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What is HMPV? China steps up emergency measures amid new virus outbreak

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Wilders threatens to pull out of Dutch coalition over further asylum policy compromises

NL Times

PVV leader Geert Wilders said he will not support any further concessions when it comes to the Cabinet’s plan to approach asylum measures in the Netherlands. That I will no longer tolerate strong opposition, because then I will no longer feel like being in the Cabinet.” Coalition partner NSC has been firmly at odds with the PVV on the measures …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding activated as more rioters are sentenced

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Criminal suspects will be freed on bail instead of being remanded in custody because the Ministry of Justice is running out of prison spaces, senior lawyers fear

Daily Mail

Criminal suspects will be freed on bail rather than being placed in custody because the prisons are full, senior lawyers have warned. The Law society said delays in court hearings ordered by the Ministry of Justice to ease prison overcrowding would mean some suspects would be given bail rather than remanded in custody, the Telegraph reported. The overcrowding crisis has …

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8 months ago

South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel’s actions in Gaza

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — South Africa urged the United Nations’ top court Friday to issue more emergency measures to restrain Israel, saying its military incursion in Rafah threatens the “very survival of Palestinians in Gaza.” The request marks the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court …

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8 months ago

South Africa asks ICJ to order Israel to withdraw from Gaza’s Rafah

Al Jazeera

South Africa seeks new emergency measures over Israel’s latest offensive against the southern city in Gaza. South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the United Nations’s top court said. Israel has repeatedly said it is acting in accordance with international …

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10 months ago

'Bengaluru water crisis to worsen if there is no...’: Here's how the city is dealing with half-bucket baths

Live Mint

Bengaluru water crisis has taken a toll on one of India’s bonafide metropolitan cities. Residents of the city have been left scrambling with exorbitant rates of water tankers Bengaluru water crisis has taken a toll on one of India’s bona fide metropolitan cities with a population of above 13 million. Residents of the city have been left scrambling due to …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Nicaragua drags Germany to ICJ for ‘facilitating Israel’s genocide’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera

Nicaragua has sued Germany at the International Court of Justice for funding Israel and cutting aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency, the court announced on Friday. The Latin American country accused Berlin of violating international law in its continued funding for Tel Aviv and asked the ICJ to order emergency measures that would force Germany to cease military aid …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

Al Jazeera

Provisional court ruling calls for emergency measures, says Israel must ‘prevent and punish’ incitement to commit genocide. It said Israel must take all steps within its power to prevent the commission of acts within the scope of Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Israel must also prevent its troops from committing genocidal acts, prevent incitement to commit genocide, allow …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

ICJ to decide on emergency measures in Israel-Gaza genocide case on Friday

Al Jazeera

The World Court will decide whether to order emergency measures relating to Israel’s military action in Gaza. The International Court of Justice has said it will announce on Friday whether it will order emergency measures against Israel after South Africa filed a case accusing Israel of genocide in its assault on Gaza. The ICJ will not deal with the main …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Not seeking to destroy Palestine’: Israel tells top UN court

Hindustan Times

Israel on Friday rejected as "grossly distorted" accusations brought by South Africa at the U.N.'s top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign against the Palestinian population. South Africa's interpretation of events was "grossly distorted", Israel's foreign ministry's legal adviser Tal Becker told the court. "The appalling suffering of civilians, both Israeli and Palestinian, is …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel rejects claims of genocide levelled in United Nation's top court

ABC

Israel's military actions in Gaza are acts of self-defence against Hamas and "other terrorist organisations", the legal advisor for Israel's foreign ministry has said at the opening of the second day of hearings at the World Court. Key points: Israel told the International Court of Justice that South Africa's accusations were "grossly distorted" South Africa has asked the judges to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Biparjoy Cyclone LIVE Updates: Amit Shah chairs meeting with state disaster management ministers

Live Mint

Biparjoy Cyclone News Live: The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ located over the east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea is likely to shift northwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next few hours. IMD predicts lightning, light to moderate of rain during the next 3-4 hours in these Maharashtra districts Thunderstorm accompanied with …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank

NPR

The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Biden administration has announced that customers of Silicon Valley Bank will have full access to their deposits, an extraordinary move by federal officials to backstop billions of dollars in uninsured money amid fears that the …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Peru imposes, then withdraws curfew to quell price protests

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s president on Tuesday lifted a curfew he had decreed less than a day earlier in the country’s capital and its main port in a bid to quell sometimes violent protests over rising fuel and food prices. The curfew and emergency measures marked the first time since the government of now-jailed strongman Alberto Fujimori that Peruvian authorities …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Ottawa Mayor Declares State Of Emergency To Deal With Trucking Blockade

News 18

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital. “ reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support from …

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3 years ago

Latest COVID updates: Nations report new COVID daily highs

Al Jazeera

COVID-19 news from January 5: Infections surge around the world amid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant. 5 Jan 2022 - 17:01 GMT Turkey logs record daily cases Turkey recorded 66,467 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed. 5 Jan 2022 - 08:14 GMT ‘Third wave has set …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared an emergency in Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, near Tokyo, as well as in the western city of Osaka, effective Monday until Aug. 31. “Infections are …

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3 years, 6 months ago

As COVID emergency measures start, Indonesians ‘crying for help’

Al Jazeera

Government introduces restrictions to slow coronavirus transmission in Southeast Asia’s worst-hit nation as hospitals and cemeteries fill up. “I don’t mind if my income is reduced, I just want COVID to be gone,” he said. Obey the regulations, be disciplined in following health protocols and support the government’s work.” ‘I feel all alone’ The ferocity of this current wave of …

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3 years, 8 months ago

German lawmakers approve ‘emergency brake’ virus rules

Associated Press

BERLIN — German lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to mandate uniform restrictions in areas where the coronavirus is spreading too quickly, among them closures and a nighttime curfew. The legislation to apply an “emergency brake” consistently in areas with high infection rates is intended to end the patchwork of measures that has often characterized …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise

Associated Press

PARIS — French health authorities on Thursday ordered Paris hospitals to activate emergency measures to cope with fast-rising numbers of COVID-19 patients and announced stricter restrictions in four big cities were the virus is spreading rapidly. Health Minister Olivier Veran said the virus situation “keeps deteriorating in France unfortunately” with “more and more people infected” and “more and more people …

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4 years, 5 months ago

WHO says COVID-19 by far its worst global health emergency

The Hindu

The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization has faced, its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. Only with strict adherence to health measures, from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, would the world manage to beat it, Tedros added at a virtual news …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus, emergency laws and civil liberties: Are our rights and freedoms at risk?

ABC

When Josh Frydenberg announced economic stimulus in the face of coronavirus two weeks ago, he began by using a phrase politicians sometimes resort to during moments of social crisis. Key points: Coronavirus has led to the introduction of sweeping control measures restricting personal freedoms Civil liberties groups are in favour of steps to stop the spread but have also raised …

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What is HMPV? China steps up emergency measures amid new virus outbreak

Wilders threatens to pull out of Dutch coalition over further asylum policy compromises

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

Emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding activated as more rioters are sentenced

Criminal suspects will be freed on bail instead of being remanded in custody because the Ministry of Justice is running out of prison spaces, senior lawyers fear

South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel’s actions in Gaza

South Africa asks ICJ to order Israel to withdraw from Gaza’s Rafah

'Bengaluru water crisis to worsen if there is no...’: Here's how the city is dealing with half-bucket baths

Nicaragua drags Germany to ICJ for ‘facilitating Israel’s genocide’ in Gaza

ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

ICJ to decide on emergency measures in Israel-Gaza genocide case on Friday

‘Not seeking to destroy Palestine’: Israel tells top UN court

Israel rejects claims of genocide levelled in United Nation's top court

Biparjoy Cyclone LIVE Updates: Amit Shah chairs meeting with state disaster management ministers

The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank

Peru imposes, then withdraws curfew to quell price protests

Ottawa Mayor Declares State Of Emergency To Deal With Trucking Blockade

Latest COVID updates: Nations report new COVID daily highs

Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games

As COVID emergency measures start, Indonesians ‘crying for help’

German lawmakers approve ‘emergency brake’ virus rules

Paris hospitals on emergency footing as virus cases rise

WHO says COVID-19 by far its worst global health emergency

Coronavirus, emergency laws and civil liberties: Are our rights and freedoms at risk?