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'Not being at the table has had a cost': United States asks to rejoin Unesco

The United States plans to rejoin Unesco, the United Nations' cultural organisation, five years after the previous administration withdrew its membership over funding requirements and alleged bias against Israel.

Radio France Internationale

UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen

The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

The Independent UK

UN chief calls for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence

The United Nations chief says the proliferation of hate and lies on digital platforms and the threat that artificial intelligence can become an uncontrolled “monster” demand coordinated global action

The Independent UK

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In Cyprus no-man's land, owls come to the rescue of farmers

The rodents that once ran rampant in the decades since the no-man’s land in Cyrpus was created and destroyed crops are being driven out by owls

The Hindu

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Independent UK

Latest ceasefire begins in Sudan as mediators warn it may be the last try

A 24-hour ceasefire came into force in Sudan on Saturday, but with fears it will collapse like previous truces, US and Saudi mediators warned they may break off their efforts to halt the fighting.

Radio France Internationale

UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse' humanitarian situation after the dam rupture

The U.N. aid chief says Ukraine faces a “hugely worse” humanitarian situation than before the rupture of the Kakhova dam

The Independent UK

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UN: Myanmar junta blocking aid to cyclone survivors

Myanmar’s military junta has suspended travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people in the cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state, the United Nations’ humanitarian affairs office said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

China, India have fewer people than the UN thinks

In April, the United Nations estimated that India had overtaken China as the world's most populous country. While the announcement received a great deal of media attention, India's 2024 census will likely reveal that the UN's projections have been vastly overestimated.

Bangkok Post

National Best Friends Day: How is it celebrated and what is its history?

Show your bestie how much you appreciate their friendship this week

Evening Standard

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding

Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow focussed on the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK

Adoption of anti-Semitism definition curbs free speech: Report

EU nations called out for adopting definition that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel.

Al Jazeera

UN chief says Ukraine dam burst 'a consequence' of Russia's invasion

The United Nations does not have any independent information on how a Ukrainian dam burst, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, describing it as "another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

Reuters

Ukraine to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court

Hearings are opening at the United Nations’ highest court in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia linked to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

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Reuters

Explainer - Black Sea grain deal could hinge on ammonia pipeline

A possible extension next month of a deal allowing the safe wartime export of grains and fertilizers from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports could hinge on the reopening of a pipeline that delivers Russian ammonia to one of those Ukrainian ports.

Reuters

Russia says it sees 'no prospects' for further grain deal renewal

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that it saw no prospects for extending the Black Sea grain export deal, which is set to expire in mid-July, Russian news agencies reported.

Reuters

Budget for Afghanistan aid plan revised down to $3.2 billion

The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have revised the budget for Afghanistan's aid plan for 2023 to $3.2 billion, down from $4.6 billion earlier in the year, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Monday.

The Independent UK

More than 2 million people displaced, Burkina Faso's government says, as aid falls short

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people

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United Nations 'alarmed' by Hong Kong June 4 detentions

The United Nations said on Monday it was "alarmed" by detentions in Hong Kong linked to the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while China said the financial hub was moving from "chaos" to prosperity.

Inverse

This Forgotten Grain With Astounding Resilience Could Help Enable A Climate-Friendly Diet

Millets may soon garner more attention after the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets.

Bangkok Post

Kosovo violence gives Nato, Europe another crisis

When Nato troops first entered Kosovo in June 1999 after 78 days of bombing, no one thought its Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers would still be trying to separate ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs 24 years later.

Reuters

Aid agencies in Sudan grapple with looting, bureaucracy to deliver relief

Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April.

The Independent UK

UN warns of aid shortage, looming food crisis in wake of devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar

The United Nations has warned that far too little aid is reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar and the country could face a major food crisis soon if farmers are unable to plant crops

Reuters

Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says

Trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia is surging, with new smuggling routes for methamphetamine emerging and ketamine production expanding, the United Nations said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar

Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping up ketamine production as they seek to expand their business, the United Nations (UN) said Friday.

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