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A plant sprouts in the cracked ground of La Vinuela Reservoir during a severe drought in La Vinuela, near Malaga, southern Spain, on August 8, 2022 [File: Jon Nazca/Reuters] 5-June-2024- Aljazeera " Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief calls for ban on fossil fuel ads. Antonio Guterres urges a 30 percent cut in global fossil fuel production and use by 2030 amid record high temperatures. Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service has said, as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a global ban on fossil fuel advertising. The average global temperature for the 12-month period to the end of May was 1.63 degrees Celsius (2.9 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-i...

4-Jun4-2024- Aljazeera https://youtu.be/TL1qfKnn-y4?si=tZKvZq4EcbssfbAk There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that Ethiopian forces and their allies carried out “acts constituting the crime of genocide” during the conflict, which ran between 2020-22. The authors call for Ethiopia to be brought before the International Court of Justice. The Tigray war erupted犀利士 in November 2020, as a bid by the regional government for autonomy saw the Ethiopian military move into the northern region of the country. Thousands died in the two-year conflict, ...

31- May-2024" The ruling African National Congress party in the lead with over 60 percent of the votes counted. However, it is falling short of a majority The Democratic Alliance sits second while former President Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party currently third. If the ANC does not receive more than 50 percent, it will need to make a deal with other parties to form a coalition government. Still awaiting results from large cities Sanusha Naidu, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Global Dialogue, a South African think tank, has spoken to Al Jazeera from the election results headquarters in Johannesburg, where she is monitoring the results coming in. “For me right now, I think the biggest message I am taking out from what I’m seeing on the [results] board is … the...

According to Amnesty International’s annual death penalty report, 16 countries carried out the 1,153 known executions in 2023, constituting the lowest number of executing countries on record with the organization but the highest recorded execution numbers since 2015. The 31% global increase in recorded executions is attributable to the 48% rise in executions in Iran (at least 853 executions), which accounted for 74% of recorded executions worldwide. Saudi Arabia came in second with 172 executions – a slight decrease from the 196 executions the previous year – accounting for 15% of the known global total. Following these two nations was Somalia (at least 38 executions), which accounted for executions in sub-Saharan Africa more than tripling, the United States (24 executions), and Ir...

24- May-2024 Africa’s cholera crisis worsens amid extreme weather events In southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. Extreme weather events that have relentlessly hit parts of Africa in the last three years have caused crises of hunger and displacement. The storms, floods and drought also leave another deadly threat behind: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera. In Southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. Malawi and Zambia have had their worst outbreaks on record. Zimbabwe has had multiple waves. Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia also have been badly affected. All...

Wasiirka wasaaradda Kalluumeysiga iyo Dhaqaalaha Buluugga ah ee Xukuumadda Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Axmed Xasan Aadan ayaa is afgarad (MoU) la saxiixday dhigiisa wasiirka Beeraha, Kalluumeysiga iyo Kheyraadka Biyaha ee Cumaan Dr. Saud bin Hamoud Al Habsi. Is afgaradkaan ayaa muujinaya kaalinta dowladda Cumaan ee horumarinta Kalluumeysiga gudaha iyo sida ay laba dowladood u yeelan k犀利士 araan iskaashi dhinaca Kalluumeysiga ah, Is afgaradkaan ayaa shaqeynaya muddo sannad ah waxaana la cusbooneysiin doonaa sannad walba si loo hubiyo loona xoojiyo iskaashiga dhinaca Kalluumeysiga ah ee labada dal. Heshiiskan is afgaradk ah ayaa sidoo kale xoojinaya sii amba qaadidda dadaalka joogtada ah ee lagu ballaarinayo hannaanka iskaashiga labada dal iyo labada shacab ee walaalaha ah ee J...

20-May-2024 Aljazeera International Criminal Court chief prosecutor says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders. Meanwhile, hunger has gripped the enclave, with the UN humanitarian chief on Sunday warning of “apocalyptic” consequences of aid shortages as key Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings remain “effectively blocked”. At least 35,562 people have been killed and 79,652 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attack is 1,139, with dozens still held captive. More from Hamas on ICC arrest warrants The group has also called on the ICC prosecutor to issue arrest warrants “for all the Israeli officials who gave orders...