World Central Kitchen says it has 276 trucks with eight million meals ready and will resume distributing food in Gaza nearly a month after seven workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike. "Ultimately, we decided we must keep feeding," the charity said on Sunday. BBC News reports: https://flip.it/moViEt #News#WorldNews#Israel#Gaza#Hamas#Palestine
"“Most #Israelis don’t know much about #Palestinians. They think they are terrorists, all of them, or vague images with no names, no faces, no family, no homes, no hopes,”Baruchin said. “What I am trying to do in my posts is present Palestinians as #human beings.”
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More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit
The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according to the Mamirauá Institute, a research facility funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science.
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a Papuan man being tortured by several soldiers at the Gome Post in Puncak regency, Central Papua, went viral on social media. “This incident was a [case of] cruel and inhuman torture that really...
Mali is among the countries currently suffering extreme heat with some areas hit by a temperature of 48,5°C, has recorded more than 100 deaths, victims of the heat wave. Malian meteorologists say the city Southwestern di Kayes recorded the hottest day in African history on April 4, 2024....
Aichi will become the first prefecture in Japan to recognize sexual minorities and common-law couples and their children as families under a “family ship” oath system that will come into effect on April 1.
Families still reeling from the aftermath of a two-year conflict in Tigray are now resorting to increasingly desperate measures to survive. The conflict and erratic rainfall have further exacerbated the planting season which threatens to plunge the region into deeper humanitarian catastrophe if nothing is done, warns Oxfam....
Key points: Despite the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), atrocities against civilians in Tigray continued.Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) extra-judicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women for months after the signing of the CoHA .The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) should renew the...
“If mining goes ahead, we won’t know what we may be losing because we don’t know what there is to start with,” Rabone said. “These are incredible species. There’s these sponges that are literally made of glass,” she offered as one example, “absolutely beautiful animals.”
In the West Bank, Israeli Settlers Are Burning Palestinians’ Olive Trees
In the West Bank, the Israeli army has banned Palestinian farmers from reaching their land and groups of settlers are burning farmers’ crops. Jacobin spoke to olive growers about Israel’s draconian moves to destroy their livelihoods.
Hind Rajab, 6 yrs old, who phoned for help & "begged for hours to be rescued... found dead. Hind had explained that she was the sole survivor in the vehicle after it was fired on by #Israeli forces as the family tried to flee the Tel Hawa area of #Gaza City. Her aunt, uncle and three cousins were all killed.
"“U.S. President Joe Biden issued a memorandum on Thursday requiring allies who receive military aid from the U.S. to provide ‘credible and reliable written assurances’ of their adherence to international law including international human rights law,” the Times of Israel reported. Israel will need to supply written assurances within 45 days or risk loss of aid." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/13/biden-israel-aid/
Trump says he’d disregard NATO treaty, urge Russian attacks on US allies
"Under Article 5, if a NATO ally is attacked, other member countries of NATO consider it “an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked.” Since NATO’s founding in 1949, the clause has been invoked only once: On Sept. 12, 2001, after the terrorist attacks in the US" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/10/trump-nato-allies-russia/
Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while migrant boat tragedy ignored (www.independent.co.uk)
Last week, a fishing boat packed with about 750 men, women and children capsized off the coast of Greece, with hundreds believed to have died
Amnesty International urges review of Indonesian troops in West Papua after torture video (asiapacificreport.nz)
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a Papuan man being tortured by several soldiers at the Gome Post in Puncak regency, Central Papua, went viral on social media. “This incident was a [case of] cruel and inhuman torture that really...
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Heat wave causes havoc in Mali, kills 100 people (africanperceptions.org)
Mali is among the countries currently suffering extreme heat with some areas hit by a temperature of 48,5°C, has recorded more than 100 deaths, victims of the heat wave. Malian meteorologists say the city Southwestern di Kayes recorded the hottest day in African history on April 4, 2024....
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.
Oxfam warns of growing hunger crisis in Tigray as families resort to extreme measures to survive (theaimn.com)
Families still reeling from the aftermath of a two-year conflict in Tigray are now resorting to increasingly desperate measures to survive. The conflict and erratic rainfall have further exacerbated the planting season which threatens to plunge the region into deeper humanitarian catastrophe if nothing is done, warns Oxfam....
Moon's ice not as old as believed, study finds (interestingengineering.com)
A new study finds that the Moon's ice deposits are much younger than previously believed, altering plans for future lunar exploration.
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Ethiopia: Eritrean soldiers committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity after signing of agreement to end hostilities – new report. (www.amnesty.org)
Key points: Despite the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), atrocities against civilians in Tigray continued.Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) extra-judicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women for months after the signing of the CoHA .The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) should renew the...
90% of Species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), an Area Slated for Deep-Sea Mining, Might Be Unknown to Science (gizmodo.com.au)
“If mining goes ahead, we won’t know what we may be losing because we don’t know what there is to start with,” Rabone said. “These are incredible species. There’s these sponges that are literally made of glass,” she offered as one example, “absolutely beautiful animals.”