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UN chief says world ‘walking into wider war’ in Ukraine

Russian forces have been advancing for the first time in six months in relentless battles in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquakes day three: What do we know so far?

Rescuers warn window is closing to find survivors under rubble as death toll passes 9,600.

Al Jazeera · Feb 8, 2023

Russia raps US over lack of UN visas for its diplomats, seeks arbitration

Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of failing to issue visas to Russian delegates to the United Nations and of restricting the movements of its diplomats and said it would pursue arbitration proceedings.

Reuters · Feb 8, 2023

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Pulses are packed with goodness: Five cool things you should know about them

Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably sounds to many like a strange occasion: World Pulses Day.

The Conversation · Feb 8, 2023

Sri Lankan leader appeals for patience amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s president has appealed for patience amid the country’s worst economic crisis but promised brighter times ahead

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Israel Steps Up Jerusalem Home Demolitions as Violence Rises

Ratib Matar’s family was growing. They needed more space. Before his granddaughters, now 4 and 5, were born, he built three apartments on an eastern slope overlooking Jerusalem’s ancient landscape. The 50-year-old construction contractor moved in with his brother, son, divorced daughter and their young kids — 11 people in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Global quake rescue effort hits ground in Turkey, Syria

A global search and rescue effort is hitting the ground in Turkey and Syria after a devastating earthquake

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

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Mali Says No Need to Justify Russia as Partner as Lavrov Visits

Mali's foreign minister said on Tuesday it had no need to justify working with Russia on strengthening its military capabilities and importing oil and wheat, despite Western concerns. Abdoulaye Diop was speaking as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made his first visit to the West African nation, where militants linked…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Deaths surpass 12,000 while Istanbul suspends stock exchange – as it happened

Number of people killed in Turkey and Syria expected to keep rising; energy firm reports ‘massive damage to the infrastructure’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

New Zealand pilot taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region

‘We will never release the pilot we are holding hostage unless Indonesia recognizes and frees Papua’

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

‘God, come help us’: Pakistan families still hungry and homeless six months after floods

Forced to endure a ‘humiliating’ life in tent cities, waiting for stagnant waters to recede, villagers say they have been abandoned

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

UN Envoy in Riyadh, Aden to Discuss Efforts to Resolve Yemen Crisis

United Nations envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg held talks in Riyadh and the interim Yemeni capital, Aden, aimed at reaching a political solution in the war-torn country. In the Saudi capital, he met with the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Yemen and Supervisor General of the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Afternoon Update: Australians missing after earthquake; church might drop ‘he’ for God; and polluting hybrids

And the end of the Zoom party era

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2023

‘A mammoth task’: Joyce Banda on helping Ukraine supply grain to African countries

Ex Malawi president has promised to help Kyiv identify nations that badly need exports as Ukraine tries to counter Russian influence in Africa

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

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The Conversation · Feb 8, 2023

A story for every place, not jobs and growth: Revive reflects global trends in policy – cultural and otherwise

Federal Labor is engaged in urgent reform, making up for the “lost decade” under the Coalition. The Voice, industrial relations, climate change, universities, health, Asian-Pacific diplomacy, research and development are all undergoing significant policy review. We can now add the new National Cultural Policy, dubbed Revive.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2023

Satellite images capture Türkiye's cities before and after the country's devastating earthquakes

Newly released satellite images capturing cities in Türkiye and Syria show widespread devastation as rescue efforts continue after Monday's devastating earthquakes.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023

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Little-noticed US funding for China tech sector now draws scrutiny

Fortune · Feb 7, 2023

Unemployment's darkest legacy is that it can pave the way for extremism and terrorism

High unemployment can drag down a country’s economy, but it can also provide kindling to extremist movements.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 7, 2023

As aid pours into Turkey, Syria, rescuers race to find earthquake survivors

Monday’s magnitude 7.8 quake and a cascade of strong aftershocks cut a swath of destruction that stretched hundreds of miles across southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, toppling thousands of buildings.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2023

Despite the Taliban's pledge to eradicate opium, the poppy trade still flourishes in Afghanistan

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…

Al Jazeera · Feb 7, 2023

NATO role in Ukraine threatens ‘unpredictable’ escalation: Russia

Moscow accused NATO of involvement in the war by supplying arms to Kyiv, warning supplies are ‘legitimate targets’.

France 24 · Feb 7, 2023

Rise in space tourism, rocket launches pose new threat to ozone layer, researchers warn

New research shows that increased space travel could undo efforts to repair the hole in the ozone layer. Successful global coordination to ban harmful chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gasses and restore the ozone was a rare climate triumph – but can it be replicated in the face of a potential new threat?

Reuters · Feb 7, 2023

Russia asks Pink Floyd's Roger Waters to speak on Ukraine arms at UN

Russia has asked Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters to speak to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday at a meeting that Moscow requested to discuss the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war's divisions

Aid workers say getting aid into Syria after this week’s devastating earthquake has been hampered by the country’s deep fragmentation from years of war

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2023

Crews race to find survivors in Turkey and Syria as quake death toll now exceeds 6,000

ISTANBUL — As temperatures dipped below freezing, rescue crews raced Tuesday to free those trapped under the thousands of buildings that collapsed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria, even as the death toll rose past 6,000.

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