KAMPALA, Uganda — The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action. The World Bank’s decision to suspend the $150 million project, which aims to … Read more
The Gaza conflict has worsened the human rights situation in Israel, the State Department said in new report released Monday, even as officials declined to say whether they would halt U.S. aid to elements of Israel’s military over alleged abuses. The State Department’s annual human rights report cited several reported rights violations committed in Israel, … Read more
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O.J. Simpson’s Bank of America credit card has hit the auction block … and let’s just say the seller is banking on it raking in some serious cash. Jonathan Lepore is selling the business account card over at Goldin Auctions … telling TMZ he snagged the piece of plastic, which expired in 2023, on eBay … Read more
CAPRI, Italy — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he has made “determinations” related to a set of accusations that Israel violated U.S. laws prohibiting the provision of military assistance to policy or security units that commit gross violations of human rights. Blinken told reporters that the results of his decision would be made … Read more
BRASÍLIA — The woman arrives at the bank pushing a man in a wheelchair. His eyes are closed; his head lolls wildly. “Uncle Paulo, are you listening?” Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes asks. “You need to sign it. If you don’t sign it, there’s no way. I can’t sign it for you.” But Paulo Roberto … Read more
Tensions in the Middle East pose the biggest threat to a prospective interest rate cut from the European Central Bank, according to ECB policymaker Robert Holzmann. “At this stage, I think the biggest threat is geopolitics, because we have seen what’s happened in the Middle East,” Austrian central bank Governor Holzmann told CNBC’s Karen Tso … Read more
The Bank of Korea will intervene to control currency volatility if needed, the central bank’s chief told CNBC, describing the recent market fluctuations as a little “excessive.” Central bank governor Rhee Chang-yong said external factors are fueling the Korean won’s movement. “I think the recent movement is a little bit excessive judging from what we … Read more
(Al-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank) — The Israeli-occupied West Bank saw some of its worst violence Saturday since the war in nearby Gaza began, as Israel’s army said the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist attack” and witnesses said Israeli settlers attacked a number of communities. The Israeli … Read more
AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank — Israel’s army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found in the West Bank after he was killed in a “terrorist attack,” as violence escalated across the Israeli-occupied territory where tensions have simmered for months. The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair sparked a large attack by Israeli settlers … Read more