UN Security Council does not condemn Hamas after US veto
A resolution in the UN Security Council which, among other things, condemned "Hamas' disgusting terrorist attacks" against Israel and called for a "humanitarian pause" has fallen after the US vetoed it, reports AFP.
However, it was not the condemnation of Hamas itself that the US turned against:
- The US is disappointed that this resolution did not mention Israel's right to self-defense, says US UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
12 out of 15 council members voted in favor of the resolution, which was tabled by Brazil. Russia and Great Britain abstained.
Israel has said that during today's meeting of the Council it must present evidence that the hospital attack in Gaza was not an Israeli act, says Foreign Minister Eli Cohen according to Sky News.
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With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as an independent presidential candidate, the state of opinion in the United States is changing, according to a voter survey conducted for NPR and PBS.
If Donald Trump alone is pitted against Joe Biden next year, it will be very even between the candidates. However, if Kennedy remains in the race, it would mean that Biden leads by seven percentage points over Trump, according to the survey conducted by Marist.
Kennedy began his candidacy as a Democrat, but last week switched to being an independent candidate.
Kennedy is the son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who in turn was the brother of President John F. Kennedy.
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EU-friendly president survives impeachment attempt
Georgian President Salomé Zurabishvili has survived an impeachment vote initiated by the ruling party that aimed to depose her, writes TT.
The party got only 86 of the 100 votes needed to remove the pro-EU president.
On Monday, the country's constitutional court ruled that Zurabishvili violated the constitution when she visited the EU without the government's consent to lobby for Georgia's candidacy for the union.
Zurabishvili was elected to the ceremonial post in 2018 with the support of the ruling party, but in recent years has, among other things, criticized the party for not supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.
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"The EU must cooperate with China - not compete"
To tackle the climate crisis, the biggest emitters the US, China and Europe must work together to reverse the trend. That's what Simone Tagliapietra writes in an analysis in The Guardian.
But instead, the three power blocs regard each other as unreliable competitors, he notes.
Tagliapietra calls for common green subsidies and industrial collaborations between the countries, instead of new tariffs and taxes.
"China, the US and Europe share an important global responsibility. If they don't move, the world will stand still. And that would have dramatic consequences for everyone," he writes.
Despite the EU and the US's limping relations with Beijing, Western companies continue to flirt with China, writes Marian Seliga in the Euroasia Review.
"While at the EU level China is perceived as a competitor, at the national level each country has a unique set of business interests related to China".
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Norwegian navy shadowed Chinese container ships
A ship from the Norwegian fleet has shadowed a Chinese container ship that is being investigated for involvement in the suspected sabotage against a gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland, writes Reuters.The news agency has followed the ships' movements via the Marine Traffic service and notes that the navy's ship followed the "NewNew Polar Bear" along the Norwegian west coast for 15 hours.
Finnish investigators are examining several ships that were in the Gulf of Finland when the cable was damaged on October 8, including the Russian "Sevmorput".
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