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17 suspects arrested over assassination of Haitian Prez
At least 28 people participated in the murder of the Haitian president, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, Leon Charles, director of Haiti's National Police at a press conference here on Thursday. Eight other people have fled and three assassins were killed in the shootings with security forces, added the official. Moise was shot dead on Wednesday at his residence during an early morning raid by a group of gunmen.
Aid team blocked from assisting Palestinians expelled from homes: UN
The razing of 27 residential and animal structures and water tanks on Wednesday in the Palestinian herding community of Humsa Al Bqai'a is the first of its kind since February, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday. The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) and the military also took food, milk for children, clothes, hygiene materials and toys. The action involved 11 homes for about 70 people, including 36 children.
Agreement on Nile dam can and must be reached: UNEP
While shared watercourses have been the cause of dispute, they can also be the foundation for cooperation and well-planned hydraulic infrastructure on a shared river course can be a source of enhanced collaboration and need not be a zero-sum game, she told the Security Council on Thursday during a briefing on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), whose construction is nearing completion.
Heatwave in US, Canada virtually impossible without climate change'
The global warming made the extreme temperatures at least 150 times more likely to occur, Xinhua news agency quoted a USA Today report published on Thursday as saying citing a study conducted by leading scientists. "In the US, heat-related mortality is the No. 1 weather-related killer," said the study's co-author Kristie L. Ebi of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington.
Boris Johnson announces withdrawal of UK troops from Afghanistan
"All British troops assigned to NATO's mission in Afghanistan are now returning home," Johnson told the House of Commons, lower house of the British parliament. The Prime Minister would not disclose the exact timetable of the departure for security reasons, but added that most of the 750 remaining British troops had already left, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 185.5 mn
In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 185,500,538, 4,009,084 and 3,351,337,474, respectively. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 33,790,136 and 606,468, respectively.
US military mission in Afghanistan to end on Aug 31: Joe Biden
Biden in April ordered all US troops to leave Afghanistan before September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that drew the US into its longest war. In defending the withdrawal, he noted that the US military had achieved its counter-terrorism objectives in the 20-year war. Biden reaffirmed that the US will continue providing support to the Afghan government.
Japan places capital Tokyo under 4th Covid state of emergency
The government announced on Thursday that the emergency will be effective from July 12 to August 22, which may cause the Summer Olympic Games to be held without spectators at venues in the capital. Japan has so far reported 811,712 coronavirus cases, with 14,897 deaths. At least 37,214,200 vaccine doses against Covid-19 have been administered in the country till date.
Joe Biden cancels Trump proposal to time-limit student visas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the decision on Tuesday and said that it would also drop the proposed limits on visa for journalists. The DHS said that it had received about 32,000 public comments, of which 99 per cent were critical of the proposal made by the Trump administration last September and, therefore, it was withdrawing the proposed changes.
UK court denies Pak right to challenge jurisdiction in Reko Diq case
Judge Robin Khowles of the High Court of Justice, who was hearing the case 'Province of Balochistan vs Tethyan Copper Company' (TCC), rejected Balochistan's position. Balochistan, referring to a Supreme Court decision, contended that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal lacked jurisdiction in the Reko Diq case as the underlying agreement was void due to corruption.
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