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Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The United Nations' weather agency says there's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

First Thing: Quad summit cancelled after Joe Biden calls off trip to Australia

Leaders will instead meet on sidelines of G7 in Hiroshima this weekend. Plus, how mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023

Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans

Campaigners say development of huge Rosebank field in North Sea would drive climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023

Russia's threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security

The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Afternoon Update: truck driver charged after school bus crash; young Australians spending less; and arson suspected in Wellington fire

Seven children were seriously injured in collision, including one who has undergone a complete arm amputation

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023

African nations launch peace initiative to end war in Ukraine

Six African leaders plan to travel to Russia and Ukraine "as soon as is possible" to help find a resolution to the war, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.

Radio France Internationale · May 17, 2023

Ukraine tells China it won’t accept ceding land to Russia

Ukraine’s foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved it losing territory or freezing the conflict, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. Follow our blog to see how the day's events…

France 24 · May 17, 2023

Preventing millions of hepatitis deaths is a ‘thundering moral imperative’

By 2040 the disease could kill more people each year than malaria, TB and Aids combined – despite the cost of treatment being ‘less than dinner for two’

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023

How Myanmar’s Junta Uses Telecom Companies to Target Journalists

With Myanmar’s four mobile service providers now either directly or indirectly linked to the military, sensitive user data is more easily accessible and could be used to persecute opposition voices, experts say.

The News Lens · May 17, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv tells China it will not accept any peace plan involving loss of land to Russia – as it happened

Statement from Ukraine’s foreign ministry comes after talks with top Chinese envoy

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023