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The International Criminal Court within the Hague is making ready to situation arrest warrants for senior Israeli officers, together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on costs associated to the battle towards Hamas in Gaza, in accordance with experiences from Israeli and worldwide media. Israeli and overseas officers informed The New York Times the ICC can also be contemplating arrest warrants for Hamas leaders.
People stand subsequent to a automobile in Deir Al-Balah, within the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, the place staff from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, in accordance with the NGO.
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People stand subsequent to a automobile in Deir Al-Balah, within the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, the place staff from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, in accordance with the NGO.
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- NPR’s Peter Kenyon tells Up First that if the ICC does situation these warrants, it might be the primary time it has issued warrants towards any Israeli official. Under a warrant, the ICC’s member states could be anticipated to arrest and hand over the defendants to the Hague ought to they enter their territories. Kenyon says the group may situation the warrants this week. Israel and the U.S. are reportedly calling on ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to carry off or determine towards it.
- Meanwhile, negotiating groups are assembly in the present day in Egypt for one other spherical of cease-fire talks. A senior Hamas official informed NPR that the group is “still studying” Israel’s newest proposal.
- World Central Kitchen says it’ll resume operations in Gaza, virtually one month after Israeli airstrikes killed seven members of its employees.Â
Pro-Palestinian protests on faculty campuses throughout the U.S. present no signal of letting up. Police arrested nearly 300 people nationwide over the weekend. This afternoon, college students at Rutgers University in New Jersey plan to rally. Like different campuses, Rutgers college students are demanding that their faculty divest from corporations that do enterprise with Israel.
- NPR’s Brian Mann frolicked contained in the encampment at Columbia University. He says folks have been singing and praying, and the temper was calm. “Both sides listed below are clearly working to de-escalate,” he says. That’s a giant change from per week and a half in the past when the college summoned the NYPD to interrupt up the encampment with greater than 100 arrests, which helped spark this nationwide motion. See images from protests going down around the country.
At least 4 folks have been killed and a minimum of 100 injured after tornadoes ripped via elements of the South and Midwest on Friday and into the weekend. All 4 deaths up to now have been in Oklahoma, the place Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared a state of emergency in a dozen counties. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds declared a catastrophe emergency in a single county. Her state noticed a minimum of a dozen tornadoes on Friday. In Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe reported that thunderstorms and tornadoes triggered “significant damage” to its folks and native companies.
Deep dive
Employers are required to make lodging for pregnant girls and new mothers like time without work for physician’s appointments.
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Employers are required to make lodging for pregnant girls and new mothers like time without work for physician’s appointments.
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In the newest battle over abortion rights between Republican-led states and the Biden administration, 17 states are suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Here’s what you need to know:
- At the middle of the difficulty is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, handed in 2022 with bipartisan assist. It requires employers with a minimum of 15 workers to accommodate pregnant staff with issues like further rest room breaks and time without work for prenatal appointments.
- A new addition to the legislation consists of abortion within the checklist of “related medical conditions” employers should make cheap lodging for, however not earlier than gathering suggestions and feedback, together with about 54,000 from those that objected to its inclusion.
- Arkansas and Tennessee are the 2 states main the lawsuit. They say the implications for employers violating the legislation could be dire, even in states the place abortion is prohibited.
- The new rule has gone into impact within the meantime. The EEOC has a information for pregnant staff about their new rights underneath the legislation and how you can file costs towards their employers.
Picture present
El Massry took this picture of a felucca crusing down the Nile within the south of Cairo on a morning in 2022. He digitally framed the picture with a photograph of a window in an outdated vintage store, and in his signature type, added a chicken or two.
Nour El Massry
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El Massry took this picture of a felucca crusing down the Nile within the south of Cairo on a morning in 2022. He digitally framed the picture with a photograph of a window in an outdated vintage store, and in his signature type, added a chicken or two.
Nour El Massry
In 2019, photographer Nour El Massry went viral for a photograph he took of a giant terrace in a historic constructing within the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo. Since then, the Cairo-based photographer, artwork director and movie manufacturing designer has continued to submit images of the interiors, metropolis streets and structure of Egypt on his Instagram account. Through his pictures, he goes previous the “chaos and overpopulation” of Cairo to seize scenes that “feel like a dream.”
three issues to know earlier than you go
Seed catalogs on a desk.
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Seed catalogs on a desk.
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- How did a genetically modified purple tomato selection find yourself on an organic, non-GMO seed company? The mix-up has triggered fears over the unfold of GMO crops.
- The Louvre Museum in Paris is contemplating transferring the Mona Lisa to its personal room underground. It presently shares a big room with different artworks.Â
- The Biden administration has indefinitely delayed a ban on menthol cigarettes, sparking backlash from anti-smoking advocates. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra alluded to controversy, especially within the Black community, as a rationale for dropping the proposed ban.
This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. Anandita Bhalerao contributed.