WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.N. officials told Israel they will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said. A U.N. letter sent to senior Israeli officials this month said Israel must provide U.N. workers with direct communication with Israeli forces on the ground in […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Saturday that his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, as relations sour between two countries that were once close military and commercial allies. Petro wrote on the social media platform X that coal exports will only resume “when the […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Saturday that his country will suspend coal exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, as relations sour between two countries that were once close military and commercial allies. Petro wrote on the social media platform X that coal exports will only resume “when the […]
The Adams administration is asking a judge to suspend implementation of the ban on solitary confinement at New York City jails until the federal monitor overseeing the facilities can weigh in. A city Law Department lawyer made the request in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday, months after the City Council overrode Mayor Adams’ veto of […]
Nigeria’s trade unions have suspended a general strike by workers that has brought economic activity to a halt this week. The decision comes after the government promised to increase the national minimum wage to at least 60,000 naira ($40, £32) a month. This falls below the $330 that unions have been demanding, but is double […]
South Korea is to suspend a 2018 joint military agreement with North Korea amid rising tensions in the region, the National Security Council (NSC) decided on Monday. The NSC had decided to suspend the agreement “until mutual trust between the two Koreas is restored,” the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol announced. A proposal on […]
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South. North Korea has launched hundreds balloons carried by wind across the border […]
The Russian Government is set to suspend its temporary ban on gasoline exports as the domestic market is well-supplied, reported Russian daily RBC, citing sources. Russia’s Energy Ministry confirmed the information, the publication added. Initially, the ban was set to last for six months, starting from 1 March, with certain exemptions for a Moscow-led economic […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On the sixth day of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Purdue University, school administrators informed protest leaders that they were charged with violating the university’s code of conduct, which could result in suspension or expulsion. According to an e-mail sent to protest leaders, the violations stemmed from the Students for Justice in […]
By Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University’s president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian protesters over the dismantling of an encampment on the Ivy League campus had failed and urged them to voluntarily disperse or face suspension from school. President Nemat Minouche Shafik said days of talks between student organizers and academic leaders […]
Postmasters have called for the immediate suspension of all Post Office executives involved in the Horizon Scandal. In a letter to Kemi Badenoch, the Voice of the Postmaster Committee, a group representing current sub-postmasters, accuse “individuals within Post Office Ltd” of having “engaged in a pattern of deceit, actively misleading Parliament, Members of Parliament, the […]
Apr. 3—Wilson County Director of Schools Jeff Luttrell gave an update Monday regarding the district’s weapons detection system. “When we started this process several months ago, we felt like it was something that could be beneficial,” Luttrell said. “I still believe that. I want to thank publicly Wilson Central’s (High School) administration team, their teachers, […]