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US targets 'bad actors,' levying sanctions against Iran and rallying leaders against Russia

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that the Russian war in Ukraine has triggered an existential crisis for the United Nations, several of its key members on Thursday harshly denounced Moscow's actions, but failed to take new steps to stop the bloodshed and food, energy and humanitarian crises unleashed worldwide.

Los Angeles Times

Flood-hit Pakistan should suspend debt repayments, says UN paper

Pakistan's finance minister said on Friday the South Asian nation was seeking debt relief from bilateral creditors in the wake of devastating flooding but emphasised the government would not seek any relief from commercial banks or Eurobond creditor.

Reuters

'Knocking on famine's door': UN food chief wants action now

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" when it comes to hunger

The Independent UK

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Satellite images show North Korea may be building deadly new ballistic missile submarine

North Korea could be planning to launch a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, says think tank 38 North, citing satellite images showing a submarine construction quay

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 212 of the invasion

Zelensky urges Russians to resist mobilisation; traffic at Russian border crossings surges amid exodus; Putin reportedly directing generals in the field

The Guardian - UK

Briton freed from captivity says Roman Abramovich welcomed them onto plane

John Harding said Mr Abramovich identified himself to Shaun Pinner.

The Independent UK

At U.N., Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific

The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the United Nations on Thursday Japan's decision to discharge what he called nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean.

Reuters

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Vladimir Putin's 'attack dog' minister storms out of UN meeting claiming 'Russophobia'

Desperate Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of 'neo-Nazism' in a delusional UN meeting speech as the world was urged to "send a clear message to Russia" that it must stop its nuclear threats

Daily Mirror

A false new world of empty promises

The setting is a house on stilts located in a Myanmar military base in the middle of what until then had been known as the civil war's black area. The time was April 2012. The scene was Kyauk Kyi in Myanmar's Bago Region which is basically a free-fire zone for…

Bangkok Post

Micheal Martin slams UN Security Council over 'failure to act' on climate change

He also used his speech to brand Russia “a rogue State” over its invasion of Ukraine

Irish Mirror

NCC, UNEP sign MoU to tackle plastic pollution

The MoU was signed between Director-General NCC Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh and Resident Representative, UN World Food Programme Bishow Parajuli in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Hindu

Morning mail: Russians flee military draft, more rain on way in NSW, Optus data breach

Friday: Personal information of potentially millions compromised as Australia’s second-largest telco suffers massive data breach. Plus: Qantas passenger’s three-month wait for lost bag

The Guardian - AU

'Scary' video of 'lost' Joe Biden appearing to ask audience for directions at UN speech

Joe Biden, 79, was leaving the stage following his speech at the UN's Global Fund Conference when he stopped in his tracks and looked confused before speaking to some audience members

Daily Mirror

Iran's Raisi questions worth of a nuclear deal without an end to IAEA probes

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday stuck to his position regarding nuclear talks with world powers, saying he saw no point in a deal that did not close investigations by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on uranium traces in the country.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

No millennial monolith as Gen Y leaders rise at UN

Millennial leaders are rising at the United Nations General Assembly

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ distant from New York climate talks, isolated from the world

At the United Nations, the Secretary-General warns world leaders 'our planet is burning', but here in NZ business leaders fail to set 1.5C climate targets

The Guardian - UK

Patience with Putin may be ebbing among friendlier countries

Turkey, India and China respond cooly to news of planned referendums in Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Iran’s protests: a moment of rage, a chain of resistance

Editorial: The death of a 22-year-old woman last week has sparked unprecedented outrage, but the causes and resistance are deep-rooted

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The Conversation

Ukraine recap: what Putin's mobilisation order means for the war and the west

The political climate got a few degrees warmer this week after Vladimir Putin announced a plan for partial mobilisation of Russian reserves, calling on a reservoir of somewhere between 300,000 and a million troops to bolster the Russian military’s parlous position in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

It has been harrowing time, says family of Briton freed by Russian-backed forces

Shaun Pinner’s family hailed the ‘happy resolution’ after he was released from captivity alongside four other Britons.

Evening Standard

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walks out of UN meeting after defending war in Ukraine

The Russian leader left before he could face criticism of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, including from Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s nuclear threats ‘totally unacceptable’, says UN chief

António Guterres also denounces plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a violation of international law

Benzinga

'I Come From A Country Of Bloodied Beauty': Colombia's President Demands UN End The War On Drugs

By Franca Quarneti via El Planteo

The Independent UK

Britons freed by Russian-backed forces hailed as ‘defenders of democracy’

It is understood that John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill were set free alongside Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin.

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary urges countries to reject Putin’s ‘sham referenda’ in Ukraine

James Cleverly said the ‘devastating consequences’ of Russia’s invasion become clearer each day.

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