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Jerusalem CNN — Israel on Monday boycotted a hearing at the United Nations’ top court on its decision to ban a UN aid agency that has served millions of Palestinians since it was established in 1949. The hearings will look at Israel’s obligations, both as a member of the United Nations and as an occupying power, toward the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The aid agency provides education, healthcare and social services to nearly 6 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. The hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which began in The…
Jerusalem CNN — Israel on Monday boycotted a hearing at the United Nations’ top court on its decision to ban a UN aid agency that has served millions of Palestinians since it was established in 1949. The hearings will look at Israel’s obligations, both as a member of the United Nations and as an occupying power, toward the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The aid agency provides education, healthcare and social services to nearly 6 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. The hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which began in The…
CNN — A congressional watchdog agency is investigating President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CNN has learned, responding to Senate Democrats who are also demanding that the agency’s Trump-appointed acting director turn over information about how the bureau can meet its statutory obligations amid attempts to lay off nearly 90% of its staff. Courts have also pushed back on the move, and an appeals court said Monday the administration could not engage in any mass layoffs at the bureau while it takes a closer look at a lawsuit challenging Trump’s efforts to dismantle it. The…
Sydney Reuters — The trial of a woman accused of murdering three elderly people after allegedly serving them a lunch of poisonous mushrooms began in Australia on Tuesday, as additional charges of the attempted murder of her husband were dropped by prosecutors. Erin Patterson is charged with the 2023 murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, along with the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, in a case that has gripped Australia. All four became ill after the lunch hosted by the accused at her home in Leongatha, a town of around…
Hong Kong CNN — Walmart and Target have resumed business with some of their Chinese suppliers, after pausing orders for a few weeks due to uncertainties over the imposition of steep US tariffs, two Chinese factories have told CNN. The resumption came days after a meeting last week between US President Donald Trump and the heads of retail giants Walmart, Target, Lowe’s and Home Depot — who warned the president that store shelves across America could soon be empty. The resumption of business, even if partial, suggests retailers are attempting to ensure their stores remain stocked as tariffs threaten to…
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Brad Smith — an Arizona husband and father with ALS — has become the third person to receive Neuralink, the brain implant made by Elon Musk’s company.He is also the first ALS patient and the first non-verbal person to receive the implant, he shared in a post on X on Sunday.”I am typing this with my brain. It is my primary communication,” Smith, who was diagnosed with in 2020, wrote in the post, which was also shared by Musk. He went on to thank Musk.Smith — who is completely paralyzed and relies on a ventilator to breathe — created a…
Auto Workers for Trump founder Brian Pannebecker explains how American workers benefit from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on ‘Varney & Co.’ President Donald Trump is expected to announce a decision to reduce the impact of tariffs on automakers on Tuesday in Michigan, FOX Business confirmed. A source within the Trump administration said the decision follows the auto industry’s good-faith efforts to move manufacturing back to the US, adding that Trump wants to give them a “runway” with their business.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the president is “building an important partnership” with “domestic automakers and our great American workers.” “This deal…
CNN — Approximately 70% of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is expected to accept a second offer to federal workers that allows them to resign from their positions and be paid through September, according to a source familiar with the situation. The division employs roughly 340 people, who had until Monday night to accept the offer. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the Civil Rights Division, said over the weekend that more than 100 attorneys had accepted the offer, but the final number is expected to be well over 200. The mass exodus comes as the division is…
CNN — Approximately 70% of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is expected to accept a second offer to federal workers that allows them to resign from their positions and be paid through September, according to a source familiar with the situation. The division employs roughly 340 people, who had until Monday night to accept the offer. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the Civil Rights Division, said over the weekend that more than 100 attorneys had accepted the offer, but the final number is expected to be well over 200. The mass exodus comes as the division is…