Israel fires two officers after aid convoy probe
- Israeli military says it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for roles in strikes that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission in Gaza.
- UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity possibly committed in the Gaza Strip.
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says it will allow “temporary” aid deliveries via a crossing in the northern Gaza Strip “to ensure the continuation of the fighting and to achieve the goals of the war”.
- US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu in a phone call to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay”.
- At least 33,091 Palestinians have been killed and 75,750 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive.
Fugitive former US city councillor enlists with
Russia for war in Ukraine
Wilmer Puello-Mota, wanted on child sexual abuse image charges, enlists after apparently volunteering for assault on Avdiivka
A former city councillor and member of the Massachusetts national guard who is wanted in the US on child sexual abuse image charges has fled the country and joined the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.
Wilmer Puello-Mota, 28, former city councillor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, went missing on 7 January, two days before he was scheduled to appear in court in Rhode Island in possession of child sexual abuse images and obstruction of justice charges.
This week, Puello-Mota resurfaced at an enlistment centre in the Russian region of Khanty-Mansiysk in western Siberia, where he was captured on film signing a military contract, seated in a room adorned with photographs of Vladimir Putin and the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu
Armenia 'in a tight spot' as it seeks rapprochement with EU, West
The European Union on Friday pledged a 270-million-euro ($290-million) financial package for Armenia, seeking along with Washington to boost ties with Yerevan as its relations with Russia crumble. Amid talks aimed at ramping up cooperation between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, FRANCE 24's William Hilderbrandt is joined by Roland Freudenstein, Director of the Brussels Office of the Free Russia Foundation and Senior Associate Fellow at GLOBSEC.
‘Flesh-eating’ bacterium no cause for alarm, Japan tells world
By NATSUMI ADACHI/ Staff Writer
April 5, 2024 at 16:27 JST
Health authorities are calling on travelers not to cancel trips to Japan despite an outbreak of a rare but potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease.”
Although cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) are growing at an alarming rate, officials cautioned there was no need for panic.
They said basic steps such as hand washing, wearing a face mask and keeping wounds clean are effective in preventing infection.
Concerns about travel to Japan reached fever pitch after reports in the European media in March of “a dangerous infectious disease” spreading at a record pace.
China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns
Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate
China will attempt to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India this year with artificial intelligence-generated content after making a dry run with the presidential poll in Taiwan, Microsoft has warned.
The US tech firm said it expected Chinese state-backed cyber groups to target high-profile elections in 2024, with North Korea also involved, according to a report by the company’s threat intelligence team published on Friday.
“As populations in India, South Korea and the United States head to the polls, we are likely to see Chinese cyber and influence actors, and to some extent North Korean cyber actors, work toward targeting these elections,” the report reads.
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