What’s the point of international law? | Start Here
International law – explained. From the Gaza war to Ukraine – the role of international law has been under intense scrutiny recently. What exactly is international law? How does it work? And what’s the point of it if so often it doesn’t seem to lead to the accountability and justice that many people want? Sandra Gathmann takes #AJStartHere to The Hague – home of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) – to explain. Adblock test (Why?)
Doctors Without Borders halts Russian operations after losing legal status
The aid group announced the decision with ‘a heavy heart’ after losing its legal authorisation. Doctors Without Borders has said it has halted its operations in Russia after Moscow removed its authorisation to work in the country. The NGO, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), announced the decision late on Monday, saying it was compelled to stop activities because Russia’s justice ministry had removed it from a roster of approved foreign charities. “It is with a heavy heart that we have to close our activities in Russia,” said a statement by MSF, which employed more than 50 people in Russia. “To comply with the [justice ministry] decision, we had to close our operations in the country and terminate the contracts of our staff in accordance with all legal requirements,” spokeswoman Maria Borscheva told the AFP news agency. The decision applied to the Dutch branch of MSF in Russia but since this was the only association active in the country, it effectively ended the group’s presence there. A branch office dealing with nonoperational activities in Moscow will stay open, according to the group. The move puts MSF, which has operated in Russia for 32 years, as part of a growing list of foreign charities pushed out during the Ukraine war. Last year, Russia declared Western aid groups Greenpeace, Transparency International and World Wide Fund for Nature “undesirable,” effectively banning them from operating in the country. Kursk aid With a mission to offer medical assistance to “people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare”, MSF has been in Russia since 1992, operating programmes that give aid to homeless people and migrants, tuberculosis treatment and general healthcare. Russian doctors working for MSF take care of homeless people, most of whom suffer from various skin diseases, at the Kursky railway station in Moscow, on March 2, 1993 [Michael Evstafiev/AFP] Since the invasion of Ukraine, its aid operations have reached 52,000 refugees and displaced people, 15,400 of whom have received free medical, mental health and psychosocial support, the NGO said. One of its most recent goals was to respond to the humanitarian and medical needs of the internally displaced people in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have recently made inroads, it noted. “We are very sad to conclude our programmes in the country as many people in need of medical and humanitarian assistance will now be left without the support we could have provided to them,” said Norman Sitali, MSF operations manager in Russia. “MSF would like to still work in Russia again, if and when possible,” added Sitali. Adblock test (Why?)
What Trump has said about apparent assassination plot
NewsFeed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service agents who fired on a gunman suspected of plotting to kill the former president in Florida, as more details emerged about the incident. Published On 17 Sep 202417 Sep 2024 Adblock test (Why?)
New Trump website reveals how much money a Harris presidency could cost taxpayers
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump campaign unveiled a website Tuesday that tabulates how much voters in each state can expect to pay in taxes if the Trump tax cuts expire next year. “Kamala Harris voted against the Trump Tax Cuts and will let them expire if she’s elected,” the website, dubbed KamalaTaxIncrease.com, says. “Democrats in Washington don’t care about you – they will work together with Kamala Harris to make sure you pay more taxes and have less money in your pocket. According to the Tax Foundation, if the Trump Tax Cuts expire, most taxpayers will see a notable tax increase,” it adds. Using data from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Tax Foundation, the Trump campaign’s new website displays a map of the U.S. with a breakdown on what residents in each state could expect to spend in additional taxes. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE CALL TO EXTEND TRUMP TAX CUTS, AVOID ‘LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY’ TRUMP TO LAUNCH CRYPTO PLATFORM: WHAT TO KNOW “When Kamala is in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin this week – will she tell voters that on average they will pay more than $2,000 in extra taxes each year if she is elected and lets the Trump Tax Cuts expire? The choice is simple – more money in your pockets with President Trump or higher taxes with Kamala Harris,” Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, told Fox News Digital. The national average tax hike falls at $2,580.57, while residents in blue states such as California and Washington can expect an average increase of $3,360 and $4,375, according to the website. TRUMP PROMISES TO HALT TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY; CITES ‘INFLATION NIGHTMARE’ FOR SENIORS Florida residents face an average tax hike of $3,505 per year, while Nevadans can expect a $3,523 spike, and Wyoming residents $4,254, according to the data. The Tax Foundation additionally has a calculator on its website that can tabulate expected increases based on an individual’s personal background, such as income and marital status, to view more in-depth data. Trump and Republican lawmakers passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, which drastically overhauled the nation’s tax code, including reducing the top individual income tax bracket to 37% from 39.6% and nearly doubling the size of the standard deduction. The law, however, is set to sunset in 2025, with Vice President Harris vowing to reverse the Trump-era cuts. She is proposing to raise the rate that major businesses pay from 21% to 28%, and also seeks to increase the federal government’s small business tax deduction tenfold, from $5,000 to $50,000. TRUMP’S ECONOMIC SCORECARD: WHERE HE STANDS ON TAXES, TARIFFS AND MORE Trump has pledged to make the entirety of his 2017 tax law permanent if he is re-elected in November. “He wants to let our tax cuts expire,” Trump said in May at a rally in New Jersey. “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle-class, upper-class, lower-class, business-class – big tax cut. You’re going to have the biggest tax cut.” Last week, the Chamber of Commerce and 500 businesses spread across the nation published an open letter to Washington lawmakers and the next presidential administration, calling on them to keep the Trump tax cuts in place or risk the U.S. facing “the largest tax increase in American history.” TRUMP, HARRIS TOUT TAX PLANS AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE “While the impact of a massive tax increase on individual Americans is clear, it is critical for policymakers to understand that the expiration of many pro-growth business tax reforms from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) also will dramatically increase costs for families and customers, harm main street businesses, reduce take-home pay for workers, and result in the loss of innovation and American jobs,” Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement of the letter. “Pro-growth tax policy doesn’t just grow the overall U.S. economy; it raises wages for American workers and improves standards of living,” the statement continued. “Maintaining and improving pro-growth tax policy ensures that the U.S. remains globally competitive, retaining and attracting businesses, jobs, investment, and innovation here at home.” Harris, meanwhile, pledged in July that she would not to raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year if elected to the Oval Office in November. The Tax Foundation’s Center for Tax Policy also told fact checking website Verify this week that Trump’s proposed tariff plans – which include between 10% and 20% tariff on all imported goods and a 60% tariff on all goods imported from China – would lead to an average increase of more than $6,000 per household. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub. Fox News Digital’s Megan Henney and Breck Dumas contributed to this article.
Thane Biggest Builders RK Builders and DHL Group Join Forces for Maharashtra’s Largest BTS Warehouse
In a landmark development, two of the biggest names in the warehousing and logistics sector, RK Builders, Led by Director Randhir P. Mhatre and global logistics powerhouse DHL Group have entered into a strategic lease partnership deal that promises to reshape the region’s logistics landscape.
Gov Sanders hits campaign trail as top surrogate for Trump in key battleground state: ‘Going full-speed ahead’
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the current Republican governor of Arkansas and a former White House press secretary during the Trump administration, is ramping up her presence on the campaign trail for former President Donald Trump and is taking a more prominent role as a “top surrogate” in the coming weeks. “President Trump is a fighter, and nothing – not the political establishment, not political prosecution from the Left, not even two would-be assassins – can keep him from making America great again,” Sanders told Fox News Digital. “The President Trump I know is going full-speed ahead, and I’m excited to join him on the campaign trail this week to speak directly to the American people.” Sanders, the daughter of former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, traveled to Ohio on Monday to campaign with Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno to meet with voters and attend fundraisers across the Buckeye State. On Tuesday, two days after the former president survived an assassination attempt for the second time in two months, Sanders will be in Flint, Michigan, with Trump for a town hall event. CRITICS PAN KAMALA HARRIS’ TV INTERVIEW, BEWILDERING ANSWERS: ‘TALK IS CHEAP’ Sanders will also be campaigning in Pennsylvania to help GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick unseat Democrat Sen. Bob Casey in a race that will have major implications on which party controls the Senate in November. “Our country is at a tipping point: four more years of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s failures, or four years of success with President Trump and a Republican-led Senate,” Sanders said. HARRIS DODGES QUESTION ON LOWERING PRICES BY DESCRIBING ‘MIDDLE-CLASS’ ROOTS: NEIGHBORS ‘PROUD OF THEIR LAWN’ “Our party is on a mission to return to the America President Trump built, where our prices were low, our border was secure, our enemies feared us, and our allies respected us,” Sanders said. “I’m proud to stand with my friend and old boss, Donald J. Trump, and Senate Republican candidates to make America great once again.” Sanders told the crowd at the Republican National Convention in July, shortly after the first assassination attempt against Trump’s life, that “never have I been more proud than to stand with him right now tonight.” CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Not even an assassin’s bullet could stop him. God almighty intervened because America is one nation under God, and he is certainly not finished with President Trump. And our country is better for it.”
UN ambassador criticizes Israeli military, calls for ‘fundamental changes’
The United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations is expressing frustration with the Israeli military following strikes that killed multiple UN-aligned personnel in the region. Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke out at the U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday, where she lamented the “preventable” loss of life caused by the conflict. “We will continue to raise the need for Israel to facilitate humanitarian operations, and protect humanitarian workers and facilities, such as the UNRWA school targeted by the IDF last week in Nusseirat,” Thomas-Greenfield said. ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS US ONLY ‘MILITARY ACTION’ CAN RETURN PEOPLE TO HOMES AMID HEZBOLLAH THREAT UNRWA refers to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. She continued, “We have also been unequivocal in communicating to Israel that there is no basis – absolutely none – for its forces to be opening fire on clearly marked UN vehicles, as recently occurred on numerous occasions.” A former school converted into a UNRWA civilian shelter was struck last week by the Israeli Defense Forces, killing 18 people. Six of those killed were UNRWA personnel. The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, previously rebuked criticism of the strike on the UNRWA shelter, asserting that the entire agency has become overrun with terrorists and terrorist sympathizers — including personnel at the destroyed shelter. ISRAEL’S UN AMBASSADOR SLAMS WORLD BODY, SAYS UNRWA TAKEN OVER BY HAMAS TERRORISTS IN GAZA “How long will the U.N. continue to bury its head in the sand and ignore the fact that Hamas terrorists have taken over UNRWA?” Danon asked this week. “Those who were killed yesterday (Wednesday) in the IDF strike were nine terrorists with blood on their hands, and some of them participated in the barbaric massacre on October 7.” Danon provided a list of names ostensibly connecting known Hamas terrorists to the civilian shelter. When approached by Fox News Digital, Juliette Touma, a UNRWA spokesperson, claimed that “Israeli authorities have not requested UNRWA officially to provide them with the list of staff killed in yesterday’s attack on the UNRWA school.” She added, “The names that appear on today’s statement from the Israeli Army have not been flagged to us before by the Israeli authorities in previous occasions prior to today.” The U.S. ambassador did note on Monday the ongoing threat of Hamas embedding its members within civilian agencies. “At the same time, we continue to see Hamas hiding in, and taking over, and otherwise using civilian sites to conduct operations and pose an ongoing threat,” said Thomas-Greenfield. “There’s no clearer evidence of Hamas’ total indifference to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. For their sake, and the sake of innocent people on all sides of this conflict – this must stop.” Nine individuals were fired by UNRWA last month after it was found they likely participated in the Hamas slaughter of 1,200 people, including more than 30 Americans, on Oct. 7 in southern Israel. “For nine people, the evidence was sufficient to conclude that they may have been involved in the 7th of October attacks,” Farhan Haq, spokesperson for the U.N. secretary general said during a press briefing. Fox News Digital’s Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
Haitian influx causing one major safety concern among Springfield residents
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Residents of an Ohio town that has taken in thousands of migrants in just a few years expressed concerns for their safety, especially when driving on the city’s more crowded roads. “My safety,” one Springfield resident told Fox News Digital when asked what concerns her most about the flow of migrants into the town. “I walk a dog, I approach these Haitians with a smile, I never get a smile back. I just don’t understand it.” The comments come as longtime residents of Springfield, Ohio, have grappled with a new reality in recent years, with the town taking in thousands of Haitian migrants since 2021. According to the city’s website, the total number of immigrants in Clark County, of which Springfield is the county seat, is between 12,000 and 15,000. The influx of people to the town, which the 2020 census showed had a population of just around 60,000, has caused tension in the town, locals told Fox News Digital, especially on the roads. “They hit my kid’s fence,” a Springfield resident named Mike O’Brien told Fox News Digital. “They backed into my kids fence, it cost us $400 to get fixed… they can’t drive. It’s just really, really outrageous, it’s inexplicable… every day I get up, and I feel less secure in my own little community that I was born in.” HAITIAN REFUGEES ‘DON’T UNDERSTAND THE LAWS,’ FORMER LAWMAKER SAYS AMID FATAL WRECK, CULTURAL CLASHES Complaints about road safety were perhaps the chief concern of longtime residents, who recounted many stories of accidents they had witnessed over the last few years. Those concerns were shared by former Republican State Rep. Kyle Koehler, who told Fox News Digital the situation on Springfield’s roads has become a growing problem. “We do have a really abnormal number of car accidents that are happening,” said Koehler, who is now running to represent the area in the state Senate. “And it’s not only the number, but the severity of them. When you go on a street that is a 35-mile-an-hour speed limit and there’s a car sitting on its hood, and I’m not talking about one, I’m talking about five or six accidents a week like that, you begin to wonder.” Concerns over road safety hit a tipping point in August of last year, when a minivan driven by a Haitian migrant collided with a school bus carrying dozens of local students. Over 20 children were injured in the crash, while one, 11-year-old Aiden Clark, was killed. SPRINGFIELD PASTORS SPEAK OUT ON HAITIAN REFUGEE CHALLENGES: ‘THE SUFFERING IS REAL’ Since the accident, concerned residents have become increasingly vocal, including taking their concerns to multiple city meetings. However, according to O’Brien, road safety is not the only concern among local residents, noting that the large influx of people in such a short amount of time has put strain on the city. “I don’t discriminate against anybody, so I don’t care if they drop 20,000 Mexicans here, 20,000 Irishmen in here, it’s too much,” he said. “People right here in this town, they’re tired of it, they’re really tired of it.” Meanwhile, other residents indicated that they welcomed the newcomers to the town, arguing that it was an opportunity for them to pursue a better life. “I feel sad for them because of where they came from, and this is a greater opportunity for them,” Ruth Lee, a nine-year resident of Springfield, told Fox News Digital. While Lee acknowledged that a lot of city services may be overwhelmed as they adjust to the influx, there is also an opportunity for residents to improve the lives of their new neighbors. “I want to reach out to them and let them know that they’re a human being and that they’re welcome,” Lee said. Get the latest updates on the ongoing border crisis from the Fox News Digital immigration hub.
Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Delhi Chief Minister, tenders his resignation to LG
Delhi Minister Atishi to take over as the next CM of Delhi.
Atishi to become Delhi CM: Know why she dropped her second name ‘Marlena’
Atishi who is a senior AAP leader and current Delhi minister has been unanimously chosen as Delhi’s new Chief Minister succeeding Arvind Kejriwal.