Palestinians plan UN resolution enshrining court demand for Israel to end occupation with time frame

Palestinians plan UN resolution enshrining court demand for Israel to end occupation with time frame

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians said Thursday they are planning to introduce a U.N. General Assembly resolution in September enshrining the recent sweeping ruling by the U.N.’s top court that declared Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful — and setting a time frame for it to end. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N.

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Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths | AP News

Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths | AP News

Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who needed help, officials and media reports said Thursday. Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least

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Here’s the schedule for the DNC’s fourth and final night leading up to Harris’ acceptance speech

Here’s the schedule for the DNC’s fourth and final night leading up to Harris’ acceptance speech

▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. CHICAGO (AP) — Here’s a look at the prepared schedule for the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention, culminating with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s nomination for president. The listed schedule does not include potential surprise

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Argentine Senate passes pension spending increase in a blow to President Milei’s radical austerity

Argentine Senate passes pension spending increase in a blow to President Milei’s radical austerity

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday defied the government to approve an increase to pension spending that would cost at least an estimated 0.4% of the gross domestic product, dealing a blow to President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity program. The bruising defeat for right-wing president again cast a spotlight on his weakness

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US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy ‘risk’ and economic threat

US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy ‘risk’ and economic threat

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said Thursday a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy and “threatens the historic commercial relationship” between Mexico and the U.S. The proposal, including a provision to require judges be elected, has spurred a fierce outcry from investors

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