«Only an end to the hostilities and immediate, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access can reduce the risk of a famine occurring in the Gaza Strip,» Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said

Julian Assange declined to make comments to reporters

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Accordint to UKMTO, the master of a merchant vessel reported a missile impacted the water in close proximity to the vessel, the crew are reported safe

Other players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024 include Canadian defenseman Shea Weber, two-time Olympic champion and 2006 world champion, and US forward Jeremy Roenick, silver medalist of the 2002 Olympics

The new managing director of the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) in Seychelles, Desire Leo, discussed the financial institution's role in the community and the economy's development in his meeting with President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday. Leo, who is Mauritian and worked at the MCB Group headquarters in Port Louis as Head of Development, was part of a delegation accompanying the outgoing managing director, Bernard Jackson in his farewell call on the Seychelles' President. Jackson was appointed to the MCB Seychelles branch in February 2008. Also present was the Bank's executive director, Jean Michel Ng Tseung, who said, «MCB in Seychelles has a very important role to play in the community and the economy's success.» Ng Tseung said in the meeting with the President, «We also spoke about ways through which the bank may improve in its day to day running and it was a very positive and productive exchange where we have received many insights and advice. It is very important to us that Jackson's replacement can also contribute to the country progressing with the bank's support.» The new managing director will take office on July 1 and said that not only will he have to fill in Jackson's shoes, but he will bring in continuity. Leon also revealed that he planned to introduce new technologies as part of the process of improving the bank's services. «We are in the banking sector and we have to always keep abreast of the latest innovations as well as listen to our clients' needs,» he added. Leo said he will have a period of adaptation of course, but will also ensure that the client remains at the heart of the bank. The MCB top officials also announced that as part of discussions with President Ramkalawan, they have touched on installing ATMs in certain areas of the country where there is a need. «We have identified certain areas around the island where we can make such facilities available,» Ng Tseung. Meanwhile, Jackson said, «I am very happy that Desire Leo is taking over from me as we have already touched upon all the topics that are important for Seychelles from the quality of services we provide, the training of personnel and what we can give back to the community. I am hoping that the people I have worked with continue progressing and growing allowing the Seychellois on the team to advance with MCB.» Jackson is leaving for Mauritius to take up a new position at their headquarters on July 1.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Tuesday sent a message to Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, congratulating him on the 11th anniversary of his accession. “The king expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes for health and happiness to (the emir), and to the government and people of Qatar for continued progress and prosperity,” the Saudi Press Agency reported.  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar message to the emir.

RIYADH: Prince Abdullah bin Bandar, the minister of the National Guard, received Ludovic Pouille, France’s envoy to Saudi Arabia. The discussed topics of mutual interested at the ministry’s headquarters.  The meeting was attended by several senior National Guard officials.

RIYADH: Nearly 1.5 million religious services were offered to pilgrims during this year’s Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance said that approximately 1,485,000 services had been offered from the day before Arafat, which was on June 15, until the end of Hajj. Saudi authorities said that 1.8 million pilgrims participated in this year’s Hajj. Six hundred Islamic teachers and translators were on hand to provide pilgrims with information about the duties of annual religious event.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Wildlife in collaboration with the Riyadh Region Municipality, inaugurated the first supervisory council for the Ibex protected area, which encompasses the governorates of Howtat Bani Tamim and Al-Hariq, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The initiative aims to involve local communities and relevant stakeholders to enhance management practices within the protected area, aligning them with global standards, NCW said in news release. NCW chief executive Mohammed Qurban highlighted the importance of the initiative.

SEOUL/SINGAPORE — Congestion at Singapore's container port is at its worst since the Covid-19 pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea attacks has disrupted global ocean shipping — with bottlenecks also appearing in other Asian and European ports. Retailers, manufacturers and other industries that rely on massive box ships are again battling surging rates, port backups and shortages of empty containers, even as many consumer-oriented firms look to build inventories heading into the peak year-end shopping season. Global port congestion has reached an 18-month high, with 60 per cent of ships waiting at anchor located in Asia, maritime data firm Linerlytica said in June. Ships with a total capacity of over 2.4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units were waiting at anchorages as of mid-June. But, unlike during the pandemic, it is not a buying flurry by house-bound consumers that is swamping ports.

A taxi driver got into an argument with two men after he declined to ferry them to their destination. The reason for his refusal? Because the men reeked of alcohol, reported Shin Min Daily News. An eyewitness surnamed Deng said he saw two men in their 40s and 50s and a Trans-Cab driver being questioned by the police when he passed by a taxi stand near the OG department store in Chinatown at about 5.30pm last Saturday (June 22). «I believe they had a dispute, and someone called the police,» he added. «When I walked past [the area] again at 6pm, they had left.» According to the Chinese evening daily, nobody was injured, and the discourse was settled privately. A Trans-Cab spokesperson told Shin Min that the company regrets the unpleasant experience. They added that their drivers can only refuse service when they are changing shifts. It is an offence for taxi drivers to refuse to pick up passengers without valid reasons, according to a media reply by LTA in 2019.

He may have been in a rush, but his haste could have cost him his life. A cyclist was knocked over by a car when he tried to cross a road in Ang Mo Kio while the traffic light was green, according to a video uploaded to SG Road Vigilante on Tuesday (June 25). In the video which was purportedly taken at 5.50pm on Tuesday, the cyclist attempts to cross the road from the right - heading towards Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park - just as the traffic light turned green for vehicles. Although he's fast enough to avoid traffic coming from his right, he fails to do the same for traffic from his left. Despite multiple cars having already driven through the pedestrian crossing, the cyclist tries his luck and tries to cycle straight through traffic. He gets past the car on the third lane, which slows down for him, but didn't have such luck for the driver on the fourth lane, who ends up driving straight into him. The cyclist is flipped on his side and thrown onto the car's windshield before he tumbles off the car's hood. His bicycle is sent flying a couple of metres away; a motorcyclist loses control of his bike on the wet road as a result.

Kenyan President William Ruto vowed to take a tough line against «violence and anarchy» on Tuesday, after protests against his government's proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament. Mainly youth-led demonstrations had been largely peaceful as they grew over the past week but chaos erupted in Nairobi on Tuesday, with crowds throwing stones at police, pushing past barricades and entering the grounds of parliament. The military has been deployed to support police who fired tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and -- according to a rights group -- live ammunition against protesters. Five people were shot dead and 31 wounded, several NGOs including Amnesty Kenya reported in a joint statement. «We shall provide a full, effective and expeditious response to today's treasonous events,» Ruto told a press briefing in Nairobi, saying the demonstrations were «hijacked by dangerous people». It was inconceivable that «criminals pretending to be peaceful protesters can reign terror against the people, their elected representatives and the institutions established under our constitution and expect to go scot-free,» Ruto added. «I hereby put on notice the planners, financiers, orchestrators, abetters of violence and anarchy.» The United States appealed for calm and 13 Western nations -- including Canada, Germany and Britain -- said they were «especially shocked» by the scenes outside parliament. UN chief Antonio Guterres was «deeply concerned» by the violence and «saddened» by the reported deaths and injuries, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. African Union Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat also expressed his «deep concern» and called on the country to refrain from further violence. - 'Unleashed brute force' - Outrage over proposed tax hikes and simmering anger over a cost-of-living crisis fuelled rapidly growing demonstrations that have caught the government off guard. «This is the voice of the young people of Kenya,» said Elizabeth Nyaberi, 26, a lawyer at a protest. «They are tear gassing us, but we don't care.» «We are here to speak for our generations and the generations to come,» she added. Amid the clashes, global web monitor NetBlocks reported that a «major disruption» had hit the country's internet service. In the aftermath of the parliament compound breach, local TV showed images of ransacked rooms with smashed windows, while cars parked outside were vandalised and flags destroyed, according to an AFP reporter. The governor's office in Nairobi City Hall -- just a few hundred metres from parliament -- was set alight, footage on privately owned Citizen TV showed, with a water cannon attempting to douse the fire. After reports that live ammunition was fired at protesters, Kenya's main opposition coalition, Azimio, said the government had «unleashed brute force on our country's children». «Kenya cannot afford to kill its children just because the children are asking for food, jobs and a listening ear,» it said in a statement. The military deployment was «in response to the security emergency» across Kenya, Defence Minister Aden Bare Duale said in a statement. Despite the heavy police presence, thousands of protesters had earlier marched peacefully through Nairobi's business district, many live-streaming the action as they sang and beat drums in their push towards parliament. Crowds also marched in the port city of Mombasa, the opposition bastion of Kisumu, and Ruto's stronghold of Eldoret, images on Kenyan TV channels showed. - Protesters 'abducted' - Amnesty International's Kenya chapter posted on X Tuesday that «the pattern of policing protests is deteriorating fast», urging the government to respect demonstrators' right to assembly. Rights watchdogs have also accused the authorities of abducting protesters. The Kenya Human Rights Commission said the abductions had mostly occurred at night and were «conducted by police officers in civilian clothes and unmarked cars», calling for the «unconditional release of all abductees». Police have not responded to AFP requests for comment on the allegations. The cash-strapped government agreed last week to roll back several tax increases. But it still intends to raise other taxes to fill the void left by the changes, including on fuel prices and export taxes, saying they are necessary for filling the state coffers and cutting reliance on external borrowing. Critics say the move will make life more expensive in a country already saddled with high inflation where well-paid jobs are out-of-reach for many young Kenyans. Kenya has one of the most dynamic economies in East Africa but a third of its 52 million people live in poverty. The country has a huge debt mountain whose servicing costs have ballooned because of a fall in the value of the local currency over the last two years, making interest payments on foreign-currency loans more expensive. After the government agreed to scrap levies on bread purchases, car ownership and financial and mobile services, the treasury warned of a budget shortfall of 200 billion shillings ($1.56 billion). © Agence France-Presse  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has today pleaded guilty to a single espionage charge in a US federal court on the Pacific island of Saipan.

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The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage did not rule out that Ukraine would have to give up some of its territories in order to put an end to fighting

Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing US military secrets in federal court in Saipan

According to Vasily Nebenzya, Russia believes that «it’s only possible to achieve sustainable unity in the Syrian Arab Republic by putting an end to foreign military presence.»

According to the Washington Post, plea deal will allow him to return to Australia, his home country

La décharge de Mumuvai dans la commune de Faaa est ouverte depuis 1963 et permet d'enfouir 8 000 tonnes de déchets par an. Mais elle ne répondrait pas aux normes environnementales. L'association de lutte contre la pollution «La Planète brûle» avait demandé à la commune de cesser son exploitation. Mais aucune action du maire de Faaa n'a été engagée en ce sens. Mardi 25 juin 2024, le tribunal administratif s'est prononcé en faveur des demandes de l'association.

According to the WEF-funded scientists at Final Spark, “the Neuroplatform” only requires “a fraction of the energy required to power a traditional computer” due to the fact that it uses human brains as an energy source.

A game official for Canada's Copa America match with Peru has collapsed in a frightening scene in Kansas City. The official was removed on a stretcher before halftime.

Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week.

Fans branded tonight's match as 'abysmal' and 'boring' after England put on yet another mind-numbing performance at Cologne Stadium in Germany.

The UK's busiest airport revealed passengers travelling from Terminal 5 'may be impacted' by the failure in BA's Allocation systems, adding that no other airline has been affected.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has today pleaded guilty to a single espionage charge in a US federal court on the Pacific island of Saipan.

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Kenyans protesting Nairobi’s tax hike plan have broken into the parliament and clashed with police and the military Read Full Article at RT.com

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