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Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea, a signal of increasingly aggressive behavior from Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine struggles to make headway, French defense officials said Thursday.  Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 17:10 2 min “A Russian air traffic control system threatened to shoot down French aircraft in the Black Sea when we were in a free international zone where we patrol,” the French defense minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said on RTL radio.A French military spokesman, Col. Pierre Gaudillière, said Lecornu was referring to an incident in mid-November that…

Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 15:00Modified: 22/02/2024 – 15:38 02:01 The October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel involved systematic and deliberate sexual assaults on civilians, a report released by an Israeli group said on Wednesday. Read more on related topics: Source link

NGOs and leftist members of the opposition have increased the pressure on France’s government to reconsider arms sales to Israel in the wake of the war in Gaza and follow in the footsteps of other European nations that made moves to suspend military exports over concerns about the humanitarian situation on the ground.  It was Ramadan, and another war was raging in Gaza.In July 2014, 8-year-old Afnan Shuheibar, her 16-year-old brother Oday, and her three cousins Basel, Jihad and Wassim – ages 8 to 11 – went up to the roof of the Shuheibar home in Gaza City to feed the pigeons when…

A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 11:03 3 min It also ordered the three-time Champions League winner to five years probation after he serves his jail term, and demanded he pay 150,000 euros ($162,000) in compensation to the victim.”The victim did not consent and there is evidence that, beyond the complainant’s testimony, permits the rape to be considered proven,” the Barcelona court wrote in a statement.”The court…

France’s iconic Eiffel Tower was closed for a fourth day on Thursday as employees extended a strike over the monument’s management, unions said. Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 11:27Modified: 22/02/2024 – 11:25 1 min The stoppage at one of the world’s best-known tourist sites is the second within two months in protest of what unions say is insufficient investment.The tower’s operator, SETE, has advised ticket holders to check its website before showing up, or to postpone their visit. E-ticket holders were asked to check their e-mails for further information.Ticket holders will be reimbursed, the operator said.Unions have criticised SETE for basing…

Three Palestinian gunmen killed one person and wounded eight when they sprayed automatic weapons fire at vehicles in a “terror attack” Thursday near a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, police said.   Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 10:39 2 min The three shooters were “neutralised”, police said, and an AFP photographer later saw their bodies at the scene of the attack on a highway east of Jerusalem, where five cars were riddled with bullets.”The three terrorists… got out of their vehicle and started shooting automatic weapons at vehicles that were in a traffic jam on the road towards Jerusalem,”…

Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 10:09 California-based chipmaker Nvidia showed with its latest earnings call that there is still room to grow, with revenue for the last quarter of 2023 surging 265 percent over the year to $22 billion and forecast to keep rising. In this edition of Business Daily, we take a look what Nvidia’s success has been built on, and the potential challenges it could face moving forward. Source link

President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” at a public fundraising event Wednesday in California.  Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 04:04 1 min “We have a crazy SOB like that guy Putin, and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict, but the existential threat to humanity is climate,” Biden said in a brief speech at the event in San Francisco that was attended by a small group of reporters.In a hot mic slip in January 2022, Biden similarly called a Fox News journalist a “son of a bitch.”Biden’s burst of strong language follows…

An Australian bishop is facing accusations of rape and indecent assault, becoming one of the most senior Catholics in the country to be charged with sex crimes. Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 04:54 1 min Emeritus Bishop Christopher Alan Saunders was arrested in Western Australia on Wednesday evening after a high-powered internal Vatican investigation spurred child abuse detectives into action.Police said he has been charged with 14 counts of unlawful and indecent assault and two counts of sexual penetration without consent — a legal term for rape.The 74-year-old, who is due to front court on Thursday, has also been charged with…

Back to homepage / Middle East Israel-Hamas war New attempts are underway to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war in Gaza, said Benny Gantz, a former military chief and defence minister late Wednesday. It’s the first Israeli indication of renewed cease-fire talks since negotiations stalled a week ago. Meanwhile, Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza’s Rafah after threatening to send troops into the city.Read our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.  Issued on: 22/02/2024 – 05:31Modified: 22/02/2024 – 05:32 1 min Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike…