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Ukraine calls on UN, Turkey to prevent Russia from obstructing grain deal

Ukraine appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations and Turkey to press Russia to immediately stop hindering Ukrainian grain shipments that supply millions of people and not to use the food as a weapon.

Reuters

Papuan separatists armed with bows and arrows surround captured New Zealand pilot in video

Philip Mehrtens says ‘I will remain captive for my life’ if insurgent group’s demands are not met

The Independent UK

UN agencies seek $5.6B to help Ukraine, its refugees abroad

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid and refugee agencies say they are seeking $5.6 billion to help millions of people in Ukraine and 10 countries that have taken in fleeing Ukrainians in the wake of Russia’s invasion of their country nearly a year ago

The Independent UK

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UN Condemns ‘Deepening Crackdown’ on Opposition in Tunisia

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced concern over the deepening crackdown in Tunisia against perceived political opponents, his Office, OHCHR, said Tuesday. “Türk expressed his concern over the deepening crackdown against perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia, including through measures taken by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO intensifies surveillance in E Guinea after Marburg outbreak

The country officially declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Macron to tackle ‘means to ensure Russia’s defeat’ at Munich security summit

French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss how to “ensure Russia’s defeat” in Ukraine as well as future “mechanisms” to uphold peace in Europe at the Munich security conference on Friday, the Élysée Palace revealed Wednesday. The announcement came as Ukraine appealed to the UN and Turkey to press Russia to…

France 24

UNSMIL Calls for Coordinating Int’l Efforts to Hold Libya Elections

Special Representative of the UN Sec-Gen and head of UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily reiterated his calls to all international parties concerned with Libya to coordinate efforts and positions in support of holding elections and achieving peace and stability in the country. Bathily met France's Minister for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Watch as UN launch 2023 plan to help Ukraine refugees

Watch as the United Nations launch the 2023 Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and the 2023 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for neighbouring countries.

The Independent UK

UN aid enters Syria via new border crossing as quake toll nears 40,000

A UN convoy of 11 trucks has entered rebel-held north-western Syria from Turkey via the newly opened Bab al-Salam crossing as the death toll from last week's earthquake reached almost 40,000. More than 50 other trucks with UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa.

Radio France Internationale

Australia promises additional $8m aid to Türkiye, Syria to protect 'most vulnerable' after earthquakes

The additional aid money will go towards "protecting those made most vulnerable" in the two earthquake-devastated countries, as well as supporting ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.

ABC News

Britain Provides UN with Evidence on Iran's Arms Violation

The British government on Tuesday said it presented evidence proving Iran has violated UN resolutions on the proliferation of weapons and linking the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the smuggling of weapon systems in violation of a UN Security Council Resolution. In a statement, the British Defense Ministry said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey, some aid reaches Syria

Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday, as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake.

Reuters

UN launches appeal for quake-hit Syrians as deaths in Turkey and Syria near 40,000

As the death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria approached 40,000 on Wednesday, the UN launched an appeal for $397 million to provide “life-saving relief” for nearly five million Syrians affected by the latest disaster. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All…

France 24

In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake

After more than a decade of bombardment, dwindling international support, and a crippling economic crisis, Syria's opposition-held northwest was already barely hanging on when calamity struck.

Reuters

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Afternoon Update: RBA boss defends job at Senate grilling; public school enrolments drop; and a sit-down with Lidia Thorpe

Philip Lowe tells Senate estimates interest rates will continue to rise, ‘but how far they need to go, we’re still unsure’

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley to formally launch GOP campaign for White House

Republican Nikki Haley is expected to formally kick off her 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday by highlighting her biography while trying to sidestep the looming presence of her onetime boss, former President Donald Trump

Al Jazeera

UN chief says rising seas a ‘death sentence’ for some countries

UN secretary general warns that low-lying communities and entire countries could disappear under rising sea levels.

The Guardian - UK

‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb

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The Independent UK

What has Elon Musk said about Russia’s war in Ukraine?

The tech tycoon is under fire for limiting military access to Starlink satellite service in Ukraine, but insists his motivation is simply preventing the conflict’s escalation into World War III

Daily Mirror

Military jets scrambled as mystery balloons spotted above two European countries

NATO fighter jets were deployed after a 'weather balloon-like' object was spotted above Romania yesterday, with Moldova also detecting an unknown object near its border with Ukraine

The Independent UK

From Trump ambassador to ‘sellout’: What is Nikki Haley doing in the 2024 race

Governor-turned-ambassador left government in 2018 but has never strayed far from allegiance to Trump

The Independent UK

UN chief: Rising seas risk 'death sentence' for some nations

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that even if global warming is “miraculously” limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), there will still be a sizable sea level rise

Reason

Nikki Haley's Presidential Bid Is an Unappealing Mix of MAGA and RINO

Is she an heir to Trump's throne? Is she a second coming for the pre-Trump Republican establishment? She doesn't even seem to know.

Zenger

Here’s Why Meteorologists Launch Weather Balloons Every Day

The ancient custom synchronized weather balloon launches is becoming high-tech

The Independent UK

Report: 8,468 perished trying to reach Europe since 2019

A global charity says more than 8,400 Europe-bound migrants perished at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the past four years

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