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Russia-Ukraine war: EU to hold urgent talks over Russian ‘energy war’; Ukraine announces mandatory evacuations – as it happened

Czech PM says ‘emergency measures’ needed as energy situation ‘damaging the whole European Union’

The Guardian - AU

Power restored to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant but situation still risky, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in the area, allegations that Moscow denied. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris…

France 24

COVID-19 deaths reach 1 million worldwide so far in 2022

Urging governments to do more to fight the virus, the World Health Organization chief says: "We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when 1 million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone."

ABC News

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Kim Jong-un plot to build eight mansions 'so assassins won't know where to strike'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is building eight new luxury mansions in his "Forbidden City" so that assassins won't know where he is sleeping, according to a study

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 184 of the invasion

Shelling causes Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to be temporarily disconnected from the grid; Putin orders military to recruit another 137,000 combat personnel

The Guardian - AU

Treaty promises seismic shift on high seas

An Australian government delegation is in New York thrashing out a game-changing global treaty to give the majority of the planet's ocean basic protections.

AAP

Biden to travel to New York Sept. 18-20 for U.N. General Assembly, White House says

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New York Sept. 18-20 to participate in a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Five years into Rohingya crisis, what's the plan?

Myanmar's violent ethnic cleansing programme, which forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marked its fifth anniversary yesterday.

Bangkok Post

Fighting flares for second day in northern Ethiopia

Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the government and forces from the Tigray region.

Reuters

A perilous stalemate: On Russia-Ukraine conflict after six months

Communication lines between Moscow and Kyiv open should be kept open

The Hindu

Death toll from floods in Afghanistan rises above 180 - Taliban

Flooding in Afghanistan this month killed more than 180 people, the Taliban said on Thursday, appealing to the international community for help.

Reuters

India’s vote to allow Zelensky speech was not against Russia, says MEA

In a first, India had voted against Russian motion to stop Ukraine president from addressing UNSC virtually

The Hindu

Iran Exiles Sue President Raisi in US Ahead of UN Meet

An exile group announced a New York lawsuit against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Thursday, challenging US authorities to take action against him as he is expected to arrive next month for the UN General Assembly. The National Council of Resistance of Iran said the suit accused Raisi of torture and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian-Held Nuclear Plant Temporarily Disconnects from Ukraine Grid for First Time

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the middle of the fighting in Ukraine was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid Thursday because of fire damage, causing a blackout in the region and heightening fears of a catastrophe in a country haunted by the Chernobyl disaster. The plant, Europe's largest,…

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Benzinga

Bill Gates Likely Saw Food Shortages Coming Years Ago — Why His Land Accumulation Feels Calculated

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had an incredibly impressive career.

The Conversation

Chad is making a huge effort to find peace: Chadians aren't convinced it will work

The normally quiet airport at the Chadian capital N’Djamena was recently inundated with internationally well-known arrivals.

Reuters

Pakistan floods have affected over 30 million people: climate change minister

Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday, calling the situation a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions."

Bangkok Post

Ukrainian nuclear plant briefly disconnected

KYIV: Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant was briefly disconnected from the country’s power grid for the first time in its history, according to Ukrainian officials, leading to large-scale power outages in nearly all the Russia-occupied cities of southern Ukraine.

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Reuters

After deadly strike in Ukraine, U.N. official urges respect for international law

The top United Nations official in Ukraine said on Thursday she was shocked by military strikes that killed children and other civilians in Chaplyne in central Ukraine on Wednesday, and called on all parties to adhere to international law.

Reuters

Key facts about the nuclear plant in the eye of the war in Ukraine

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, raising the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chornobyl disaster.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden officials in Illinois this week: Labor Sec. Walsh, Ag Sec. Vilsack, UN Amb. Thomas-Greenfield

Biden administration officials are criss-crossing the nation in August to highlight President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in advance of the November elections.

Reuters

Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home

Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes.

The Independent UK

Angola anxiously watches vote counting in national election

Angolans are anxiously watching the vote counting in the election race between the ruling MPLA party and the opposition UNITA

Evening Standard

Russian trucks pictured close to Europe’s largest nuclear plant in MoD satellite images

The UN called for an agreement to classify the nuclear plant as civilian infrastructure in order to prevent a catastrophic disaster

Reuters

South Sudanese return to Sudan seeking relief, but find more hardship

Living in flimsy shelters made of wood and plastic tarp or half-finished concrete buildings, South Sudanese who have returned to Sudan are finding life tougher as their former country's economy tumbles.

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