A UN independent expert has expressed concern over continued European arms sales to Israel amid its attacks on Gaza, calling the situation "regrettable."
In an interview with Anadolu, George Katrougalos, special rapporteur on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, decried the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, stressing the high civilian death toll, particularly among children and women.
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My @torontostar column: The TTC has a new (interim) leader with Greg Percy. Job one? Some serious relationship counselling with Metrolinx.
The provincial agency has been too secretive and too unaccountable. The TTC needs a better partner. thestar.com/opinion/contributo…
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told a recent press conference in Geneva, “I think it is unavoidable for Israel to become a pariah in the face of its continuous, relentless, vilifying assault of the United Nations, on top of millions of Palestinians.”
She also asked: “Should there be a consideration of its membership as part of this organisation, which Israel seems to have zero respect for?”
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While sitting outside this morning, I heard four different species of woodpeckers nearby. There was a red-bellied woodpecker, a pileated woodpecker, a downy woodpecker, and the bird of the day was a northern flicker. I only saw the red-bellied and the pileated. I was only able to get decent photos of the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), seen here in a nearby oak tree with two out-of-focus pigeons in the foreground.
My gallery contains more that 700 images that I've chosen to share. Most are there for their visual appeal but there are a few novelty images. You can check out my gallery at:
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Fifteen international aid organisations have come together to call for international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo on Israel and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territory.
Eighty-three per cent of required food aid does not make it into Gaza, up from 34 per cent in 2023, they added. “This reduction means people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day.”
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ISRAELI FOLLOW UP....
The Iranians are hysterical:
the Fars agency writes that the hospitals in Lebanon are full of Mossad agents who are trying to locate senior Hezbollah officials injured by the exploding pagers and eliminate them.
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The Israeli shekel dropped to its lowest level against the US dollar on Tuesday evening after a security incident in Lebanon left dozens injured, sparking further regional tension.
The Israeli shekel was trading at 3.8 per US dollar as of 2:20 PM GMT, down from 3.73 before the mass incident. This marks the shekel’s lowest exchange rate since August 7, according to the Bank of Israel's historical data.
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China’s radar with 5,900 miles range detects plasma bubbles over Giza pyramids
Chinese scientists detected plasma bubbles over the Egyptian pyramids and Midway Islands using the LARID radar in Hainan.Equatorial plasma bubbles are unusual weather events in low-latitude areas, caused by a sudden loss of charged particles in the ionosphere, a layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere.
These bubbles, which can grow hundreds of kilometers wide, disrupt GPS signals and interfere with satellite communications., the South China Morning Post reported.
Using the LARID, a low-latitude long-range ionospheric radar built last year, China has become the first country to detect plasma bubbles on radar.
On August 27, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shared the results of the largest plasma bubble detection recorded so far on its website.
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At least 2,800 people have been wounded and eight people killed in Lebanon after pagers used by Hezbollah exploded, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said.
Hezbollah said people were killed and wounded by "mysterious explosions" of pagers across "various Hezbollah units and institutions".
A Hezbollah official told Reuters the detonations were the "biggest security breach" since war with Israel broke out a year ago.
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#linux #bash #ssh #ubuntu #unix
Can anybody explain to me the reason why .bashrc does not allow itself to be sourced in non interactive shells? It is a pain for me as all the paths on the remote machine I work on are set up in .bashrc.
The offending code block is:
case $-
*I*) ;;
*) return;;
esac
I am tempted to remove this block so the the non interactive commands work. I'm just concerned about side effects, so want to know what the reason was for this design.
Take-Two strikes again by adding BattleEye to GTA V.
Though it may decrease the number of cheaters, it also cripples the legitimate mod users and Linux gamers. There is a way to disable the anti-cheat and play the story mode only, but at least some mods were useful in the online mode without offering any competitive advantage.
For example, one of my mod's features removed the black bars from the online story cutscenes in ultrawide. No longer possible.
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"Are we gangsters? No. We are Russians! A briefcase full of money and we have a gun": a video of a Russian military commissar has gone viral on the Internet
According to Russian Telegram channels, the footage shows Oleg Tsibukh, military commissar of the Kamensky district of the Sverdlovsk region.
He is bragging about weapons and demonstrating, presumably, 5 million rubles .
After this video was published, security forces began an investigation.
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