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UK’s first new coalmine for 30 years gets go-ahead in Cumbria

Michael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year

The Guardian - UK

Putin Says Russia May Be Fighting in Ukraine for a Long Time

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but he saw "no sense" in mobilizing additional soldiers at this point. "As for the duration of the special military operation, well, of course, this can be a long process," Putin…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The forgotten war: what Russia could win from the reignited conflict in Syria

Largely overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, Syria remains a deeply divided and violent country, where military conflict has recently reignited.

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Venezuela opposition seeks to protect billions in humanitarian funds from creditors -sources

Venezuelan opposition parties are seeking to protect billions of dollars in UN administered humanitarian funds from foreign creditors by keeping the details of their release confidential, according to five people with knowledge of the efforts.

Reuters

Africa forum hails 'circular economy' solutions for climate

Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the ‘circular economy,’ will be vital for halting the loss of nature by meeting growing demand with fewer resources and will make communities more resilient to climate change by encouraging more sustainable practices on the African continent, organizers of the World…

The Independent UK

Explainer-What's driving Haiti's humanitarian crisis?

Haitians continue to flee their country amid gang violence that has left much of the Caribbean nation off limits to the government. Kidnappings have become increasingly frequent and gunbattles between police and crime groups a routine occurrence.

Reuters

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile displaces 9,000 -U.N. agencies

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed an unknown number of people and displaced just over 9,000, some of whom are hiding in swamps, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend

The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.

Reuters

Cop15 negotiators have left their homework to the last minute – can they scrape a pass?

Pressure is increasing on world leaders to make progress at the UN biodiversity summit – but the pile of unfinished tasks is mounting

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Democrats celebrate as Raphael Warnock wins Georgia runoff

Republican Herschel Walker concedes as Warnock celebrates bolstering the Democratic party’s Senate majority

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war -UN report

Russian forces killed at least 441 civilians in the early days of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, documenting attacks in dozens of towns and summary executions that it said might be war crimes.

Reuters

The food emissions ‘solutions’ alarming experts after Cop27

The food industry’s fingerprints were all over the solutions touted at the UN climate summit last month, campaigners and NGOs say

The Guardian - US

Enjoying the Qatar World Cup? Here is the reality hiding in plain sight

While the football dazzles in Qatar, one of the most dominant controversies in the build-up is now rarely mentioned, reports Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the COP15 talks on biodiversity must stop humanity from ‘committing suicide by proxy’.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Complains about Syria’s ‘Procrastination’ in Eliminating its Chemical Program

The High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, complained about the Syrian authorities’ procrastination in responding to requests by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat to complete the elimination of its chemical weapons program. She made her remarks on Monday…

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'Humanity Has Become a Weapon of Mass Extinction,' Warns UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday slammed multinational corporations for turning the world's ecosystems into "playthings of profit" and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. "With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction," he said, in…

Fortune

WM wants to use its 'gobs' of data on waste collection to help industries build circular economies

Recycling will be a core component of the UN's treaty on preventing plastic waste.

The Conversation

Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity -- can the COP15 summit deliver?

Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss and the dangers of ecosystem breakdown.

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The Independent UK

UN aid chief: Ukrainians are suffering `colossal' torment

The U.N. humanitarian chief is decrying the “colossal” torment Ukrainians are suffering from “senseless war” and Russian destruction of its infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Myanmar’s military: in power but not in control

Editorial: Despite the Tatmadaw’s increasing viciousness, it appears unable to suppress resistance

Reuters

At U.N., U.S., Russia accuse each other of no interest in Ukraine talks

The United States and Russia accused each other on Tuesday of not being interested in Ukraine peace talks as calls grow at the United Nations for a ceasefire and diplomacy to end the war started by Moscow's invasion nine months ago.

The Guardian - UK

New Cumbrian coalmine would prove UK hypocrisy, say experts around world

Activists and experts say green light for coal would show UK’s ‘posturing, double standards and broken promises’

The Guardian - UK

Humanity has become ‘weapon of mass extinction’, UN head tells Cop15 launch

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth

The Independent UK

Russian invasion of Ukraine and veto undermines Security Council: Irish minister

Ireland has had ‘sustained and positive impact’ on conflict prevention during its two-year term on the UN group, Simon Coveney has said.

Daily Mirror

Suicide rates in war-torn Syria triple as the hopeless turn to deadly gas pills

WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: Suicide cases in north-west Syria more than tripled in the first half of 2022 as the deadly use of “gas pills” becomes more widespread and youths see no hope for the future

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