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US should block cheap Chinese auto imports from Mexico, US makers say
The U.S. government should block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico, a U.S. manufacturing advocacy group said on Friday, warning they could threaten the viability of American car companies.
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Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis ... "For a foreign ministry to address a head of state from a friendly country in this way is unusual and revolting. It is a shameful page in the history of Israel's diplomacy," the Brazilian diplomat went on to say, adding that Israel is trying to cover up its crimes in Gaza with a smokescreen
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The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
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Indian union refuses to load Israel-bound weapons shipments
An Indian trade union that operates at multiple ports across the nation has refused to load or offload ships carrying weapons to Israel, days after the announcement of New Delhi sending Hermes 900 “killer” drones to Tel Aviv.
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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.
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New plasma stealth device targets specific areas, not entire aircraft. According to a recent report from the South China Morning Post, Chinese scientists and engineers claim to have developed a plasma stealth device for military aircraft that is capable of rendering nearly any such aircraft undetectable by radar.
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Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received. ... Many have reportedly been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, denied menstruation pads, food and medicine, and severely beaten. ... On at least one occasion, Palestinian women detained in Gaza were allegedly kept in a cage in the rain and cold, without food. ... We are particularly distressed by reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have also been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers.
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Why Israel’s war on UNRWA is so sinister
Tel Aviv's goal of dismantling the UN agency in the name of security is a strategic move aimed not only at depriving Palestinian refugees of lifesaving assistance, but completely eradicating the notion that they will one day return to the lands they were expelled from.
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The ruling by Paris follows similar moves by London and Washington against West Bank settlers France joined the US and UK on 13 February in imposing sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Egypt reveals alleged Israeli plan to evacuate Rafah civilians
If 1.3 million Palestinians from the southern Gaza city are forced into tent camps along the sea ahead of a military offensive, Israel will be closer to its goal of expelling strip's population to Egypt by land and other countries by boat
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ICC chief prosecutor says probe underway into Israeli war crimes in Gaza
Tel Aviv withdrew its signature from the Rome Statute that founded the ICC and has maintained since 2022 that it does not recognize the court's authority
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ICC chief prosecutor says probe underway into Israeli war crimes in Gaza
Tel Aviv withdrew its signature from the Rome Statute that founded the ICC and has maintained since 2022 that it does not recognize the court's authority
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