Day: April 8, 2024
Nicaragua has asked the UN’s highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel at the start of a landmark case, the BBC reports.
Germany is accused of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN’s aid agency.
Berlin rejects the claims and will present a defence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday.
In 2023 some 30% of Israel’s military equipment purchases came from Germany, totaling €300m.
The allegations build on a separate case taken by South Africa in January, where judges in the Hague ordered Israel to take “every possible measure” to avoid genocidal acts. The court also ordered Hamas to release all hostages taken from Israel during its 7 October attacks immediately.
AP: The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the…
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed as a result of the devastating floods in Kazakhstan.
This is stated in a message on the Foreign Ministry’s account on the X platform.
“We are deeply saddened by the devastating floods in fraternal Kazakhstan….