Ireland has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, according to a statement on Tuesday from the International Court of Justice.The filing, made on Monday, comes months after Ireland announced plans to intervene in the case before the United Nations’ highest judicial body.“Ireland, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” the court said in a statement on Tuesday.South Africa brought its case to the…
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have struggled through the first third of the season, sitting at 18-17 and ninth in the Western Conference heading into Tuesday’s clash with the New Orleans Hornets. But over the past couple of games, T-Wolves star Anthony Edwards has started to turn it on. After scoring a career-high 53 points in a loss to the Detroit Pistons, Ant-Man scored another 37 in a 108-106 come-frome-behind victory over the Los Angeles Clippers to end Minnesota’s three-game skid. Which brings us to today’s quiz. Can you name the players with the most points in a loss for each NBA…
A United States judge has temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents. On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who presided over the now-dismissed case against Trump, directed the US Department of Justice not to release the report until a federal appeals court rules on a request from his two former co-defendants. Those co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, remain the subject of a continuing appeal. They have argued that the report’s release could interfere with their right to a fair hearing.…
President-elect Donald Trump wants the Gulf of Mexico to become known as the “Gulf of America.” During a press conference Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he intends to make the change, but did not provide details on when or how. “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Gulf of America — what a beautiful name,” he told reporters. “And it’s appropriate.” “We’re going to change, because we do most of the work there, and it’s ours,” he said. Names of natural features in the United States are governed by the…
The 6th Retreat of the Network of all Legal Advisers across the ECOWAS institutions, agencies and offices was organised by the Legal Affairs Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission and held in Banjul, The Gambia from 17-21 December 2024. The Retreat commenced with a brief opening ceremony chaired by the Ag. Director, Legal Affairs, Mrs. Isatou Combeh NJAI. In her Opening Remarks, Mrs. NJAI welcomed all the participants to The Gambia and thanked the members for their commitment to the Network. The participants of the Legal Advisers Network were representative of the ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS Parliament and the West African Health Organisation…
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk is reportedly set to buy Liverpool Football Club which will be an addition to one of the assets in his possession as he looks to increase his wealth.The news about Elon Musk’s decision to buy Liverpool was confirmed by his father in anexclusive interview with Times Radio, Errol Musk revealed that his son, worth around €394.4 billion ($424.6bn, or £340 billion), has expressed serious interest in buying the iconic Merseyside club.What did he say about the decision of Elon Musk to buy Liverpool?He said,”His grandmother was born in Liverpool, and we have relatives in…
The man widely called the true winner of Venezuela’s tainted presidential election said on Tuesday that his son-in-law had been kidnapped by hooded men in Caracas, the capital.Edmundo González said that his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was walking Mr. González’s grandchildren to school when he was “intercepted” by hooded men dressed in black, and taken away in a gold van.“At this time he is missing,” he wrote on X.The reported kidnapping comes one day after Mr. González met at the White House with President Biden, whose administration recognizes Mr. González as president-elect, in an effort to put international pressure on President…
This weekend, six NFL teams will fight to represent the AFC in Super Bowl LIX but only three will advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Here’s how the underdogs move on. (odds via ESPN)L.A. Chargers at Houston Texans (+3)The Texans open the playoffs as home dogs against a Chargers team riding a three-game winning streak. Too bad L.A.’s last two wins came against a pair of 4-13 teams in the Patriots and Raiders. The Texans went 1-2 to end the regular season but losses to the Chiefs and Ravens were expected and the team rested its starters…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US committed to ‘holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities’.The United States has determined that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan, announcing sanctions targeting the group’s leader. In a statement on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the RSF has carried out direct attacks on civilians and systematically murdered men and boys because of their ethnicity. He also accused the group of using rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls because of their ethnicity. “The United States is committed…
article FILE-Two pigs are seen standing in a pasture. (Please note that these are not the pigs from the Ohio incident; this is only a file photo. (Georg Moritz/dpa (Photo by Georg Moritz/picture alliance via Getty Images) A woman was mauled and killed by her neighbor’s pigs on Christmas day, the Columbus-Post Dispatch reported. Rebecca Westergaard, of Pataskala, Ohio, reportedly died after she was attacked by two pigs wandering near her home. RELATED: Man killed by lion after entering enclosure at zoo: ‘The animal attacked’ The 75-year-old woman was found on her property, her body partially eaten, and police will provide…