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Russia-Ukraine war live: Sunak meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv and confirms UK’s ‘continued support’ – as it happened

UK prime minister makes first visit to Ukraine since taking power

The Guardian - AU

UN Security Council to discuss North Korea on Monday

The United Nations Security Council will discuss North Korea in a meeting on Monday at the request of the United States after Pyongyang tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the US mainland. A senior US administration official said earlier that North Korea's latest missile test earlier on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Albanese says Biden’s inflation-busting plan has opportunities for Australia

Australian PM says he used meetings on sidelines of summits this week to talk about commercial openings in green energy

The Guardian - AU

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 269 of the invasion

Kyiv could face ‘complete shutdown’ of power amid crippled Ukrainian grid; hundreds of Ukrainians disappeared in Kherson, say war crime researchers

The Guardian - AU

SET unveils roadmap to help companies achieve ESG goals

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has prepared three mechanisms to help listed firms achieve their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.

Bangkok Post

The world population just hit 8 billion. This is what it means for young people across South-East Asia

With fertility rates plummeting across the globe, there will never again be more children than there are today. In regions like South-East Asia, the large youth cohort is crucial in shaping their countries' economic development and success — but there are big challenges.

ABC News

Cartooning for Peace: Human rights and environmental concerns plague World Cup

As the FIFA World Cup is set to begin Sunday in Qatar, observers worldwide have criticised the nation’s human rights and environmental record. In particular, international outrage has brewed over poor working conditions on construction sites for the competition as well as the environmental damage caused by new infrastructure.

France 24

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West Pushes Iran to Cooperate with IAEA

Western powers on Friday urged Iran to take "essential and urgent" action on issues raised by the UN's nuclear watchdog, a day after Tehran was criticized for a lack of cooperation. On Thursday the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution targeting Tehran, amid an impasse…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ghanian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27

During a session at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, 10-year-old Nakeeyat Dramani Sam told attendees that rich nations should compensate developing countries' climate impacts

The Independent UK

‘Taking life advice from John Donne would be disastrous’ – the roof-walking, trapeze-flying Baillie Gifford winner

Katherine Rundell has just become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious literary prize – for a biography of ‘poet of desire’ John Donne. Why is she giving the £50,000 away? Because, she says, no man is an island

The Guardian - UK

US shamed as the ‘colossal fossil’ of Cop27 climate summit by campaigners

Climate action group believes US is blocking progress on global heating by rejecting payments to poorer countries

The Guardian - UK

Brazil's Lula looks to revive neglected ties with Portugal

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with the president of Portugal in an effort to rekindle ties between the two Portuguese-speaking countries after four years of cool relations

The Independent UK

Young protesters at Cop27 demand climate damage fund

As the UN’s Cop27 climate talks were extended by a day, Fridays For Future protesters at the event demanded that big-polluting rich nations agree to loss and damage financing for vulnerable countries already ravaged by the climate crisis – a major obstacle to a final deal.

Radio France Internationale

Europe's late bid to save COP 27 on damage, fossil fuels

UN climate summits routinely over-run their deadlines, and this week's in Egypt has an 11th-hour proposal from the EU to wrestle with to try to achieve real progress on loss and damage, and pha

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The Conversation

Why did Xi scold Trudeau? Maybe because Canada spent years helping China erode human rights

Chinese president Xi Jinping has given Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a well-publicized dressing-down, accusing him of leaking to the media the contents of a meeting between the two leaders about alleged Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 268 of the invasion

Swedish prosecutor declares Nord Stream incident as sabotage; 10 million without power after Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, Zelenskiy says, as first winter snow falls on Kyiv

The Guardian - UK

Cop27: is it right to talk of ‘reparations’?

Negotiations are centred on ‘loss and damages’ – but some think that language does not fully account for climate debt

Reuters

U.S. govt official: meeting on N.Korea on sidelines of APEC was "very productive and free flowing"

A senior U.S. government official said on Friday that the United Nations security council should meet to discuss North Korea's latest missile launches.

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The Times of India

Sourav Ganguly roots for sports as part of children's education

KOLKATA: Former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, on Friday called for making sports an integral part of school education in the country as it can improve their life skills.

The Guardian - UK

‘Shameful’ UN silencing Indigenous voices, say banned Cop27 activists

Campaigners who interrupted US president’s speech had passes revoked after they put ‘lives in danger’

Radio France Internationale

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah 'weak and vulnerable' after hunger strike

Egyptian-British pro-democracy blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah ended his seven-month hunger strike from jail earlier this week and was finally allowed a family visit. His sister said it was “unsettling” to see him in such a poor state of health.

Reuters

COP27:U.S. envoy Kerry gets COVID as climate talks head into overtime

U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry tested positive for COVID-19 in the final hours of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, the State Department said on Friday, as tough negotiations for a final deal headed into overtime.

The Guardian - UK

EU reversal of stance on loss and damage turns tables on China at Cop27

China is responsible for more cumulative emissions than any country other than the US

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what could happen next?

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to Begin Unloading Safer in Early 2023

The United Nations announced that it will begin unloading the floating Safer oil tanker off the Yemeni coast of Hodeidah in early 2023.

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