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Heavy rains cause rare flooding in Dubai
Heavy rains battered parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, appearing to flood the tarmac at the Dubai International Airport.
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New Zealand PM Says Fiscal Restraint Key to Taming Prices, Stoking Growth
(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand needs to check government spending for it to successfully tame inflation, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said weeks before releasing his administration’s first fiscal blueprint.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic Boom?Powell Signals Rate-Cut
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Justin Trudeau's government raises taxes on wealthiest Canadians in federal budget
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ’s government announced Tuesday it is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal budget. The taxable portion of capital gains above $250,000 Canadian (US$181,000) would rise from half to two-thirds, which the federal government says will only affect 0.1% of Canadians and raise nearly $20 billion Canadian (US$14.5 billion) in revenue over five years.
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Drought-hit Colombia halts electricity exports to Ecuador
Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought, the government in Bogota said.On Monday night, Ecuador's energy ministry announced "temporary rationing" due to the drought and asked the population to "reduce energy consumption in this critical week."
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Zelensky wants NATO-Ukraine Council to meet on air defence needs
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Kiev on Tuesday that he would seek to convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council to call for improved protection of his country's airspace. Comparing Ukraine's position with that of Israel, after a mass attack by Iranian missiles and drones was warded off over the weekend, Zelensky said Ukraine would ask to be supplied with air defence and missiles. Ukrainians had a right to be protected from terrorism, Zelensky said, adding that Kiev was struggl
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EU Report Backs Telecom Consolidation, Strong Energy Market
(Bloomberg) -- The European Union should consider consolidation for telecom operators as a way to improve the bloc’s mobile and fixed networks and should further integrate its energy markets, according to a report it commissioned on competitiveness. Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparki
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China picks its lowest-scoring officers to command nuclear submarines
Submarines are one of China's foremost weapons, but the officers who lead them are chosen from candidates with some of the lowest exam scores.
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Watch: Crocodile gets caught in charter fishing boat's net
The captain of a charter fishing boat in Australia "got a little fright" when a net tossed from the vessel ensnared an unexpectedly large catch -- a crocodile.
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German minister travels to Canada for UN plastic pollution conference
German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke plans to travel to Ottawa on Saturday for UN talks on a global plastic pollution treaty, her ministry announced in Berlin on Tuesday. On Sunday, Lemke is to hold talks with her Canadian counterpart Steven Guilbeault ahead of the fourth session of the UN's intergovernmental negotiating committee on the issue. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to open the conference on Monday. The UN talks are aimed at a fresh attempt at a legally binding internatio
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Honda's new 'Ye' electrics for China feature SUVs and a sexy sedan
Honda and its partner companies in China will display the first three models in their new “Ye” series of electric cars and crossovers later this month at the Beijing motor show — Auto China 2024.
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Dubai flooded by extreme rain as deadly storms sweep through UAE, Oman
Intense rain in the Middle East Sunday and Monday caused extensive flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, where at least 18 people have been killed. The death toll includes 10 schoolchildren who were washed away while in a vehicle in Samad A'Shan, Oman. On Tuesday, Dubai International Airport, the second-busiest airport in the world, diverted inbound flights due to flooding on the tarmac and roads to the airport. The city reported nearly 4 inches (101.6 mm) of rain in 12 hours earlier Tu
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EU plans new sanctions on Iran following attacks on Israel
The European Union is planning new sanctions on Iran following Tehran's recent missile and drone attacks on Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday in Brussels. "The region is at the edge of an abyss," Borrell warned, describing the tense situation in the Middle East. "We have to move away from it," he added. EU foreign ministers discussed the Iranian attack in a videocall, specially convened after Iran directly attacked Israel on Saturday, for the first time in the history
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Speeding Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Crashes in India
A high-speed incident involving a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ recently unfolded on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, highlighting the potential dangers of fast driving. The luxury supercar reportedly rear-ended an MPV while traveling on a highway, leading to significant damage to the vehicle. The impact was concentrated on the front driver-side corner, necessitating extensive repairs including replacement of the front bumper, hood, driver-side fender, and the windscreen which shattered upon colli
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EU to start work on expanding Iran sanctions, Borrell says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will prepare to expand its sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on Israel, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday after an emergency video conference of the bloc's foreign ministers. Borrell cited U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in declaring that the Middle East was "at the edge of an abyss" following Iran's missile and drone attack at the weekend. Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign policy, warned the Middle East
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Far-Right Event Backed by Orban Faces Ban Effort in Brussels
(Bloomberg) -- A far-right political conference being staged in Brussels with the support of Hungarian groups backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban descended into chaos Tuesday as city authorities tried to shut it down.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic Boom?Powell Sign
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Tusk: Poland must improve air defences to be 'as secure as Israel'
Poland aims to improve its air defences until it is "as secure as Israel," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in Warsaw on Tuesday, following a cabinet meeting on national security. Tusk noted that Israel had intercepted almost all missiles and drones fired at it by Iran over the weekend, while Ukraine, Poland's neighbour to the south, is only able to intercept a third of Russian missiles. "Our task today consists in using every system for the defence of Polish airspace to make Poland as secure as
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Advocates speak out after pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Chicago
Advocates are speaking out after dozens of pro-Palestine protesters were arrested outside O'Hare Airport.
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Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Maduro and other presidents participating in a virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States expressed their support for Mexico's request to have the United Nations suspend Ecuador from the world body over the April 5 raid.
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Oil Traders Wager on $250 Price by June as War Risk Escalates
(Bloomberg) -- Oil traders piled into more than 3 million barrels worth of options contracts in a bet that prices would spike to $250 a barrel by June as geopolitical risks remain elevated.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic Boom?Powell Signals Rate-Cut Delay After Run o
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Report sees increase in attacks on journalists in Germany in 2023
There were more attacks on journalists in Germany in 2023 than in the previous year, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) has found. After 56 cases in 2022, 69 cases of physical attacks on journalists were recorded last year, the non-profit organization announced on Tuesday in its annual long-term analysis. The capital Berlin had the most cases, with 25. The eastern state of Saxony had the most recorded attacks in the previous year. Demonstrations are the most dangerous enviro
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Defence minister calls for Germany to resist Russian disinformation
Germany needs to become more resistant to Russian disinformation, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on visiting the military's operative communications centre in Mayen in the south-west of the country. Disinformation campaigns had to be recognized early on and publicly exposed, he said. "We cannot be taken in by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in this area ... we must be prepared," Pistorius said. "In brief, we have to become resilient, overall as a state and as a society," Pistorius said
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Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF
The IMF estimates Russia's economy will grow faster than the likes of the US, UK and Germany this year.
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Tehran repeats attack warning as Israel opens 'diplomatic offensive'
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again warned Israel against mounting a military counter-attack following Iran's recent air assault on Israel. During a telephone call with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Raisi warned that "the slightest action" by Israel against Iran's national interests "will have extensive and painful consequences." Details of the call were published on the web portal of Iran's presidential office on Tuesday. Iran has recently warned Israel several times not to
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8 family members die in Mozambique’s latest capsizing, a week after another killed nearly 100 people
At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday. Monday's sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one of the country’s worst shipwrecks. State-run Radio Mozambique said two people survived Tuesday and two were missing, citing Nobre dos Santos, administrator of the district where the latest sinking occurred.
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Germany's Hapag-Lloyd sets out expansion strategy up to 2030
Germany's Hapag-Lloyd is aiming to expand its stakes in terminals around the world, chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said in Hamburg on Tuesday in outlining the shipping company's new business strategy. "Our aim is to expand our terminal portfolio by up to 10 to 15 terminals by 2030," Habben Jansen said. This would take the number to considerably more than 30. Hapag-Lloyd is aiming to cut costs by up to 20% and reduce CO2 emissions by a third by 2030. Punctuality is to rise from around 50% cur
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Israeli ambassador warns of strike on Iran's military facilities
Following the recent Iranian attack on Israel, the Israeli ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, announced a counterattack on Iranian military facilities. Israel would not attack civilian targets, although Tehran's attacks had certainly been aimed at civilian targets, Prosor told German broadcaster Welt TV on Tuesday. The Israeli response would be "against these military facilities of the mullahs and the ayatollahs," Prosor said, speaking in German. But he added that Israel would have to react. It
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Don't let it flow: Tourists to Spain's Catalonia may soon see water restrictions in the dry season
Spain’s drought-stricken northeastern Catalonia is considering imposing water restrictions on tourists in the driest parts of the region if domestic consumption is not curtailed, the Catalan government said Tuesday. The restriction of 100 liters (26 gallons) per tourist per day for hotels would go into effect if a municipality fails to keep domestic water use by residents below established limits for three consecutive months under the current “drought emergency” for Catalonia, officials said.
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Putin talks to Iranian President Raisi on Middle East crisis
Following Tehran's missile attack on Israel, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on all sides in the Middle East conflict to exercise restraint in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi. In the conversation, Putin expressed his hope that there would not be another round of confrontation, the Kremlin press service reported on Tuesday. An escalation could have catastrophic consequences for the entire region, he said. Russia has not explicitly condemned Iran's m
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Musk’s X Retreats, Pledging to Comply With Brazil Court Orders
(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s X social media platform will comply with all orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court, lawyers representing the company told the body a week after the billionaire said he would defy its judges and lift restrictions imposed on some accounts.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actu
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28 photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic republic
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
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Infamous boat-sinking orcas spotted hundreds of miles from where they should be, baffling scientist
Orcas that attack and sink boats in southwestern Europe have been spotted circling a vessel in Spain, hundreds of miles from where they should currently be. And scientists can't explain why.
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Togo constitution: Opposition says changes are presidential 'power grab'
Authorities say the reforms are necessary - but opponents say they will lengthen the president's rule.
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Germany's Rheinmetall plans new munitions factory in Lithuania
The German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall plans to build a new plant in Lithuania for the production of 155-millimetre artillery shells. The German defence contractor and the government of the Baltic EU and NATO member state signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in the presence of the Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Economy Minister Aušrinė Armonaitė, and Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas. Details of the deal were not disclosed. Armonaitė said Rheinmetall's investment will
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Israel artist shuts Biennale show until ceasefire, hostages freed
The artist representing Israel at the Venice Biennale called Tuesday for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas and said her exhibit would remain closed until the hostages were released."I have therefore decided that the pavilion will only open when the release of hostages and ceasefire agreement happens."
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German foreign minister travels to Israel as conflict roils region
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is travelling to Israel later Tuesday following the major Iranian attack on the country. "Nobody should add fuel to the fire now," she said at a meeting with her Jordanian counterpart Ayman al-Safadi in Berlin. This applies above all to Iran and its proxies in the region, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon or the Houthi in Yemen, Baerbock said. With regard to Israel, she said that anyone who doubted that the country could defend itself against massive missile
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'Go home': Overtourism sparks backlash in Spain
Anti-tourism movements are multiplying in Spain, the world's second most visited country, prompting authorities to try and reconcile the interests of locals and the lucrative sector.- 'Social revulsion' - Similar anti-tourism movements have sprung up elsewhere in Spain and are active on social media.
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Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia's aggression
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a controversial law Tuesday, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially helping Kyiv to boost conscription to replenish depleted forces to fend off Russia's continued aggression. The mobilization law, published on Ukraine’s Parliamentary website, is expected to take effect in a month and make it easier to identify every draft-eligible man in the country. Many have dodged conscription by avoiding contact with authorities.
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What Are Israel’s Options for Retaliating Against Iran’s Drone and Missile Strike?
(Bloomberg) -- Israel is vowing to retaliate against Iran for its weekend drone and missile attack, the first strike on the Jewish state from Iranian soil and which brought into the open a years-long shadow war. As the US and Europe urge restraint, Israel is weighing its choices.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed
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Catalonia's Puigdemont says pro-independence party close to taking back control of region
Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who has been living in self-exile since a failed independence bid seven years ago, believes his party is "neck and neck" with Spain's ruling Socialists to win control of the region in an election in May. Puigdemont said that if it failed to do so, he may reconsider his party's critical support for the national government.
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North Korea is buying Chinese surveillance cameras in a push to tighten control, report says
North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces and collecting fingerprints, photographs and other biometric information from its citizens in a technology-driven push to monitor its population even more closely, a report said Tuesday. The state's growing use of digital surveillance tools, which combine equipment imported from China with domestically developed software, threatens to erase many of the small spaces North Koreans have left to engage in private business activit
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Sunak Faces Election With Second Lowest Growth in G-7, IMF Warns
(Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will go into an election having beaten the inflation crisis but having annual economic growth this year weaker than in any other Group of Seven nation other than Germany, according to the International Monetary Fund.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actu
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German minister praises Romania's efforts on EU asylum cooperation
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has praised Romania's efforts toward European solidarity on asylum issues as part of its bid to fully join the Schengen zone. "I would like to express my gratitude for the good cooperation in this area," the minister said after talks with her Romanian counterpart, Interior Minister Cătălin Predoiu, in Bucharest on Tuesday. Germany is supporting Romania and Bulgaria, where Faeser visited the border with Turkey on Monday, in their endeavours to fully join the
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UN's Türk says more must be done to end 'horrific' crisis in Gaza
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling for fresh efforts by "all states with influence" to ease the "horrific" conditions in Gaza and the West Bank. "Resolving the catastrophic situation of civilians in Gaza must remain a priority," Türk's spokeswoman said, while also adding that violence in the West Bank is a matter of "grave concern." Israel continues to obstruct the import and distribution of aid supplies in the Gaza Strip, which is a violation of international law, the
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Australia's leader says French worker who intervened in stabbing attack can stay as long as he likes
Australia's prime minister said Tuesday a French construction worker who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall is welcome to stay in the country as long as he likes. Damien Guerot was nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media after security camera footage showed him standing at the top of an escalator on Saturday and menacing Joel Cauchi with a plastic bollard — or barrier post — as he approached. Cauchi fled down the escalator and people on Guerot’s floor we
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Apple CEO says that he wants to increase investments in Vietnam
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub. Vietnam has become more important to Apple as the company seeks to diversify its supply chains away from China, where most of its smartphones and tablets are assembled. The company began looking at moving its production to countries like Vietnam, and more recently India, after shutdowns to fight COVID-
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The artist running Israel’s Venice Biennale pavilion says she won’t open it until hostage deal and Gaza ceasefire is reached
Israel’s representative at Venice’s Biennale exhibition has said she won’t unveil the country’s pavilion until a hostage and ceasefire deal has been reached in Gaza.
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Argentina buys 24 of Denmark's aging F-16 fighter jets
Argentina's defense minister signed a deal Tuesday worth about 2.1 billion kroner ($300 million) to buy 24 of Denmark’s aging F-16 fighter jets. Denmark is getting new F-35 aircraft, and the sale of the nearly 40-year-old F-16s that "have been thoroughly maintained and technologically updated” means that Argentina will “become part of the global F-16 family,” said the Danish defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen. Denmark has 30 operative F-16s.
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Iran's president again warns Israel against counterattack
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has once again warned Israel against mounting a military counterattack following Iran's recent air assault on Israel. During a telephone call with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Raisi warned that "the slightest action" by Israel against Iran's national interests "will have extensive and painful consequences." Details of the call were published on the web portal of Iran's presidential office. Iran has recently warned Israel several times of a military respon
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Armenia insists top UN court has jurisdiction to hear case accusing Azerbaijan of racial hatred
Armenia insisted Tuesday that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its case accusing Azerbaijan of breaching an international convention that aims to stamp out racial discrimination. At a preliminary hearing Monday, Azerbaijan had urged the International Court of Justice to toss out for lack of jurisdiction the case Armenia filed in 2021 that accuses Azerbaijan of a “state-sponsored policy of Armenian hatred” that has led to “systemic discrimination, mass killings, torture and
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Moldova Sets Date for Crucial Presidential Election, EU Vote
(Bloomberg) -- Moldova is set to hold a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union on Oct. 20 after a court approved a draft amendment to the constitution defining European integration as a strategic objective.Most Read from BloombergUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic
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