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UN biodiversity talks hampered by ‘lack of political will’: WWF

World Wildlife Fund urges more ambitious targets after developing nations stage COP15 walkout over funding plans.

Al Jazeera

The Young Iranians Facing Death Penalty over Protests

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say. The executions in the past week of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both 23 and the first people…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine: Russian Strikes Thwarted, Wreckage Hits Buildings

Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region Wednesday as their air defense system destroyed 13 explosive-laden drones, although wreckage damaged five buildings without causing casualties. The attempted strikes underlined how vulnerable Ukraine's capital remains to the regular Russian attacks that have devastated infrastructure…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Walkouts and tensions as row over finance threatens to derail Cop15 talks

Delegates from developing nations leave discussions as divisions grow over who should pay to protect biodiversity

The Guardian - UK

1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change was still taking shape, that warming of more than 2°C would “push global conditions past any point that any human civilisation had experienced”. By 1990, scientists had also weighed in: 2°C above the…

The Conversation

Biden pushes US as a crucial ally to African leaders

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will present his vision to African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States can be a critical catalyst for their growing continent

The Independent UK

Cop15 was meant to be nature’s Paris moment, but Greta Thunberg’s ‘blah, blah, blah’ cry is proving right

In Montreal, progress on biodiversity issues has been slow. We cannot go on like this

The Guardian - UK

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Revealed: MEP in prisoner resolution row made undeclared Bahrain visit

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan to approach UN after blaming India for bombing

Pakistan will take a dossier to the United Nations alleging its neighbour India has backed incidents of terrorism, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Islamabad said India was behind a high-profile bombing.

Reuters

Iran ousted from UN body tasked with empowering women

Twenty-nine of 54 members vote to expel country over regime’s bloody crackdown on protests calling for gender equality

The Guardian - UK

South Sudan violence has killed 166 civilians, displaced over 20,000 - U.N

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Labour MSP plan to keep gender change age at 18 for trans people

Claire Baker’s amendment would see the age stay at 18 until the completion of a review on gender identity services.

Daily Record

Iran Nuclear Chief Says IAEA Officials to Visit Tehran Soon

UN nuclear watchdog officials will visit Iran in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, to try to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at Iranian undeclared sites. "We hope the visit of the International Atomic Energy officials to Tehran in the coming days…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A feted restaurateur, a senior doctor: Sunak’s cruel plan would have deported both

The prime minister wants to eject all who enter the UK ‘illegally’ without even giving them a hearing. That’s inhumane, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

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Iran nuclear chief says IAEA officials to visit Tehran soon - TV

U.N. nuclear watchdog officials will visit Iran in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, to try to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at Iranian undeclared sites.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Govt Condemns Houthi Bombing of School in Hajjah

The Houthi militia in Yemen continued its violations by bombing a school in Hajjah governorate, left a child dead and two others injured, according to official sources. Yousef Abdoh Bishi, 11, was killed in the Houthi drone attack on the school in the al-Deir village. The Minister of Information, Culture,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank: Iraq Must Pursue Greener Growth Model

Iraq, a top oil exporter battered by climate change impact, must diversify its economy and pursue a “greener growth model,” the World Bank said Tuesday. In a new report presented to authorities in Baghdad, the Washington-based institution said $233 billion must be invested by 2040 to allow Iraq to embark…

Tribune News Service

Requesting asylum is supposed to be free. But corruption in Tijuana means many have to pay

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a Russian family, threatened because of their opposition to the war in Ukraine, recently arrived in Tijuana, they tried every tactic they'd heard of to reach the United States and request asylum.

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Palestinians Demand Accountability for Zakarneh's Killer

The Palestinians demanded the United States on Wednesday to practice its power to ensure accountability for the killing of Palestinian teenager Jana Zakarneh, 16, during an Israeli attack in the city of Jenin. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry official, Ahmed al-Deek, said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) wants the US administration…

Reuters

Analysis-Protecting 30% of the planet to save nature is not as simple as it sounds

From the lush Amazon rainforest to the frigid Arctic Ocean, the world's landscapes — and all the wildlife they contain — are under threat, and the world needs to set aside a third of all land and sea territories to save them, U.N. experts say.

The Guardian - UK

UN to investigate use of ‘parental alienation’ tactic in custody cases

Fears an increase in allegations, particularly against mothers, of deliberately alienating a child against the other parent in domestic abuse cases may put victims at further risk

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Renews Call for Stronger Int’l Position against Houthi Terrorism

The Yemeni government renewed its call for stronger international stances against Houthi terrorism and welcomed the latest European Union statement on the coup escalation. The government issued a statement Tuesday, welcoming the European announcement to increase its humanitarian and development support and interventions for 2022 and 2023, and called on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid Staves off Somalia Famine, for Now, Says UN

Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this year, but the situation remains "catastrophic," the UN said on Tuesday. The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said the latest assessment found that, technically, Somalia was not yet in the grip of full-blown…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Likely to be Ousted from UN Women's Body

Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are expected to abstain from the vote requested by the United States, diplomats said. The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will vote…

Reuters

Biden says U.S. is 'all in' on Africa's future

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa after years in which the continent took a back seat to other U.S. priorities as China made inroads with investments and trade.

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