“Our thinking should be grounded by the fact that we have more conflicts today than at any time since World War Two and by the evolving nature of conflict,” said Catherine Pollard, UN Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, in her opening remarks to the two-day meeting held 4 and 5 February. “We are seeing an increase in conflicts …
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US president announces latest tariffs following trade measures directed at Canada, Mexico and China. United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports, and reciprocal tariffs on countries levelling duties on US goods. Trump said on Sunday that he would formally announce the tariffs on steel and aluminium the following …
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58 minutes ago Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Reuters Taylor Swift – pictured in between two of the Haim sisters – watching boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Chiefs at her second Super Bowl appearance One of the biggest sporting events in the world is under way in New Orleans as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in this year’s …
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Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s center-right president, is facing re-election after 15 months in office. His predecessor, Guillermo Lasso, called for early elections in 2023 amid impeachment proceedings over embezzlement accusations. Mr. Noboa, 37, a Harvard Kennedy School graduate who comes from one of Ecuador’s wealthiest families, rose unexpectedly in the polls to win election and serve out the remainder of Mr. …
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Use a ‘slim’ runtime image For many applications written in languages that require a runtime, you can use a “slim” runtime image for the language. These are prebuilt images that contain the bare minimum of what’s needed to launch and run an application written in the given language. It’s worth saying again that slim images only give you what’s needed …
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New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages have renewed pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase ending three weeks from now. Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start on February 3. But Israel and …
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At a prayer breakfast, Trump said the task force would prosecute the ‘targeting’ of Christians within government.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide. The order Trump signed Thursday accuses the ICC of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.” It cites the arrest warrant …
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The head of DOGE has said Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are essentially ‘radical left crazy people talking to themselves’ Tech billionaire Elon Musk, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), called for shutting down US-state funded media outlets Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice of America (VOA) on Sunday. Musk said the outlets just …
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Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the current conflict. Credit: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba, February 2025 Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 07 (IPS) – Even after Trump declared that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland by force, if necessary, and rename the Gulf of Mexico to …
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