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19th Mar 2024

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WTO says Russian pork ban was illegal

The World Trade Organisation's appeal body ruled Thursday that Russia's EU-wide ban on pork products was illegal. It upheld a lower body's finding that the EU "had provided the necessary evidence" to show Russia that the African Swine Fever outbreak, the reason for the 2014 ban, was limited to a certain area. "This ruling confirms that EU pork is safe and meets international standards," said EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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