian Federal Police, Police, ”, Australian Institute of Health, Welfare, Australian Criminal Intelligence, AFP, Bond University, Australian Capital Territory, University of Melbourne, Drugs, New Zealand police, Southeast, Pacific, United Nations Office Locations: North America, Southeast Asia, Australia, AFP, Mexico, United States, Canada, ” Australia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Japan , New Zealand, Hong Kong, Asia, Pacific, Queensland, American, Europe, Ukraine, New Zealand

☆ Southern Africa’s drought and floods could push tens of millions into hunger
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Sarah Dean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The country’s top priority “is securing food for all Zimbabweans,” the president told journalists at the state house in Harare. Kb Mpofu/ReutersIn Zambia, Malawi and Central Mozambique, extreme drought has damaged more than 2 million hectares of crops, Oxfam said. Zambia declared its drought a disaster on February 29. In Mozambique — a country accounting for only 0.2% of global emissions — 3 million people face hunger, according to Oxfam. The country’s capital, Maputo, experienced devastating floods in March, after Tropical Storm Filipo hit followed a few weeks later by further intense rainfall.

Persons: South Africa CNN —, Emmerson Mnangagwa, El Niño, Zimbabwe —, Filipo, ” Teresa Anderson, Machinda Marongwe, ” Marongwe Organizations: South Africa CNN, Oxfam, Reuters, Democratic, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, United States Agency, International, Systems Network Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Harare, “, Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Pumula East, Bulawayo, Central Mozambique, ” Southern Africa, Maputo

☆ Israeli attack that killed WCK aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Gianluca Mezzofiore | Allegra Goodwin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A deadly Israeli attack that killed seven aid workers from the non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza on Monday appears to have consisted of multiple precision strikes, a CNN analysis of aftermath videos and images found. The first vehicle, which appeared to have suffered extensive fire damage, was geolocated on Al Rashid street just outside Deir al Balah. The first vehicle, which appeared to have suffered extensive fire damage, was geolocated on Al Rashid street just outside Deir al Balah. Explosive weapons expert Chris Cobb-Smith told CNN on Tuesday that the strikes appeared to have been carried out by an Israeli drone. CNN geolocated the third car, seen with its roof blown apart, to an open field 1.6 km from the second car.

Persons: WCK, Al, Deir al Balah, Al Rashid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, “, Herzi Halevi, ” Halevi, Chris Cobb, Smith, Cobb, Patrick Senft, Senft Organizations: CNN, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Getty, British, Israeli UAV, Armament Research Services, ” CNN, Israeli, Haaretz Locations: Gaza, Deir al, Al Rashid, Al, Deir al Balah, AFP, United States, Israeli

☆ U.S. investigating Meta for role in illicit drug sales, WSJ reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A smart phone is displaying Facebook with the Meta icon visible in the background in this photo illustration. The paper quoted a spokesman for Meta as saying in a statement: "The sale of illicit drugs is against our policies and we work to find and remove this content from our services". "Meta proactively cooperates with law enforcement authorities to help combat the sale and distribution of illicit drugs," he added. The prosecutors' office and a spokeswoman for the FDA declined to comment to WSJ. Meta, the FDA and the Virginia Attorney General's office did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

Persons: Nick Clegg, Meta Organizations: U.S, Wall Street, Drug Administration, Meta, FDA, Virginia Attorney, U.S . State Department, United Nations Office, Drugs Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Virginia

☆ Plan to Deliver Aid by Sea Faces Big Hurdles
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Gaya Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“It constitutes tacit consent and encouragement on the part of the governments of Canada and Sweden to continue to ignore the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activity,” the statement said. In a government statement on Saturday, Sweden said that it would disburse a conditional first payment of some $20 million. The United Nations has also commissioned an external review. The United States and other countries announced plans this week to try to get aid into northern Gaza by sea through the Mediterranean coast. In recent weeks, nations have been sending in aid via airdrops attached to parachutes.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, ” Philippe Lazzarini, Aaron Boxerman Organizations: United Nations, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNRWA, Nations, European Union, United, Palestinian Locations: Canada, Sweden, Gaza, Israel, United States, Jerusalem

☆ Women in Iran: UN report says repression of protesters and discrimination against women amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Eve Brennan | Jomana Karadsheh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,” according to a United Nations’ report. It cited a report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran, a task force set up by the UN Human Rights Council to look at claims of deteriorating human rights conditions in Iran. She became the face of women calling for greater rights and freedoms curtailed since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Protests erupted across Iran again in September last year on the first anniversary of her death. AFP/Getty ImagesA CNN report in November 2022 also found that Iran’s security forces used rape to quell protests in the country.

Persons: ”, Jina Mahsa Amini, Mahsa, ” “, Mahsa Amini, Sara Hossain, Iran’s Organizations: CNN, United Nations, United Nations Office, Human Rights, Independent, UN Human Rights, UN, “, Getty, ” Locations: Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Tehran, AFP

☆ Haiti extends state of emergency as intruders break into key port terminal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Caitlin Hu | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Intruders broke into a major port terminal in Haiti Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency. It comes as Port-au-Prince’s Caribbean Port Services (CPS) terminal, a major player in Haiti’s food import supply chain, was broken into around 8 a.m., two security sources told CNN. Pléiades Neo/AirbusOne Airbus satellite image shows a significant amount of material littering the area of the container port terminal. The chaos has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes in the past few days, adding to the more than 300,000 already displaced by gang violence. A law enforcement officer at a police station set on fire by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 5, 2024.

Persons: Pléiades, Jimmy Cherizier, Prince, Cherizier, Ariel Henry’s, Odelyn Joseph, Stephane Dujarric, Dujarric, ” Ronald Laroche, ” Laroche, “, ”, they’ve, Henry, Jovenel Moise, Raymond King of, King, Médecins Organizations: CNN, Caribbean Port Services, CPS, Airbus, Haitian National Police, Reuters, Food, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, UN, Protection, Kenyan, Royal Bahamas Defence Force, MSF Locations: Haiti, Region, Port, Prince, Prince’s, ”, United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Kenya, Caribbean, Cité, Syria, Myanmar

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