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What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

The Independent UK

Factbox-Countries rush to evacuate foreign citizens from Sudan

Countries have conducted one of the biggest international evacuations in years as their nationals flee the sudden outbreak of fighting in Sudan.

Reuters

Libya lost, then found, 2.5 tonnes of uranium - a red flag for nuclear safety

Earlier this year the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi reported that about 2.5 tonnes of uranium ore concentrate had gone missing from a site in Libya. This was arguably one of the largest quantity of uranium ore concentrate that had ever been misplaced.

The Conversation

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UN envoy says Sudan's warring sides agree to negotiate

The United Nations’ top official in Sudan says the country's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

UN chief sends envoy to Sudan as crisis nears 'breaking point'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to Sudan as the humanitarian crisis in nears “breaking point”, a spokesperson for the global body has announced.

Radio France Internationale

Biden is still not doing nearly enough about the climate crisis

The president is trying to appeal to climate-conscious young voters and appease the fossil fuel industry. It won’t work

The Guardian - US

Saudi Arabia Evacuates over 5,000 People from Sudan

Since the onset of clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April, the Saudi Foreign Ministry has declared the effective evacuation of more than 5,000 individuals from 100 nations, among them 184 Saudi citizens. Regarded as one of the world’s largest and most successful evacuation undertakings,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Key events in Sudan as fighting hits 17 days

The country’s warring factions continue to fight despite saying they would extend a barely respected 72-hour ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

Houthis Release Faisal Rajab 8 Years after his Arrest

The Iran-backed Houthi group unilaterally released on Sunday Yemeni military commander Major General Faisal Rajab eight years after his arrest. Rajab’s release is stipulated in United Nations Security Council 2216. He was detained by the Houthis in 2015 when they were attempting to occupy Aden city, now the interim capital.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Sending Envoy over 'Unprecedented' Sudan Crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the "unprecedented" situation there, as deadly hostilities enter a third week, his spokesman said Sunday. The announcement came as the army and heavily armed paramilitaries in Khartoum continued fighting, even as a widely breached ceasefire was extended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN sending relief chief to Sudan over ‘unprecedented’ situation

Martin Griffiths, travelling immediately, says people are struggling to get the food and water they need to survive.

Al Jazeera

Sudan rivals trade blame as fighting continues despite ceasefire extension

New UN envoy to the region warns that humanitarian situation is ‘reaching breaking point’

The Guardian - AU

When journalists are targets, we all suffer

Autocrats know that controlling the media is the first step in controlling the population. It’s why journalists are increasingly in the firing line.

360info

UN chief Guterres dispatches envoy to Sudan amid 'unprecedented' crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the "unprecedented" situation there, as deadly hostilities enter a third week, his spokesman said Sunday.

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Kim Jong-Un’s sister calls Joe Biden ‘old man with no future’ as tensions with US grows

Kim Yo-Jong, sister and aide of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, laid into US President Jo Biden as he announced a landmark agreement on protecting South Korea from potential nuclear attacks

Bangkok Post

Coming blitz on corporate greenwashing

Judging by the growing number of companies vowing to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions to zero these days, it may seem like the corporate world is finally taking the climate crisis seriously. According to the Net Zero Tracker, more than one-third of the world's largest publicly traded companies have announced such…

The Independent UK

Tim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid

Sen. Tim Scott says he’s nearly ready to reveal his decision on entering the 2024 presidential race

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Student loan ‘scam’ targeted ‘poor kids’, Sudan fighting spreads, coronation oath row

Graduates say they’re still struggling to pay off debts racked up under a controversial 1990s scheme; food prices rise again

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The Independent UK

Official: 148 Somalis evacuated from Sudan via Ethiopia

Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said

Newsroom.co.nz

Sudan war threatens Red Sea shipping lanes that supply oil for NZ

Malign external actors' role in intra-state conflict reinforces a longstanding NZ conviction that the United Nations Security Council is not fit for purpose and must be reformed.

The Guardian - UK

Civilians attacked in Darfur region as Sudan fighting escalates

UN refugee agency ‘extremely concerned’ about effect on ‘fragile’ region, as evidence emerges of widespread destruction

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Calls for Stopping Foreign Interference in Libya’s Affairs

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met in Riyadh on Sunday with Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya. During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the Kingdom's support…

France 24

Mass exodus from Sudan as deadly fighting enters third week

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

Al Jazeera

UN aid agencies begin helping Sudanese arrivals in Egypt

UNHCR says it is working closely with the government days after reports surfaced there was a complete lack of response.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast

Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one region

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