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3 Stocks With Growth Potential You Won't Want to Miss

The Federal Reserve’s single-minded battle against inflation is expected to keep the stock market volatile and the economy teetering on the brink of a recession. However, companies with resilient and profitable businesses might be able to endure the near-term challenges. Hence, we think it could be wise to invest in…

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UN experts: Egypt hinders civil society role in COP27

A group of United Nations-backed experts have criticized the Egyptian government for imposing a wave of restrictions that jeopardize “safety and full participation” at COP27

The Independent UK

UN nations reach long-term aviation climate goal

A United Nations body agreed on Friday to a long-term aspirational goal for net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, despite challenges from China and other countries aligned largely with airlines amid pressure to curb air pollution.

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Head of Ukrainian Nobel-winning group seeks tribunal to try Putin

The head of a Ukrainian human rights group that won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday called for an international tribunal to be created to try Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Germany wants climate losses issue on agenda at UN talks

Germany’s foreign minister says her country wants the question of loss and damage due to global warming to be discussed at this year’s United Nations climate talks

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters block roads around Westminster for seventh day

Around 25 supporters of Just Stop Oil took part in the action on Friday morning

Evening Standard

UN rights body agrees to appoint expert to scrutinize Russia

The U.N.’s top human rights body has voted Friday to appoint an independent expert to step up scrutiny of Russia’s rights record at home

The Independent UK

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Indian workers rescued from job scams in Southeast Asia

India's government says it has rescued about 130 Indian workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos after they were lured by agents for fake job opportunities in the information technology sector in Thailand

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil block roads around Westminster for seventh day

Around 25 supporters of Just Stop Oil took part in the action on Friday morning.

The Independent UK

Palestinian petitions UK for apology over alleged abuses during British rule

Munib al-Masri has 300-page dossier of allegations including killings and torture between 1917 and 1948

The Guardian - UK

UK 'sticking two fingers up to scientists' with new North Sea licensing round, say climate activists

Meanwhile, UK Tory climate minister Graham Stuart claimed that the licensing round will be “good for the environment”.

The National (Scotland)

UN resolution flags Sri Lanka rights abuses, economic crisis

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

Al Jazeera

UN human rights report on China's torture of Uighurs: MEPs call for strong EU response

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

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IMF Expects Yemen to Achieve 2% Economic Growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission expected that Yemen would achieve a modest economic growth of about two percent this year and 3.2 percent in 2023. However, the Fund called for more reforms, especially with regard to the customs dollar rate, support for the electricity sector, transparency in financial management,…

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Blinken Underlines Close Cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Extend Truce in Yemen

The UN Security Council expressed “deep disappointment” at the Houthis’ failure to engage with the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to extend the truce in Yemen for another six months. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a joint press conference with Chile’s Foreign Minister Antonia Oriola in…

The Guardian - UK

UK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy

Observers say cabinet rows and PM’s comments so far could undermine global consensus forged at Glasgow

Dynamite News

India Joins US, UK In Condemning North Korea's Ballistic Missile Launch

Joining the US, France and the UK, India also strongly condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch over Japan and its seven other ballistic missile launches conducted since 25 September. Read more on Dynamite News:

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Inspecting New Suspected Cases of Cholera

Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993. The news came almost a month after an outbreak of the illness in neighboring war-torn Syria. Firas Abiad, Lebanon’s…

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In Thailand, mourning for the children and others slain by an ex-police officer

Relatives grieving staggering loss Friday laid flowers at a day care center in rural northeastern Thailand where a fired police officer killed dozens of people, including children as young as 2.

The Independent UK

Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera

Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after confirming its first case of the illness in the country since 1993

Reuters

Russia says Zelenskiy's 'preventive strike' comments justify its Ukraine 'special operation'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggesting NATO should launch preventive strikes on Russia confirmed the need for what it calls its "special operation" in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

EU to send delegation to Armenia to help delineate borders with Azerbaijan

The European Union will send a "civilian EU mission" to Armenia to help delineate the borders with Azerbaijan, stakeholders announced after a meeting with France in Prague.

The Guardian - UK

Energy crisis? It isn’t that we have too little oil and gas. It’s that we have too much

We have green, cheap alternatives ready and waiting – but first we have to commit to keeping fossil fuels in the ground, says the Green MP Caroline Lucas

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Fewer people cross Mediterranean; many still die

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead this week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Says Sending Mission to Armenia to Help Delineate Borders with Azerbaijan

The European Union will send a "civilian EU mission" to Armenia to help delineate the borders with Azerbaijan, stakeholders announced Friday after a meeting with France in Prague. The mission will start in October for a maximum of two months, according to a joint statement issued after talks between Armenian…

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