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Israeli forces battled with Palestinian groups in Rafah and elsewhere in southern Gaza despite the Israeli military’s announcement on Sunday of tactical pauses in operations to allow humanitarian aid to enter, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticised plans announced by the military to hold daily pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into the besieged Palestinian enclave that has been under relentless Israeli bombardment for more than eight months. Lazzarini, commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the main organisation delivering humanitarian aid…

The spat over EVs is part of a wider trade dispute over Chinese state support for green technologies.The European Union will hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) on July 4, unless Beijing fail to agree a “solution” to subsidies that the bloc says are distorting its markets. The European Commission said on Wednesday that it would raise tariffs on Chinese carmakers to 38 percent, up from the current level of 10 percent, on July 4, unless talks with China can resolve the subsidies issue. The argument over EVs is the latest in a series of trade spats between the…

NewsFeedWith temperatures near 50°C (122°F) thousands of pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia have suffered from heatstroke and dehydration. At least 20 people have died, some from heat-related illness.Published On 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024 Source link

Violent protests have erupted on the streets of Buenos Aires, as Argentina’s Senate debates the passage of a key bill that would advance President Javier Milei’s economic overhaul. Thousands of protesters gathered in the shadow of the country’s domed Congress building on Wednesday, in a demonstration against the proposed austerity measures contained in the wide-reaching bill. But while the day began with street barbecues, picketing and protest songs, tensions rose in the afternoon as debate unfolded inside the congressional building. Riot police armed with helmets, batons and clear, plastic shields arrived to disperse the crowds. They deployed tear gas, rubber…

Saudi Arabia authorities urge pilgrims to protect themselves from extreme heat, hydrate and use umbrellas.Authorities in Saudi Arabia have warned Hajj pilgrims to take measures to protect themselves from sweltering temperatures after Jordan reported that 14 of its citizens died of sunstroke during the annual ritual. ​Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel​, Saudi Arabia’s minister of health, called on pilgrims on Monday to hydrate, use an umbrella for protection from the sun and stay away from hot surfaces. “The solution is: ‘prevention, then prevention, then prevention’,” Saudi Arabia’s official news agency, SPA, quoted Al-Jalajel​ as saying. He added that medics treated 2,764…

China’s probe into EU pork comes in retaliation to the bloc’s decision last week to add additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.China has opened an investigation into pork imports from the European Union after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric cars. China’s commerce ministry announced the investigation on Monday, saying it will focus on pork for human consumption, such as fresh, cold, and frozen whole cuts, as well as pig intestines, bladders, and stomachs. “The Ministry of Commerce has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of relevant pork and pig by-products originating from the European Union,” the ministry…

In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, Mohamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands and livestock. Kabaw was once flourishing and known for its figs, olives and almonds. Now its fields are mostly barren and battered by climate change-induced drought. The area about 200km (125 miles) southwest of Tripoli was once “green and prosperous until the beginning of the millennium”, Maakaf recalled. “People loved to come here and take walks, but today it has become so dry that it’s unbearable.” “We no longer see the green meadows we knew…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the country’s war cabinet, following the withdrawal of his principal rival, Benny Gantz. The six-member war cabinet will now be replaced by a “kitchen cabinet”, which Netanyahu will be able to consult for advice on the war on Gaza. Netanyahu had been under pressure from far-right ministers within his coalition cabinet who wanted to join the war cabinet, which could have triggered a further lurch to the extreme right of Israeli politics. What was the Israeli war cabinet? The war cabinet was formed on October 11 after Israel declared war on Gaza in…

As the war enters its 840th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, June 14, 2024. Fighting The Ukrainian military said its forces were fighting fierce battles near Chasiv Yar, a strategic hilltop settlement in Donetsk, and the situation was “tense”. A civilian was killed further south on the front line near Pokrovsk, while another man was killed by Russian fire in the southern Kherson region. Russian journalist Valery Kozhin, who worked for Russia’s state-run NTV television channel, was killed in Ukrainian shelling of a Russian-occupied village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russian news agencies reported,…

NewsFeedIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly scrapped his Gaza war cabinet. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith explains what’s been happening.Published On 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024 Source link