Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 24

Source: Xinhua| 2021-06-24 08:34:32|Editor: huaxia

GENEVA -- China on Wednesday told the ongoing 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council that it is deeply concerned about the Japanese government's decision to discharge the nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

Jiang Duan, minister of the Chinese mission to the United Nations in Geneva, said in a statement delivered at the interactive dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health that the Fukushima nuclear accident caused a large amount of radioactive material leakage, which had a profound impact on the marine environment, food safety and human health. (UN-Japan-Fukushima)

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NEW YORK -- New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that the state will end the statewide disaster emergency on Thursday thanks to substantial progress made in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York State declared a state of emergency in early March of 2020 to contain the spread of coronavirus. (US-New York-COVID-19)

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JERUSALEM -- Israel has postponed the planned entry of individual tourists for at least a month until Aug. 1 after a recent rise in daily COVID-19 cases in the country, the government said Wednesday.

The announcement by the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett came just a day after Bennett said Israel is facing a new coronavirus outbreak fuelled by the Delta variant. (Israel-Entry-Postponement) Enditem

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