India's government introduced sweeping changes to the criminal justice system, including tougher sentences, after the Delhi gang-rape, but campaigners say little has changed.

Hindu-majority India has strong cultural and business ties with its neighbor and Modi's government has expressed concern over the spate of attacks on Hindus.

Two senior US officials met virtually with the shadow National Unity Government, which consists mostly of lawmakers ousted in a 2021 coup, as well as key ethnic rebel groups including the Karen National Union.

"I take a cold shower before bed and tie freezer packs around my electric fan to cool the air," Lee Ji-soo told AFP Friday.

Shafik, who cited the toll the campus turmoil took on her family, becomes the third president of an Ivy League university to step down in the wake of campus protests over Gaza.

"We have robust cybersecurity measures in place, and are not aware of any security breaches of our systems resulting from those efforts," the official said, adding that the campaign remains in communication with authorities.

What was billed as a "no limits" conversation started more than half an hour late, with many people unable to listen in live, in an embarrassing setback for both men.

Officials have urged citizens to make online reports of "threats" from protesters, with rights expert Raisa Urribarri saying pro-government social channels widely sharing footage of arrests are also fueling a "climate of terror".

Judge John Thackray said David Wilkinson had played a leading role in what he described as "12 hours of racist, hate-fueled mob violence", kicking out and throwing missiles at officers, spitting at them and trying to start a fire.

In March 2023, the UN asked the ICJ to clarify "legal consequences" for states that "have caused significant harm to the climate system and other parts of the environment".

Mpox was also declared a global health emergency in 2022, and access was again unequal, as vaccines were widely available in regions like Europe and the United States, but there are still none in Africa two years later despite the severity of the ongoing outbreaks.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the rapid spread of the new strain, dubbed Clade 1b, a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alarm the UN agency can sound.

More than 10 months into the Gaza war, so many bodies are arriving at the cemetery in Deir el-Balah that the men, working in the hot sun, hardly have space to bury them.

Diplomatic pressure on Israel to agree a truce has increased in recent weeks, as Hamas officials, some analysts and protesters in Israel have accused Netanyahu of prolonging the war.

Blinken will leave Saturday and seek to "conclude the agreement for a ceasefire and release of hostages and detainees through the bridging proposal" presented Friday during talks in Doha by the United States, a State Department statement said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denied there would be any change to rules prohibiting Jews from praying at the site, which is holy to Muslims as well. He also issued a rebuke to Ben-Gvir, head of one of the nationalist religious parties in the ruling coalition.