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BTS star Jungkook announces first full-length solo concert
BTS star Jungkook announces first full-length solo concert
BTS star Jung Kook has announced his first full-length solo concert, ‘Golden Live on Stage’, at the Jangchung Arena in Seoul on Monday, November 20, 2023 to celebrate the release of his LP 'Golden'.
1970-01-01 08:00
IMF lifts Latam, Caribbean 2023 GDP growth estimate to 2.3%
IMF lifts Latam, Caribbean 2023 GDP growth estimate to 2.3%
The International Monetary Fund raised its 2023 output growth estimate for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.3%
1970-01-01 08:00
UN Human Rights Council set to vote on restoring Russia despite ongoing Ukraine invasion
UN Human Rights Council set to vote on restoring Russia despite ongoing Ukraine invasion
Russia’s desperate bid to rejoin the UN’s top human rights body will be tested in the General Assembly vote on Tuesday, more than a year after it was booted out for invading Ukraine. The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the UN’s five regional groups. Russia will be competing against Albania and Bulgaria to win back two seats reserved for the East European regional group and will need majority votes from the assembly. A total of 47 member states are part of the UNHRC based on the geographic distribution. The UN’s five regional groups have sent names to shortlist 15 members to the body. Experts told The Independent that Russia will try to lure African and other ally nations with stolen Ukrainian grain and arms in exchange for votes. World leaders have cautioned against bringing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s membership back on the panel amid the continuing invasion, especially with the latest attack on Ukrainian village of Hroza in Kharkiv. At least 51 people died in the missile attack, wiping out members from almost every family. While Russia says it does not strike civilian targets, A two-day-old baby boy was killed after a Russian missile struck a hospital in the city of Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia. A child was also among the dozens killed when Russian missiles hit a grocery store and café in the village of Hroza. US’s deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the Security Council that Russia’s re-election “while it openly continues to commit war crimes and other atrocities would be an ugly stain that would undermine the credibility of the institution and the United Nations”. Diplomats aware of the voting pitch by Russia to woo other nations using grains said that the US and others have distributed letters to many of the 193 members of the General Assembly, asking nations to vote against Russia. Moscow’s competitor Albania vying for the seat has also ramped up its campaign to join the UNHRC by highlighting Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine. Albanian UN ambassador Ferit Hoxha said those who care about human rights and the “credibility of the Human Rights Council and its work” should oppose the nation which kills innocent people, destroys civilian infrastructure, ports and grain silos and “then takes pride in doing so”. International rights group Human Rights Watch has said Russia and China are unfit to serve on the Human Rights Council. “Every day, Russia and China remind us by committing abuses on a massive scale that they should not be members of the UN Human Rights Council,” Louis Charbonneau, UN director of Human Rights Watch said last week. The rights group said Russian forces in Ukraine continue to commit apparent war crimes, including unlawful attacks and crimes against humanity, torture and summary executions. It pointed out how Mr Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova are sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. Experts have warned against Russia’s pattern of “flagrant disrespect” towards international law as Moscow expected the world to turn a blind-eye to the latest missile attacks inside Ukraine. “Russia’s pattern of flagrant disrespect towards international law remains shockingly consistent. War crimes committed by Russia over the past months are no less cruel or widespread than the ones committed in Bucha in spring 2022, when Russia was suspended from the Human Rights Council,” said Anna Mykytenko, senior lawyer and the Ukraine country manager for Global Rights Compliance headquartered at the Hague. “Although now most of these crimes do not make it to the front pages of the international media, the aggressor state that keeps on committing war crimes and violating human rights cannot benefit from decreasing attention to the war in Ukraine and an opening to slink back into a UN Human Rights Council seat,” she told The Independent. Wayne Jordash KC, president and co-founder of Global Rights Compliance, said any attempts to allow Russia back to the seat of the Human Rights Council are “not only unacceptable and indecent but signify a dangerous global drift into untrammelled violence against the most vulnerable and innocent”. Read More The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary Putin’s shameless UN charm offensive - with stolen grain from Ukraine Russia tries to rejoin UN Human Rights Council Truss calls on Russia to be suspended from UN human rights council after ‘heinous butchery’ in Bucha Ukraine finds evidence of torture on bodies exhumed from Izyum burial site Russia should be thrown off UN Human Rights Council over its role in Syria, global coalition demands
1970-01-01 08:00
Meituan Troubles Are Piling Up Even After 40% Slump
Meituan Troubles Are Piling Up Even After 40% Slump
The stock of China’s biggest food delivery platform has almost halved since a January peak and if traders
1970-01-01 08:00
Netherlands Loses $7 Billion in ABN Amro Rescue
Netherlands Loses $7 Billion in ABN Amro Rescue
The rescue of ABN Amro Bank NV during the financial crisis has set the Dutch state back by
1970-01-01 08:00
Sanofi Spinoff EuroAPI’s Shares Plunge on Sales Surprise 
Sanofi Spinoff EuroAPI’s Shares Plunge on Sales Surprise 
EuroAPI, the pharma-ingredients firm spun off by Sanofi last year, plunged as much as 61% after cutting its
1970-01-01 08:00
IMF says US bond sell-off may reflect extra quantities on market
IMF says US bond sell-off may reflect extra quantities on market
By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco The International Monetary Fund is carefully watching global bond market developments after a
1970-01-01 08:00
The IMF sees greater chance of a 'soft landing' for the global economy
The IMF sees greater chance of a 'soft landing' for the global economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees better odds that central banks will manage to tame inflation without tipping the global economy into recession, but it warned Tuesday that growth remained weak and patchy.
1970-01-01 08:00
Deutsche Bank Seeks Expert Help in Probing Nature-Linked Risks, Investments
Deutsche Bank Seeks Expert Help in Probing Nature-Linked Risks, Investments
Deutsche Bank AG said it set up a panel to help it assess nature-related risks and identify new
1970-01-01 08:00
Stockholm Bans Diesel, Petrol Cars in City Center From 2025
Stockholm Bans Diesel, Petrol Cars in City Center From 2025
Parts of central Stockholm will be off limits for petrol and diesel cars starting in 2025, as the
1970-01-01 08:00
Egypt Weighs Impact of Israel Gas-Field Halt on LNG Exports
Egypt Weighs Impact of Israel Gas-Field Halt on LNG Exports
Egypt is weighing the impact of a halt in production at Israel’s Tamar gas field on its plans
1970-01-01 08:00
Zainab Abbas: Pakistani cricket commentator leaves India after backlash
Zainab Abbas: Pakistani cricket commentator leaves India after backlash
ICC said Zainab Abbas left India for personal reasons amid local media claims she was forced to go.
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