EXPLAINER The UN chief’s invocation of a rare power and a warning from the ICC chief prosecutor – here are major updates. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, December 7, 2023: The latest developments On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 – considered among the most powerful…
The fourth Republican debate of the 2024 United States presidential election boasted chaotic moments and personal attacks, as candidates tussled to present themselves as viable alternatives to former President Donald Trump. Trump, the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican nomination, skipped the debate once again, but his candidacy, political record and…
Canberra will provide assistance for PNG’s police and judiciary in deal underlining two countries’ close ties. Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a bilateral security agreement that will provide the Pacific state with more assistance for its police and support for its legal system. The agreement was…
Republican senators in the United States have blocked $106bn in new funding for Ukraine and Israel, rejecting appeals from President Joe Biden amid anger over the exclusion of immigration reforms they had demanded as part of the package. Biden had earlier warned of dire consequences for Kyiv – and a…
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza. The rare move by the secretary-general comes as the Security Council is yet to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas and…
As the war enters its 652nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians that Kyiv would defeat Russia and win a fair peace in an unusual early-morning video that showed him walking through Kyiv on…
Suva, Fiji – From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous communities have used unique design and building techniques for millennia to help them survive in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. Now, as the UN World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2023 is ‘almost certain’ to be the hottest…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the military and rival paramilitary RSF to ‘stop this conflict now’. The United States has determined that warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, as Washington increases pressure on the army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid…
Dodik called the envoy a ‘stinker’ as he demanded the trial be relocated to the capital of Bosnia’s Serbia entity. The trial of Bosnian Serb leader Milord Dodik has opened at a court in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, where the contentious leader is facing charges of ignoring rulings from an…
Illia Kyva, declared a traitor by Ukraine, has been shot dead in a park in Odintsovo region in the southwest of Moscow. A former pro-Russian member of Ukraine’s parliament has been shot dead near Moscow in an assassination claimed by Kyiv. Illia Kyva, declared a traitor by Ukraine, was shot…
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