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#Congo questions #Apple over #knowledge of #conflict #minerals in its supply chain

source: https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphones-congo-blood-minerals-b1f20aa7bd3a3f4f8cf7fcde19c6f053

A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled east that might end up being used in the company’s products.

#SupplyChain #HumanRights #Economy #business #iphone #smartphone #technology #trade #TimCook justice #crime #news

Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains.

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Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ #genocide is being committed in #Gaza

Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976

There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that #Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.

#news #humanRights #crime #war #terror #conflict #uno #military #Palestine #occupation #politics #problem

Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday. 

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Ted

Not surprising...

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/22/global-military-spending-hit-an-all-time-high-in-2023-report-says.html

“The unprecedented rise in military spending is a direct response to the global deterioration in peace and security,” Nan Tian, senior researcher in SIPRI’s military expenditure and arms production programme, said in a statement.

Military expenditure has been rising for nine years straight, and military spending bolstered in all regions of the world for the first time since 2009, the report found. This was linked to the war in Ukraine, as well as to growing tensions in the Middle East and other developments, such as a pushback against organized crime and gang violence in Central America and the Caribbean.

#Global #military #spending #weapons #war #conflict #security

Global military spending hit all-time high in 2023 after 7% jump, report finds

Global military spending reached a fresh record high in 2023, totalling $2443 billion, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.

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Bodies of foreign aid workers killed in Israeli strike leave #Gaza

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/bodies-of-foreign-aid-workers-killed-in-israeli-strike-leave-gaza/ar-BB1l0XWA

The strike late on Monday night hit a #convoy of three vehicles and killed seven staff of the aid group World Central Kitchen (WCK), including citizens of #Australia, #Britain, and #Poland, a dual citizen of the United States and #Canada as well as a Palestinian colleague, who was buried at his home.

Why do we suspect that the international press is only upset because Western people have been reddened?

#news #war #press #conflict #israel #military

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A quotation from Jerome, Jerome K.

When a twelfth-century youth fell in love he did not take three paces backward, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she was too beautiful to live. He said he would step outside and see about it. And if, when he got out, he met a man and broke his head — the other man’s head, I mean — then that proved that his — the first fellow’s — girl was a pretty girl. But if the other fellow broke his head — not his own, you know, but the other fellow’s — the other fellow to the second fellow, that is, because of course the other fellow would only be the other fellow to him, not the first fellow who — well, if he broke his head, then his girl — not the other fellow’s, but the fellow who was the — Look here, if A broke B’s head, then A’s girl was a pretty girl; but if B broke A’s head, then A’s girl wasn’t a pretty girl, but B’s girl was. That was their method of conducting art criticism.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English writer, humorist [Jerome Klapka Jerome]
“On Being Idle,” Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)

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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, "On Being Idle" (1886) - Jerome, Jerome K. | WIST Quotations

When a twelfth-century youth fell in love he did not take three paces backward, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she was too beautiful to live. He said he would step outside and see about it. And if, when he got out, he met a man and broke his…

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What’s the #PhiladelphiCorridor #border zone that #Israel wants to control?

Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu told a weekly news conference on Saturday that the Philadelphi Corridor “must be in our hands” and shut down to ensure the #security outcome #TelAviv desires.

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Both #Egypt and #Hamas have been against Israel regaining control of the corridor, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has repeatedly said sCairo won’t allow Palestinians to be displaced from their homeland into Egypt.

#conflict #MiddleEast #war #terror #military #politics #problem #news #Palestine #diplomacy

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#Biden signs order approving #sanctions for Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinians in the #WestBank

source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-order-israeli-settlers-palestinians-west-bank/

President Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals.

#crime #humanrights #Israel #politics #Palestine #conflict #terror #news #problem #justice #attack

Biden signs order approving sanctions for Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinians in the West Bank

The order authorizes sanctions against those involved in acts of violence​, as well as threats and attempts to destroy or seize Palestinian property.

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Farhad A

Biden's about to take the most consequential decision of his Presidency

🔶️ He wants to punish the perpetrators of the attack and deter Iran from its actions in the region. But doing so could put the US into direct confrontation with the leadership in Tehran, which has already been emboldened in the region since the #Hamas attack, launching attacks in Iraq and Pakistan.

🔶️ He must also weigh the potential for further economic upheaval as the US contends with Houthi militants - another Iranian proxy - that has roiled global shipping and sparked fears of fresh economic turmoil by targeting commercial ships in the #RedSea, which accounts for 12% of global trade.

🔶️ “The Biden administration is going to have to tread a very delicate line in trying to respond forcefully enough to restore some modicum of deterrence so this doesn’t happen again, while not undertaking a response that escalates the conflict,” said Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft #MiddleEast #Security Initiative and former deputy national intelligence officer at the National Intelligence Council.

#US #Syria #Iraq #Occupation #Biden #Iran #Yemen #Politics #Gaza #Israel #Military #Conflict #Iraq #Pakistan #

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-28/biden-faces-pressure-to-confront-iran-after-us-troops-killed

Biden Faces Pressure to Confront Iran After US Troops Killed

US President Joe Biden faces intensifying pressure to confront Iran directly after the country’s proxies killed three American soldiers in a drone strike in Jordan over the weekend, risking precisely the wider regional conflict that he’s trying to...

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