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Boeing workers to vote on third contract agreement that could end strike
The 33,000 workers who have been on strike since September could return to work this week. Boeing workers will vote on a third contract agreement on Monday that could end a seven-week strike that ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Leader of Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia resigns, ending unrest
The separatist leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest, in which the opposition and its supporters seized key government buildings and at least 14 ...World - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza
Israel says it's terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main aid provider in GazaWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
What Are the Implications of Israel Banning UNRWA?
Humanitarian agencies fear the new Israeli laws could have catastrophic effects for Gazans. They are already drawing sharp criticism from Israel’s allies.World - The New York Times - October 30 -
Israel’s Knesset Opens With Passage of Bill Banning UNRWA: What to Know
Israel’s Knesset began its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and with some contentious matters on the agenda.World - The New York Times - October 28 -
What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it?
The agency provides aid for Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere, and has long been criticised by Israel.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Why Israel's UNRWA ban could be devastating for Palestinians
UNRWA, United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians, provides far more than humanitarian aid.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
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Israel-Lebanon: the peace agreement that should be an annex
As the current cease-fire agreement is being negotiated, its content needs to express an understanding of the complex situation of Lebanon as a country and apply strategic rehabilitation mechanisms ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel's parliament voted Monday to ban the operations of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, the main humanitarian aid agency operating in Gaza.Top stories - NBC News - October 28 -
Israeli parliament votes to ban Unrwa from Israel within 90 days
Lawmakers also voted to declare UN relief agency a terror group, banning any direct interaction with Israeli state. Middle East crisis – latest updates Israel’s parliament has voted to ban the ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Israel’s Parliament Passes Bills Banning UNRWA, Agency That Aids Palestinians
Most of the provisions of the laws, which could threaten UNRWA’s work by barring its operations in the country, will not take effect for three months.World - The New York Times - October 29 -
US calls on Israel to tackle ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza
Failure to help improve the situation on the ground could be met by restrictions on US military aid. Middle East live: latest updates Israel is not addressing the “catastrophic humanitarian ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Israel's potential ban on Palestinian aid agency UNRWA raises concerns
UNRWA "really plays an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza, where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to the people that need it," U.S. State Department spokesperson ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
'Unrwa means everything to us': Gazans fear aid collapse
People in war-torn Gaza are already struggling with a deep humanitarian crisis but now they fear it will get much more difficult.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
State Department reacts to Israel's parliament vote to ban UNRWA
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the Biden administration is concerned over a vote in Israel's parliament to ban UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency's chief says
The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create ...World - ABC News - October 31 -
‘There is no alternative’: Israel’s ban on vital Unrwa services will be a catastrophe for Gaza
Israel’s anti-Unrwa legislation will sever aid to 2.3 million people, unless Benjamin Netanyahu can be convinced to veto it. Bin bags were piling up at one end of the chaotic main thoroughfare in ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Unrwa shutdown by Israel would add to Gaza suffering, says top official
Sam Rose warns of severe consequences amid weakened US stance and points to ICJ demand to protect aid efforts. Middle East crisis – live updates Israel’s plan to close the UN Palestinian ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
Norway to ask ICJ for advisory opinion condemning Israel’s stance on Unrwa
Draft resolution for UN general assembly seeks to protect the aid agency and allow it to keep functioning in Gaza. Norway is to seek an international court of justice (ICJ) advisory opinion ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
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Uruguay's presidential runoff will be tight. But with rivals in agreement, it's no nail-biter
Uruguay’s presidential election has opened a four-week window during which the leading center-left and center-right coalitions will go all-out to pull more voters into their camps ahead of a heated ...World - ABC News - October 28 -
ASP Isotopes Stock Surges on Uranium-Plant Agreement With TerraPower
TerraPower, the Bill Gates-founded nuclear-power firm, will back the planned construction of a facility for producing enriched uranium.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 30 -
A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief
António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely. . The world needs the US to remain in the ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Dominican baseball player with verbal agreement with Padres was 19, not 14, per report
The agreement in place has been voidedSports - CBS Sports - November 3 -
Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement
Commitment by Mogadishu’s largest single lender is latest in series of deals to forgive ‘unsustainable’ $4.5bn debt. Somalia has announced that more than $1.1bn (£860m) of outstanding loans will be ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
2024 likely to be hottest year on record, first to exceed Paris agreement threshold
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a statement Thursday. In its announcement, Copernicus noted that last month was ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
9/11 masterminds, others could still get plea agreements
A military judge ruled that the plea agreements struck for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, a defense official confirmed. CBS News' Charlie ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Exxon chief presses Trump to stay in Paris climate agreement
Exxon CEO Darren Woods urged President-elect Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement as the oil and gas industry prepares for the new administration. In an interview with The Wall Street ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
The EU says it won't renew a fishing agreement with Senegal criticized by many in the country
The European Union says it will not renew a fishing agreement with Senegal that has been criticized by many SenegaleseWorld - ABC News - November 12 -
Russia urges Trump to remain in Paris agreement at upside-down COP29
Countries historically viewed as blockers of progress at global climate talks defend UN processWorld - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
Cop29 live: ministers told to ‘cut theatrics’, ‘move faster’ and ‘get down to business’ amid growing frustration at slow progress
Cop29 president calls for faster action as progress to agree a climate finance deal slows. Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves How usual is it to have G20 happening at ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
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Democrats try to force Ethics Committee to release Gaetz report
Bipartisan House Ethics Committee were deadlocked along party lines on whether to release a report on its investigation of Matt Gaetz, Trump's attorney general pick.Top stories - ABC News - 2 days ago
