Thursday, Apr 19th
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International Glance
The United Nations has warned that Gaza's emergency fuel supplies will run dry in 10 days unless it receives immediate donor support.
In a statement published on Wednesday, officials said $6.5m was needed to buy generator fuel and stave off the collapse of "critical services".
At least 7.7 million litres of fuel is needed to continue to operate hospital equipment, such as MRIs, CT Scanners, and x-ray machines.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has hit the coast off eastern Taiwan and the government says a hotel has collapsed.
The US Geological Survey reported the quake was shallow at a depth of 10km and struck at 15:50GMT about 20km off the east coast.
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One of the United States' leading conservationists and ivory trade investigators was found dead Monday in his home in Nairobi, Kenya.
Police found the body of Esmond Bradley Martin in his house with a stab wounds to neck. His wife found him dead after she returned from a walk.
"We have launched investigations into the murder of the American conservationist who was found dead in his house in Karen," Nairobi Police Chief Japheth Koome told Capital FM news.
Nairobi's Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss, Ireri Kamwende, said the attacker hasn't been identified.
Carmelo Gallegos used to sow wheat in the cool winters and cotton in scorching-hot summers of the Mexicali valley. These days, water is so scarce he can only plant one crop a year.
But on top of drought and a sinking water table, the 61-year old farmer now has another preoccupation. A huge brewery is being built in the nearby city of Mexicali, and Gallegos – like many others – fears it will suck up what little water remains to make beer for export to the US.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has said it is taking a series of measures to begin "disengaging" from Israel, including seeking action against the latter at the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
After a long meeting on Saturday evening, the executive committee of the PLO said it had asked the Palestinian government to "begin devising plans to disengage from the Israeli occupation authorities at the political, security, economic and administrative levels ..."
The sanctions aim to squeeze Hezbollah financier Adham Tabaja, who is already designated by the U.S. as a global terrorist, by freezing out a network of companies in Lebanon, Ghana, Liberia and elsewhere. The Trump administration said companies and their executives act on Tabaja's behalf, forming "conduits" of funding for the Lebanon-based militant group.
Poland's Senate has approved a contentious bill that criminalises acts blaming Poland or its citizens for complicity in Nazi war crimes, drawing strong rebuke from its allies and Jewish organisations.
The legislation, which seeks to punish individuals who publicly describes Nazi Germany concentration camps as "Polish death camps", passed overwhelmingly early on Thursday, and is now awaiting the signature of President Andrzej Duda.
Poland's state news agency PAP reported that 57 senators voted for the bill, while 23 voted against with two abstentions.
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