Countries suspend support to UN Agency over Israel attack investigation

Countries suspend support to UN Agency over Israel attack investigation

Nine countries have paused future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East amid an investigation into allegations some workers participated in the October 7th attack on Israel. Political Analyst Rakkel Andreas weighs in on the decision. Meanwhile, Austria has joined a growing list of countries that have announced a suspension of payments to the UN Palestinian aid agency. More than 10 […]

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Health / Medical

How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024

People protest against covid-19 vaccine mandates outside of Los Angeles Unified School District's offices on May 10, 2022. (DAVID CRANE/MEDIANEWS GROUP/LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGES) By Amy Maxmen via KFF Health News Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles, which often leads to hospitalization and can cause death. In recent […]

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World

China’s property giant Evergrande ordered to liquidate

A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of property giant Evergrande. This after the indebted developer, with more than $300 billion of liabilities, failed to come up with a restructuring plan. Patrick Fok was outside the court in Hong Kong when the verdict was delivered.

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World

Japan’s moon probe resumes mission after regaining power

Japan’s space agency says its lunar probe has begun functioning again after losing power on the moon’s surface last week. The ‘SLIM’ explorer lost power days after successfully landing on the moon on January 19, but JAXA says it is now operational and restarting its mission. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.

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World

How art can challenge election-time rhetoric about immigrants

By Lois Klassen, Simon Fraser University The coming year is expected to be one of unprecedented election activity worldwide. And as politicians gear up for the polls, immigrants are being pushed into the spotlight. In the United States, Donald Trump has vowed to expand his Muslim ban and bar Palestinian refugees from Gaza if he is re-elected. In Germany, anti-immigration rhetoric has been on the rise ahead of regional […]

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World

Three American soldiers killed in Jordan drone attack

Three American soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in Jordan. President Joe Biden said the US " shall respond" to the incident which he blamed on "Iran-backed militant groups". Our Washington correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.

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South Africa

The World Court rescues international law from the Gaza rubble

At the International Court of Justice, Nadeli Pandor, left, South Africa’s foreign minister, and Vusimuzi Madonsela, who led South Africa’s delegation to the reading of the court’s order concerning their country’s case accusing Israel of genocide, Jan. 26, 2024. The court found the allegations of such acts “plausible.” UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ In a speech on Dec. 4, 1997, commemorating the International Day of […]

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Opinion Pieces

ICJ ruling is a victory for human rights and justice

“The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, the Hague, Netherlands. The court is the principal judicial body of the United Nations.” Photo: United Nations via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed) By GroundUp Editors via GroundUp The ruling on Friday by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a victory for human rights and justice. Fifteen of the seventeen judges found that South Africa made a plausible case that the dreadful […]

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Opinion Pieces

UN genocide ruling won’t change Israel’s behaviour: three reasons why

By Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the latter’s military operation in Gaza, which South Africa calls acts of genocide. The excessive bombing campaign and wilful destruction of property, life and limb is hardly in dispute. Israel calls it legitimate acts of self-defense, following Hamas’s murderous incursion from Gaza on Israeli terrain on 7 October […]

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