UN rights chief slams Israel for ‘war crime upon war crime’ in Gaza
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, sharply criticized Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip on Monday and called for a halt to weapons transfers that could be used to violate the laws of war. Opening a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Türk accused Israel of committing “war…
Read MoreTrump admin files emergency Supreme Court application on foreign aid
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Read MoreUN nuclear chief urges Iran to swiftly resume inspections
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has called on Iran to quickly allow renewed monitoring of its nuclear programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “There’s still time, but not much,” IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in Vienna on Monday. Tehran suspended cooperation with IAEA inspectors after its key nuclear facilities were…
Read MoreUS: Wall St opens higher as Fed rate cut expectations firm
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Sep 8), rebounding from the previous session’s decline, amid hopes that the Federal Reserve could lower borrowing costs soon in response to the latest jobs data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29.8 points, or 0.07 per cent, at the open to 45,430.61. The S&P…
Read MoreWhat Mysterious Blue Pill Did Trump Take at the U.S. Open?
Joining them, former Representative Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, the health secretary’s nephew, took to X Friday, calling his uncle “a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American,” who has chosen to “dismiss science, mislead the public, sideline experts and sow confusion.” “None of us will be spared the pain he is inflicting.…
Read MoreThailand vows to curb baht swings as currency hits 4-year high
[BANGKOK] Thailand’s central bank vowed to take steps to ease baht volatility and limit the influence of gold prices after the local currency rallied to a four-year high. The baht rallied to its highest level since June 2021 on Monday, extending its gains this year to 7 per cent. The surge is seen as a…
Read MoreMedvedev accuses Finland of preparing for war with Russia
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused neighbouring Finland of pursuing a course of war against Russia – and has renewed claims for reparations for World War II. “After joining NATO, Helsinki is pursuing a course of confrontation in preparation for war with Russia under the pretext of defence measures and is apparently preparing a…
Read MoreEU lobby groups warn of “serious damage” from China’s pork duties
EU lobby groups have warned of “serious damage” to the bloc’s pork trade after China said it will impose temporary anti-dumping duties on imports. In a spat stretching back more than a year, the levies will apply to pork and pig by-products imported from the EU from 10 September, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Suddenly Facing Worsening Losses on Many Key Fronts
Sargent: And saying it’s all justified by emergency, but we’ll come back to that. We had something similar on these two other cases. On tariffs, this time the appeals court for the Federal Circuit ruled most of them illegal. Trump had argued that he can invoke an economic emergency to unlock the authority to unilaterally…
Read MoreDon’t Abandon the MMR Vaccine | National Review
The legacy of Covid-era overreach is no reason to give measles a new lease on life. Source link
Read MoreClip of strong winds in Vietnam falsely shared by Thai users to taunt Cambodia
After major storms caused flooding in parts of Southeast Asia, a video of people battling strong winds surfaced in Thai social media posts falsely claiming it was shot in Cambodia. However, the clip in fact shows the impact of a storm in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi in July 2025. The six-second clip was shared on TikTok…
Read MoreKadir Nelson’s “The Soloist”
When the news is especially distressing, it can be easy to feel like art is futile; that you should, instead, focus your attention on all the suffering in the world, such as the cruelties inflicted by the second Trump Administration. But, for the cover of the September 15, 2025, issue, the painter Kadir Nelson chose…
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