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By Emily Atkinson & Adam DurbinBBC News4 April 2024, 03:23 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoThree former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, they say arms exports must end because the UK risks breaching international…

The National Health Commission of China (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) have published 47 new national food safety standards (Guo Biao standards – GB), as well as made a number of amendments to existing documents. The adopted acts contain mandatory requirements that all products on the market must comply with.The…

AFPBiden, Netanyahu to speak by phone following Gaza aid deathsUS President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to speak on Thursday in their first phone call since an Israeli strike on a humanitarian convoy killed seven aid workers in Gaza.Biden has led a chorus of international anger over the attack on employees of…

Russia is preparing to mobilize an additional 300,000 troops to the front lines in Ukraine by the beginning of June, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky's comment, which was made during a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday, comes a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a routine spring conscription…

The Russian foreign ministry has said that the flow of Russian oil to India continues at a high and stable rate, with no challenges in payment transactions despite global sanctions. Maria Zakharova, the official spokeswoman, highlighted during a Wednesday briefing that these operations have smoothly proceeded, prioritizing transactions in…

You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just experienced what analysts deem his worst political setback in more than two decades. His…

When the White House invited Muslim community leaders for a dinner this week celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, the responses started coming in fast: Decline. Decline. Decline.Many of the invitees, distressed over President Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, said they would not attend an iftar meal with the president on Tuesday…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s $21 billion budget will propose significant program cuts and some tax hikes to account for a gaping budget shortfall anticipated over the next four years, according to a copy posted by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer on Tuesday night, amounting to some of the most challenging fiscal terrain of Bowser’s…

The discovery of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle — and the news that at least one person in Texas has been infected, apparently through contact with infected cows — has taken scientists who study influenza by surprise. But after absorbing their shock, several admitted there was evidence to suggest bovine infection could happen — it just hadn’t…

A man found dead in Caledon on Monday has been identified as the missing person from Melancthon, Ont. and is a homicide victim, police say. In an update on Tuesday, Ontario Provincial Police identified the man as 65-year-old David Robson, who was reported missing on March 25. Robson was located deceased in the area of…