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UN Commissioned Human Rights experts say they have found reasonable grounds to believe
“the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran.”
The strikes reportedly killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children. The international fact-finding mission on Iran said its assessments focused on air strikes, including one on a school. The report does implicate Iran as well, but the White House released a statement saying "the only party in this conflict that committed war crimes is the Iranian regime."
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the European Parliament today after the EU proposed making Canada an associate member and PR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney touted the long history of value shared by Canada and the EU. "We do not pursue zero-sum deals, our commitment to the rule of law, and our unyielding defense of human dignity, individual freedom, and democracy share the same deep roots."
Canada and the EU have been shocked by the Trump administration's aggressive use of
tariffs as well as its threats to leave NATO and take Greenland from its longtime allies. Analysts say inviting Canada as an associate member could deepen the existing EU-Canada trade alliance to include security and future innovation, Eleanor Beardsley and PR News Paris.
“The immigration officer charged with shooting a man last winter and lying about the circumstances.”
Investigators are scheduled to appear before a Minnesota judge. State authorities arrested ICE officer Christian Castro yesterday in Minneapolis on a warrant charging him with aggravated assault and falsely reporting a crime. Prosecutors say Castro shot and injured Julio Sainsar Sousa Salise in January during a federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota and later falsely told investigators he had been attacked
with a broom and a shovel. A judge is reigning in, President Trump's threat to tear down the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. if his name is not on the Performing Arts Center, this after Trump seemingly made a point of being photographed aboard Air Force One, reviewing a poster mock-up declaring Kennedy Center demolished, and PR's Anastasia Silcus reports.
President Trump made the remark on a tarmac Wednesday, but federal judge Christopher Cooper has ruled that the building may not be demolished, unless the board submits plans at least 30 days in advance. Cooper's ruling came after an avalanche of emergency filings.
“One includes a sworn statement from a witness describing a forklift repeatedly hitting”
the center on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a group of eight architecture and culture groups filed a request with the judge asking him to appoint a receiver, independent monitor, or some other neutral party to protect the physical building and the institution. Anastasia Silcus and PR News.
Major US stock indexes rose today recovering most of their losses for the week. The S&P 500 climbed more than one percent, the Dow rose more than a half a percent. This is NPR. Poles have opened in Russia's tightly controlled parliamentary election with the main Kremlin party poised to keep control, mounting challenges over the war on Ukraine have prompted
the Kremlin to stifle descent ahead of the election. It's the first since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The public no longer sees the fighting as something distant, as economic costs increase, and Ukraine's damaged oil refineries and logistical facilities. The world's health organization is calling for more research into therapies like herbal medicine
and acupuncture, as NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports the agency hopes traditional therapies might help address the growing rates of non-communicable disease. Billions of people around the globe rely on traditional medicine. For many, especially in lower income countries, a local traditional healer might be their
first line of care, but less than 1 percent of the global health research budget is devoted
to studying whether these treatments are safe or effective. The WHO wants to change that. It released a framework on Thursday that sets out priorities, like studying therapies for pain, stroke, and mental health. Traditional therapies can often be highly variable by nature, making them hard to study with
clinical trials. The WHO's framework suggests that artificial intelligence might be able to help disentangle messy data and identify what really works. One of the Lambert and PR news. Yellowstone National Park Officials collected more than 20,100 pieces of trash from hydro-thermal
areas this year. In the park says its geology team retrieved 280 hats, 54 camera lens caps, 17 pacifiers and six retainers. Park officials say if you're traveling through Yellowstone, make sure to stash your trash. This is NPR.
I haven't seen my son since 2012. This is Deborah's House. The disappearance of her son, Austin, is one of the biggest missing person cases in the world. What do you want from me?
Why should I have the mystery? I know that my son is somewhere alive. Listen to where is Austin Tice, from NPR's embedded and BBC Radio 4.
