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• With the approval of ARCT-154, CSL now offers an even more comprehensive portfolio of innovative vaccines that combat respiratory viral diseases.
• "We are committed to working with health authorities around the world to ensure this important vaccine technology will be available to people at risk for COVID-19."
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• CSL's vaccine business, CSL Seqirus, one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, partnered exclusively with Meiji Seika Pharma for distribution of the sa-mRNA COVID vaccine, ARCT 154, in Japan.

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• In July, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $156 million over three years to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) for the implementation and operation of 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline, building on their experience delivering Talk Suicide Canada.
• CAMH is the largest mental health teaching hospital in Canada and one of the world's leading research centres in its field.
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• The attack, some Israel supporters and political observers note, must be seen in the light of Hamas leaders repeatedly stated goal of destroying Israel and their recent promise to attack Israel “again and again” until it is gone.
• Pro-Palestinian supporters see this as part of a longer history of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
• U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib amplified these allegations when she said on Nov. 4 that President Joe Biden is guilty of supporting genocide in Gaza.
• As the Israel-Hamas conflict grinds on amid continuing genocide allegations, it’s crucial to understand what genocide actually is and how this term has been used for political purposes in the past.

What is genocide?

• His definition also encompasses cultural genocide.
• The 1948 U.N. Genocide Convention specifies that genocide can happen by killing and destroying a group, preventing births and transferring children to another group, among other means.
• At the time, some countries used the convention as a political tool to obscure their own histories of genocide.
• This made it less likely the U.S. would be charged with genocide for Jim Crow policies that enforced segregation of Black Americans.

Using genocide for political reasons

• Governments and political leaders have long used genocide claims to make threats against other countries or to provide a rationale for foreign intervention, ostensibly to ward off a genocide.
• There is also a long history of government officials arguing about the definition of genocide to deny that it was actually happening.
• Today, countries like Russia and China continue to deny that they are committing what many experts consider genocide.

Three ways genocide is discussed

• In my research, I have found that people often approach genocide in three ways.
• First, legal scholars contend that before violence is considered genocide, it is necessary to demonstrate that what occurred neatly matches what the Genocide Convention spells out.

Genocide and the Israel-Hamas war

• People are using these three different interpretations of genocide to characterize the Israel-Hamas war.
• Genocide, for all its conceptual limitations, provides a way of understanding the violence in Israel and Gaza.
• And so, people invoke the word genocide in its conventional sense, sometimes through genocide-related hashtags and slogans.
• Her remarks echo those of others who say that it is Israelis who are at risk of genocide.

Alexander Hinton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• The establishment of the PLA Djibouti base was a decision made by the two countries after friendly negotiations.
• The PLA support base promotes mutual trust and understanding, and conveys a message of peace and friendship.
• Since 2019, the PLA Support Base Hospital in Djibouti has partnered with the general hospital of Djibouti's military for paired assistance.
• Ten medical staff members of the support base were awarded with the Independence Day Medal signed by President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti.