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US stops UN from recognising Palestinian state through membership

US stops UN from recognising Palestinian state through membership

19 Apr 2024, 00:55 [SAST]
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US stops UN from recognising Palestinian state through membership

19 Apr 2024, 00:55 [SAST]
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The United States has effectively stopped the UN from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body. It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member UN General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership" of the UN Britain and Switzerland abstained, while the remaining 12 council members voted yes. Sherwin Bryce-Pease has more.

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Israel and Iranian envoys have traded verbal blows in a Security Council meeting on the Middle East that was largely focused on the situation in Gaza. This comes after Israel vowed to respond to Iran aerial strikes against its territory over the past weekend after a suspected Israeli attack on Iran's Consulate in Damascus, Syria killed senior leadership of that country's military establishment including the Revolutionary Guard. Both envoys accused the other of representing a terrorist state while members of the Security Council looked on.

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The number of civil summonses issued for debt is going down. Stats SA data shows the total number of civil summonses issued for debt decreased by 14.5% in the three months ended February compared to the same time last year. The largest negative contributors civil summonses issued for money lent, services and promissory notes.

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The South African Civil Aviation Authority is working with government and stakeholders in efforts towards infrastructure development to cushion the sector from the adverse weather conditions. SACCA is hosting the 2024 two-day National Aviation Summit in Pretoria that is also looking at the reduction of carbon emissions from jet fuels. The country is using the conference to take stock of transformation in the sector with the industry recording an 18% increase in aviation activity. The local sector has recorded 113 accidents and 19 fatalities last year.

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Negotiations between rival Soweto taxi associations deadlock: MEC

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Feuds over routes between the two associations has been going on for years.

Locals claim police are complicit in car smuggling to Mozambique

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Syndicates have allegedly stolen more than 50 cars and driven them across the border.

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Motsoaledi has facilitated process of distributing Identity Documents to some individuals in Ganyesa

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