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Creator of Johns Hopkins COVID tracker wins top US science award

Tracker launched by US professor Lauren Gardner in early days of outbreak credited with informing global response.

Al Jazeera

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: British-Iranian national who spent six years in jail in Iran cuts her hair in protest

‘For my mother, for my daughter, for the fears that are bigger than solitary confinement’

The Independent UK

Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say

Researchers say diseases that spread between humans and animals will become increasingly commonplace as human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensifies.

WEKU

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Top Rwanda genocide suspect and financier Félicien Kabuga goes on trial

One of the last fugitives charged over the Rwanda genocide to face justice, Félicien Kabuga refused to appear in court at the start of his trial on Thursday. "Twenty-eight years after the events, this trial is about holding Félicien Kabuga to account for his substantial and intentional role in that…

France 24

Long-awaited Rwanda genocide trial starts despite suspect's boycott

A U.N. tribunal in The Hague opened the genocide trial on Thursday of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the suspect's decision to boycott it from his jail cell.

Reuters

Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish language, in the Syrian constitution could one day lead to establishing whistled languages in Syria. The Syrian-Kurdish negotiator said there shouldn’t be an issue with whistled languages if they could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Envoy Visits Sanaa to Pressure Houthis to Extend Yemen Truce

The UN Envoy, Hans Grundberg, arrived in Sanaa Wednesday as part of his efforts to persuade the Houthi militias to extend Yemen’s truce according to his proposed plan. The international community is optimistic that Grundberg will agree with the Yemeni government and the Houthi militias to extend the truce for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Washington Rejects Growth of Settlement in West Bank, Including in East Jerusalem

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Wednesday that he is working with Israel to limit West Bank settlement growth including in east Jerusalem. “The position of the US administration does not support settlement growth,” Nides said, adding that he made that position quite clear to the Israeli government…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Sec-Gen 'Closely' Following Developments in Iran

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his growing concern about reports of casualties related to the protests in Iran, calling on the authorities to respect human rights, including freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association. Guterres said in a statement issued Tuesday that he was "closely following" the ongoing protests…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fourth leak found on damaged Nord Stream pipelines by Swedish coast guards

The Swedish coast guard have reportedly discovered a fourth leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines built to bring gas from Russia to western Europe and at the centre of an energy war

Daily Mirror

UN Envoy: Israel Defies UN Resolution on Halting Settlements

Israel continued its defiance of a 2016 UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate halt to all settlement activity in lands the Palestinians want for their future state, advancing plans for construction of nearly 2,000 housing units in the last three months, the UN Mideast envoy said Wednesday. Tor Wennesland…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser handed three years’ jail after secret trial

Myanmar junta’s sentencing of ousted leader and economic adviser Sean Turnell described as ‘cruel injustice’

The Guardian - UK

Climate Migration: Blind and homeless amid Somalia's drought

Issack is 80, Hassan 75

The Independent UK

Australia to support Iran inquiry: Wong

Australia will support a prompt investigation into the death in custody of a young Iranian woman, the foreign minister says.

AAP

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The Hindu

‘Wait and See’: Jaishankar on India’s position on Russian referendums in occupied Ukrainian territory

The issue would come up for discussion at the U.N., says EAM Jaishankar

Bangkok Post

Krungsri committed to UN principles

Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri) has become an official signatory to the UN principles for responsible banking, which is a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed through a partnership between banks worldwide and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative.

France 24

‘Who’s going to defend us?’: Iran protest movement wins wave of support in West

The Iranian protesters who have demonstrated across the country for 12 consecutive nights over the death of Mahsa Amini are keen to amplify their message in the West as international observers focus on the theocratic regime’s repression of women.

Reuters

U.S. working on sanctions responding to Russia annexation plans

The United States is working with allies on sanctions to impose if Russia annexes new areas of Ukraine, and they will include penalties on individuals and entities inside and outside of Russia that support annexation, the White House said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine

Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues

Axios

Iran deal's fate comes down to "one huge obstacle"

Iran is demanding a key nuclear investigation be dropped

The Guardian - UK

Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq

Deadly attack comes in response to KDPI support for ongoing protests over Mahsa Amini death in custody

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Security Council to Meet Friday on Damage to Nord Stream Gas Pipelines

The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at the request of Russia to discuss damage to two Russian gas pipelines to Europe that has caused gas to spew into the Baltic Sea. The French UN mission, which holds the presidency of the 15-member council for September, said the…

Daily Mirror

Where is Liz Truss? PM 'missing' as UK descends into chaos after disastrous mini-budget

Liz Truss, who has not spoken in public for a week, is finally breaking cover on Friday morning after the Tories' disastrous mini-budget announcement spooked markets

France 24

Swedish security service opens inquiry into Nord Stream pipeline 'sabotage'

Sweden's security service (SAPO) said Wednesday that it would investigate unexplained explosions and leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling them "aggravated sabotage."

Reuters

UN Security Council to meet Friday on damage to Nord Stream gas pipelines

The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at the request of Russia to discuss damage to two Russian gas pipelines to Europe that has caused gas to spew into the Baltic Sea.

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