UN approves scaled back peacekeeping budget and downsizing
The General Assembly cut the 14 mission budget to 7.3 billion for the year starting July 1, a 570 million drop from 7.87 billion, with 6.8 billion approved and 500 million added for Darfur and Haiti missions amid downsizing. U.S. pressure highlighted by Nikki Haley celebrates the reductions as missions wind down in Ivory Coast Liberia and Haiti.
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Trudeau meets aboriginal protesters ahead of Canada Day
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife met Indigenous activists on Parliament Hill as Ottawa braces for Canada Day crowds. The Bawnating Water Protectors from Sault Ste. Marie set up a teepee to highlight Indigenous issues during Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations.
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Venezuela’s Luisa Ortega Diaz seeks international protection
Venezuela’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for protection after the Supreme Court barred her from leaving the country and froze her accounts. Her office alleged grave human rights violations by the Sebin and other state actors amid a clash with President Maduro’s government.
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