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US rejoins Unesco: pay at door

Unesco is one of those United Nations agencies that most people feel pretty comfortable with.

Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2023

Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2023

Explosion along Lebanon-Israel border wounds 3 members of militant group Hezbollah

A Lebanese security official says an explosion ear Lebanon’s border with Israel lightly wounded three members of the militant Hezbollah group

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

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Biden hails ‘unbroken’ Ukrainian people in Nato speech to spirited crowd of 10,000 - and one Trump fan

Mr Biden told an exuberant crowd that Western unity in support of Kyiv’s defence ‘will not falter’

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than education, UN says

A new U.N. report says some 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – now live in countries that spend more money paying interest on their debts than on education or health

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

In northern Syria, displaced blame Russia for end to vital aid

UN Security Council unable to agree on extension to cross-border aid to opposition areas, which expired on Monday.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

War in Sudan has displaced over three million people, says UN

The United Nations on Wednesday said nearly three months of war in Sudan have uprooted more than three million people, and called for the warring sides to face "accountability".

France 24 · Jul 12, 2023

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UK imposes sanctions on companies linked to warring Sudanese factions

Move designed to send message to forces involved as fears grow conflict could become more widespread in the region

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Israeli fire said to wound Hezbollah members on Lebanon border

Lebanese sources say three Hezbollah members injured; Israeli military says group approached border fence, was repelled.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

Half of our world is sinking into a debt crisis: UN chief's stark warning

NEW DELHI: Some 3.3 billion people – almost half of humanity – live in countries that spend more on debt interest payments than on education or health, said UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday after launching a UN report which revealed that in 2022, global public debt reached a…

The Times of India · Jul 12, 2023

Pesticides from farming leach into world’s waterways at rate of 710 tonnes a year, UN research shows

Safe levels exceeded in 13,000km of rivers globally with ingredients potentially degrading into more persistent substances

The Guardian - AU · Jul 12, 2023

World must learn from Covid-19

Some 194 countries are currently negotiating the world’s first pandemic accord. Born out of our lessons in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have agreed that we need effective mechanisms and measures in place to be able to better prevent, prepare for and respond to the next big threat.

Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2023

Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says

Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Claude 2: ChatGPT rival launches chatbot that can summarise a novel

Anthropic releases chatbot able to process large blocks of text and make judgments on what it is producing

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

UN rights council approves resolution on religious hatred after Qur’an burning

Western countries had strongly opposed resolution, arguing it conflicted with laws on free speech

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

After Quran burnings, UN rights body calls for more action to combat religious hatred

The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in the wake of Quran burnings in Europe over objections of Western countries who fear tougher steps by governments could trample freedom of expression

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Palestinian boy killed during Israeli operation in West Bank was unarmed, says family

Abdul Rahman Hardan, 16, was shot in the head as he stood outside a hospital in Jenin, Palestinian rights groups say

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Raging conflict in Sudan displaces over 3.1 million people, UN says

The U.N. says the conflict in Sudan has driven more than 3.1 million people from their homes, including over 700,000 who fled to neighboring countries

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The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Medical and aid groups in northwest Syria fear worse conditions if aid flow from Turkey stops

The United Nations Security Council's failure to renew the critical flow of international aid from Turkey into opposition-held northwestern Syria has rattled Syrians and social workers

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Traces of explosives were found in a yacht in the Nord Stream sabotage investigation, diplomats say

European diplomats have told the United Nations Security Council that investigators found traces of subsea explosives in samples taken from a yacht

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

Concerns are growing that Russia won't extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

‘Miscarriage? Take sick leave’: global health organisations are failing their female staff

Damning report also finds sexual and reproductive rights under threat from a ‘global backslide’ and opposition to gender equality

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

UN human rights body takes up concerns about Quran burnings in Europe

The U.N. human rights chief used a special debate on burnings of the Quran in Sweden and other European countries to tread the fine line between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief

Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2023

Muslim nations demand action after ‘Islamophobic’ Quran burning

Motion at UN Human Rights Council urges action over Quran burnings in Sweden that it said incited ‘religious hatred’.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval

The U.N. Security Council has failed to approve either of two rival resolutions authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending the U.N. cross-border operation which had been vital to helping 4.1 million people

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