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Conservatives should value the European Convention, Jewish human rights charity tells leadership candidates

Pressat.co.uk 

Wednesday 31 July, 2024

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René Cassin, the Jewish voice for Human Rights, has written to the six Conservative Party leadership candidates to express alarm at the negative way in which the European Convention on Human Rights is being portrayed.


René Cassin reminds them that the Convention was envisaged by Winston Churchill and drafted by David Maxwell-Fyfe, a British lawyer who later became a Conservative Home Secretary. Читать дальше...

SNAPSHOT Chip stocks bolster Nasdaq, S&P 500 before Fed verdict - Reuters

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Online misinformation is fueling tensions over the Southport stabbing attack that killed 3 children

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, the name of a suspect was circulating on social media. Hours after that, violent protesters were clashing with police outside a nearby mosque. Police say the name was fake, as were rumors that the 17-year-old suspect was an asylum-seeker who had recently arrived in Britain. Detectives say he alleged attacker was born in the U.K. That information did little to slow the lightning spread of the false name... Читать дальше...

These Are Some Modern EVs You Probably Never See Anymore

Jalopnik.com 

Ever since the lost year of 2020, life seems to have entered warp speed, so you’d be forgiven if you can’t recall the not-so-distant past when automakers were banding together and vowing to end development of internal combustion engines and focus on a full EV future. That did in fact happen, though, with automakers…

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Supreme Court reserves order on whether verdict on states' power to tax minerals will apply retrospectively

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The Supreme Court reserved its decision on whether a recent judgment upholding state powers to tax mines and minerals should be applied retrospectively. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta warned that such a move could burden public sector undertakings with Rs 70,000 to Rs 80,000 crore and negatively impact key economic sectors. While some senior counsels feared bankruptcy, representatives from mineral-rich states like Jharkhand and Odisha supported retrospective application, suggesting staggered payments to ease the financial impact. Читать дальше...

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza's tent camps

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Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, from appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes. Palestinians say they have no soap to wash themselves, their children or their clothes during the summer heat. The sanitation system has collapsed amid Israel’s bombardment and offensives, the U.N. says. The World Health Organization has reported more than 160,00 cases of lice, scabies and skin rashes. At one hospital... Читать дальше...