Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions

29 March 2024; UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A veto Thursday by Russia ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, prompting Western accusations that Moscow is seeking to avoid scrutiny as it allegedly violates the sanctions to buy weapons from Pyongyang for its war in Ukraine.

USA: Obama, Clinton and big-name entertainers help Biden raise a record $26 million for his reelection

29 March 2024; AP: NEW YORK — Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and some big names from the entertainment world teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace of President Joe Biden that hauled in a record-setting $26 million-plus for his reelection campaign.

USA: Outpaced by Biden, Trump hopes to rake in $33 million during Florida fundraiser Maha Kamal 29/03/2024 - 07:11

29 March 2024; AP: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is seeking to outraise President Joe Biden next week, aiming to take in more than $33 million to top a new single-event fundraising record set by Biden on Thursday with $25 million, said a person familiar with the Trump event who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.

Pope expresses solidarity with Palestinian Catholics in Holy Land

28 March 2024; MEMO: Pope Francis has expressed his support for Catholics in the Holy Land as Easter approaches. He assured them, “You are not alone.”

The statement came following a meeting with two peace activists, Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, who both lost their daughters, ages ten and 13, because of the war.

Spain air drops 26 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza after 18 Palestinians killed of malfunction

28 March 2024; MEMO: Spanish military aircraft delivered 26 tonnes of humanitarian aid yesterday to Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip, with Madrid urging Israel to open land border crossings to prevent famine, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Pakistan's top judge says interference of executive in judicial affairs intolerable

Islamabad, Mar 28 (PTI) Pakistan's Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa Thursday said that “interference" by the executive in the affairs and judicial workings of judges will not be tolerated as the government announced a formal probe into the explosive allegations by the high court judges about the powerful intelligence agencies meddling in their affairs.

Palestinian PM Mustafa forms cabinet, calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

28 March 2024; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa, formed a new cabinet on Thursday, in which he will also serve as Foreign Minister, making an immediate ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza a top priority, Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported.

Jordan says electric link with Iraq to begin operation on Saturday

28 March 2024; MEMO: Jordan said an electricity grid inter-connection with Iraq will go into operation on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports.

The electric line between Jordan’s Risha power station and Iraq’s Rutba station will have a capacity of 13 megawatts, Amjad Rawashdeh, head of the Jordanian National Electric Power Company, told the state news agency, Petra.

India: Mukhtar Ansari's death: Akhilesh demands probe supervised by SC judge into 'doubtful' cases

Lucknow, Mar 29 (PTI) Raising a question mark on the law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh after the death of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtan Ansari following a cardiac arrest in Banda, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said there should be a probe supervised by a Supreme Court judge into such doubtful cases.

Ansari died in the Banda Medical College due to a cardiac arrest on Thursday. He was rushed to the hospital from the district jail after his health condition deteriorated.

India: Procurement through govt's online marketplace GeM crosses Rs 4 lakh crore so far this fiscal

New Delhi, Mar 29 (PTI) The procurement of goods and services through government's portal GeM has crossed Rs 4 lakh crore so far this fiscal due to higher buying activities by various ministries and departments, a senior government official said on Friday.

The Government e-Market (GeM) portal was launched on August 9, 2016, for online purchases of goods and services by all central government ministries and departments.

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