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CPAC veepstakes: Who does Trumpworld want to replace Mike Pence?

The far-right is largely settled on their pick for 2024. But who will run at their side?

The Independent UK

Tunisians protest inflation, president's squeeze on dissent

Thousands of people have marched through Tunisia’s capital to decry an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of food subsidies

The Independent UK

5 Med countries push for more solidarity in migrant crisis

Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five EU Mediterranean countries that bear the brunt of migrant smuggling on Saturday pushed back against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary scheme

The Independent UK

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Russian minister’s claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter

Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India’s Raisina Dialogue conference

The Guardian - UK

UN Chief Condemns Rich Countries ‘Vicious’ Tactics Against Poor

UN leader Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world's rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with "predatory" interest rates and crippling fuel prices. Guterres told a summit of the most deprived states on the planet that wealthy nations should provide $500 billion a year to help others…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mob attacks two Tunis shelters for LGBTQ people from sub-Saharan Africa

A mob of men wielding sticks and knives attacked a shelter for LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from sub-Saharan Africa on February 23. Police called to the site arrested at least eight people from sub-Saharan Africa, even though they have refugee status and are therefore legal residents in Tunisia. This…

France 24

Measles, Smallpox on the Rise in Houthi-Controlled Areas

Yemeni medical sources in Houthi-controlled areas warned on Saturday of a health catastrophe facing the country as the militias continue to prevent vaccinations for deadly childhood diseases. The sources said that medical facilities, including in Sanaa, recorded hundreds of polio, measles, and smallpox cases. Medical sources in Sanaa told Asharq…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN nuclear head meets with Iranians amid enrichment concerns

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog is meeting with officials in Iran

The Independent UK

UN chief condemns rich countries’ ‘vicious’ tactics against poor

Guterres says wealthy nations should provide $500bn annually to help others ‘trapped in vicious cycles’.

Al Jazeera

Yemen's Presidential Council to Up Economic Measures to Confront Houthis

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council asserted that the government would continue its efforts to curb the impact of Houthi attacks on oil export ports and address the economic war waged by the militias against the government. Official Yemeni sources stated that the Council held a meeting chaired by Rashad al-Alimi…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN report: Modern weapons being smuggled to Haiti from US

Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the United States and especially from Florida amid worsening lawlessness in the impoverished Caribbean nation, according to a new U.N. report

The Independent UK

State of emergency declared as two cyclones hit Vanuatu in 24 hrs

Hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to be affected after two Category 4 cyclones hit Vanuatu in 24 hours.

Al Jazeera

The United Nations mustn't be powerless

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a good opportunity to reflect on the war's global implications. In addition to untold human misery, Russia's aggression triggered a historic food and energy crisis and caused global inflation to spike, endangering the world's fragile economic recovery from Covid-19. But…

Bangkok Post

Big Biz's "dishonest climate accounting"

Companies pledge to cut emissions caused by their production, while opposing measures to reduce emissions

Salon

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Royal Navy seizes cache of anti-tank missiles from Iran smugglers in high speed chase

A US drone spotted the rogue vessel in the Gulf of Oman, heading at high speed under cover of darkness towards civil-war-ravaged Yemen and the British Royal Navy gave chase

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy tells US, Europe law chiefs Russia must face court

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes

The Guardian - US

Trump rival Nikki Haley seeks support from Republicans ‘tired of losing’

Ex-UN ambassador and 2024 contender presents herself as face of ‘new generation’ in pitch to CPAC crowd still wedded to Trump

Al Jazeera

Israeli minister inciting violence with remarks: UN rights chief

Volker Turk slams Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call for Palestinian village of Huwara to be ‘wiped out’.

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Top 3 food system innovations

Learn about three of the most impactful scientific developments in our food systems

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Diplomat Demands Accountability Following Israeli Settler Rampage in West Bank

The European Union's envoy to the Palestinians called on Friday for accountability and for perpetrators to be brought to justice after a rampage by Israeli settlers this week in the occupied West Bank in which one Palestinian was killed and dozens of houses, shops and cars were torched. Ambassador Sven…

The Independent UK

Watch: High Commissioner for Human Rights briefs council on situation in Palestine

Watch as Volker Turk, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Independent UK

Spanish bureaucracy leaves Ukrainians waiting for cash help

Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to Spain after Russia invaded their country last year are still waiting for promised payments of 400 euros ($425) a month

Bangkok Post

UN: Myanmar junta ‘at war with country’s own people’

Myanmar's military rulers now see civilians as their adversaries and are making war on the country’s own people, undermining the basic ability to live, the United Nations said on Friday.

Daily Record

Scotland becomes first country to stop hospitals using climate-damaging anaesthetic

Hospitals in Scotland will no longer use desflurane for surgery - which has a global warming potential 2500 times higher than carbon dioxide.

The Conversation

Republicans are trying to build a multiracial right – will it work?

Former Republican South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley launched her bid for president recently in a video that began by describing the racial division that marked her small hometown of Bamberg, South Carolina.

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