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Russia rejects US claims its UN council presidency is a joke

Russia’s U.N. ambassador is dismissing U.S. and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke

The Independent UK

Russian charged with war crimes may brief U.N. Security Council

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters on Monday.

Reuters

The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states' climate obligations. What does this mean?

The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice.

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India will overtake China as the world's biggest nation, but is it ready to be the next global superpower?

India will soon replace China as the world's most populous country. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a global superpower, but India will need to carefully manage the boom without revisiting its dark history of population control.

ABC News

UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations

A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes, in a report released Monday

The Independent UK

Ugandan forces take over east Congo town as M23 rebels leave

A spokesman for the East African regional force says that Ugandan troops took control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been in the hands of M23 rebels for more than nine months

The Independent UK

Mongolia: squeezed between China and Russia fears 'new cold war'

Mongolia’s prime minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, recently expressed his country’s fear that the world is heading towards a new cold war as the relations between Russia and China and the west – particularly Nato – have taken a turn for the worse. “It’s like a divorce,” he said. “When the parents…

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John Oliver: ‘Putting people in solitary is torture, so let’s stop’

The Last Week Tonight host condemns the use of solitary confinement, a practice deemed torture by the UN, in US prisons

The Guardian - US

Autopsies show 30 people died from gunfire in Peru protests

Human rights groups have called on the Peruvian government to investigate claims of excessive force by police and soldiers during recent anti-government protests that have left 49 civilians dead

The Independent UK

Invasion damages $2.6bn worth of Ukraine's heritage, culture: UN

PARIS: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused some $2.6 billion worth of damage to the country's heritage and cultural sites, a United Nations agency said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

GOP's 2024 Trump critics find new life with Manhattan indictment

There's a unique opportunity for anti-Trump Republicans to step up and speak out.

Axios

Yemen Condemns Houthis for Obstructing Food Shipments from Aden

The Yemeni government on Sunday condemned Houthis for obstructing the delivery of food and goods shipments coming from the port of Aden and the liberated areas, saying the militias’ behavior is part of an economic war staged against the government and an attempt to force merchants to divert their imports…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bathily Tasked with Ensuring Security for Libya's Elections

UN Special Representative for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily has made several "unprecedented" security steps in preparation for holding Libya's elections, amid speculations by some politicians over the sufficiency of the measures he took so far.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out

In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told

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Biden Stresses Efforts to Reach Solution in Yemen Will Continue

The United States stressed on Sunday its continued support to all efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive solution to the crisis in Yemen.

Foreign Affairs

The Case for Capping Sea-Level Rise

A more tangible way to measure the harm from climate change.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Arkansas Asa Hutchinson launches 2024 GOP campaign; calls on Trump to step down

Asa Hutchinson, 72, says a Trump campaign is the ‘worst scenario. for GOP. He joins former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race.

The Conversation

Capitalising on climate anxiety: what you need to know about 'climate-washing'

People are increasingly making choices about which products to buy and which service providers to use on climate change grounds. With concerns about climate change now affecting most Australians, businesses that promote climate-aligned practices and make emissions-reduction promises have a competitive advantage over those that don’t.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia pro-war blogger ‘killed in explosion in St Petersburg’

Russian news agency reports Vladlen Tatarsky died in blast that also injured at least 16 people

Evening Standard

Killing of pro-Putin blogger investigated as murder

A pro-war Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday, allegedly after being handed an explosives-ridden bust as a gift.

Reuters

Bomb kills Russian war blogger in St Petersburg cafe

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ex-Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he’s running for president in 2024, offering himself as an alternative for Republicans ready to turn the party away from Donald Trump

The Times of India

Maharashtra farmers' 'Mission 500' movement gets UN recognition

MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative…

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman insists Rwanda safe when confronted over deaths of 12 refugees in 2018

Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed that she wasn't aware of the case, when police fired on refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo who were protesting over food rations

The National (Scotland)

Home Secretary insists Rwanda a 'safe' country for refugees despite video evidence

Braverman was confronted with footage from an incident in 2018 which showed the aftermath of a refugee protest in Rwanda

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