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Azerbaijani President reveals plan on Non-Aligned Movement office in New York
Addressing the Baku Conference of the NAM Parliamentary Network, Aliyev on Thursday added that the initiative is backed by the NAM member states, Xinhua news agency reported. Parliamentary delegations from 40 countries and representatives of nine international organisations are attending the Baku conference which aims to discuss how to boost the role of national parliaments in promoting global peace and sustainable development.
NATO summit concludes amid criticism of bloc's aggression
Twenty-two NATO members on Thursday agreed to launch the NATO Innovation Fund, a multi-sovereign venture capital fund that will invest 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) in startups and other venture capital funds developing emerging technologies for both civilian and military use. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the fund's signing ceremony that it would help transform NATO's security environment and strengthen its innovation ecosystem, Xinhua news agency reported.
First African-American woman sworn in as US Supreme Court justice
Chief Justice John Roberts administered the constitutional oath for Jackson on Thursday afternoon while Associate Justice Stephen Breyer administered the judicial oath, in a ceremony before a small gathering of her family at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill. Jackson, in a statement, said that she will administer justice "without fear or favour".
Iran FM calls nuke talks in Doha 'positive'
Iran is serious about reaching "a good, robust and lasting agreement," which is at hand "if the US acts realistically," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in a phone conversation on Wednesday evening. "We are determined to continue the negotiations until a realistic deal is reached," he added. Amir-Abdollahian also thanked Qatar for hosting the negotiations on Tuesday and Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
US Supreme Court deals severe blow to Biden's Green agenda
In a 6-3 ruling, the nine-member bench ruled that the US Environment Protection Agency cannot go beyond its congressionally-mandated authority to enforce emission rules. "Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible 'solution to the crisis of the day'," Chief Justice John Roberts, one of the six conservative justices, wrote in the majority ruling.
New Zealand PM urges democratic nations to stand firm as China becomes 'more assertive'
New Zealand has toughened its tone recently on security and Beijing's growing presence in the South Pacific, in part due to the signing of a security pact between China and Solomon Islands, The Guardian reported. At a summit where Nato for the first time identified Beijing as a serious challenge, Ardern dedicated part of her speech to warning of China's increasingly muscular international presence -- while calling for dialogue and diplomacy rather than increased militarisation in response
It would be 'disgusting' to see Boris Johnson 'naked', says Putin
Speaking during a visit to Turkmenistan, the Russian President also taunted his advisories over their 'lack of machismo' -- when asked about western leaders joking about him at the G7 summit on Sunday. As they sat down for talks amid tensions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Johnson jested that G7 leaders could take their clothes off to "show that we're tougher than Putin".
NATO declares China as a security threat for the first time
NATO's new 10-year strategic blueprint, agreed to by leaders at a summit in Spain on Thursday morning (AEST), called out the rising Asian power for conducting "malicious" cyber operations, for its strategic partnership with Russia, rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal and its efforts to dominate key supply chains, Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Pakistan rejects reports linking Udaipur murder
Pakistan has rejected Indian media reports insinuating that the murder of a Hindu tailor in Udaipur city was somewhow linked to Islamabad. The Foreign Office (FO) here issued a statement in response to reports appearing in a segment of the Indian media regarding investigations into the murder case, Samaa TV reported.
Padma Shri Raj Bothra acquitted of all charges in US trial
Bothra of Bloomfield Hills the accused mastermind; along with Ganiu Edu of Southfield, Davi Lewis of Detroit and Christopher Russo of Birmingham were found not guilty by a jury, Macomb Daily reported. The verdicts followed a six-week trial in front of Judge Stephen Murphy in US District Court in Detroit. Bothra's attorney, Arthur Weiss, said he and his client are "ecstatic" over the verdict but upset that he has been in federal detention for 43 months while awaiting trial.
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