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NURPUR NOON, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan must invest in climate resilience for its survival, prime ministerial hopeful Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.
A Swiss court on Friday found members of Britain’s wealthiest family guilty of exploiting domestic workers at a luxury villa in Geneva, but acquitted them of the more serious charge of human trafficking.
A Swiss court handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family on Friday for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.
GENEVA (AP) — A criminal court rules Friday on whether members of a billionaire family engaged in illegal human trafficking and mistreated their servants, mostly illiterate Indians, who were employed at their luxurious lakeside villa in Geneva.
Asked about figures provided by the Gaza health ministry, he said that prior to Oct 7, when there was greater possibility to check, the UN had consistently found «the numbers they provide us are… very close to being 100-percent accurate». The UN rights office has had limited access to verify numbers since the war started but Laurence said it still had contacts on the ground «who are reliable». Asked about hostages held in Gaza, Laurence said this was also «prohibited by international law».
TOKYO (AP) — A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions.
Hong Kong has 14 ETOs across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia. They were established in accordance with Article 156 of the Basic Law, which provides that “the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may, as necessary, establish official or semi-official economic and trade missions in foreign countries”. The history of Hong Kong’s overseas representations on trade and economic issues goes back a long time, well before becoming a special administrative region.
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it.
TAIPEI — The United States and several of its allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany and Japan, issued a joint statement on Friday (May 24) calling on Taiwan to be allowed to take part in a key meeting of the World Health Organisation this month.