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Editorial: 5 reasons for frustration — and hope — as the world prepares for another UN climate summit

World leaders are meeting in Egypt next week for this year’s United Nations climate summit. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is planning to skip COP27, calling it little more than an occasion for greenwashing. She’s right to be frustrated with the state of the global response to this crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Developing countries want compensation for climate damages

Loss and damage — sometimes referred to as "climate reparations" — is aimed at helping the hardest-hit countries.

Axios

Zelenskiy Seeks Stronger Defense of Ukraine Grains Export Corridor

The world must respond firmly to any Russian attempts to disrupt Ukraine's grain export corridor, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as more ships were loading despite Moscow suspending its participation in a UN-brokered deal. One of the global consequences of Russia's war on its neighbor has been food shortages and a…

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If we keep abusing nature it will collapse, taking us with it. We need a new mindset

Humanity is faced with two doors. Door one leads to untold misery. We have no choice but to take door two, says UN diplomat Christiana Figueres

The Guardian - UK

Algeria Summit: Several Leaders Attend for 1st Time, Guterres is Guest of Honor

The Algerian authorities did not announce the names of the leaders who would be attending this year's Arab Summit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine news - live: Poland builds electric fence on border with Russia’s Kaliningrad

It is due to be completed by the end of 2023

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia to rejoin Black Sea grain deal; Moscow to summon UK ambassador over Sevastopol drone strike – as it happened

Turkish president says Russia will resume participation in deal; Russian foreign and defence ministries have accused Britain of being involved

The Guardian - AU

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Egyptian regime criticized as climate activist arrested in run-up to Cop27

Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis

The Guardian - US

Trump 2024 campaign prepares for post-midterms launch

Former President Donald Trump has been teasing another presidential run since before he left the White House

The Independent UK

Despite years of exposure to the climate science, I don’t believe we are headed for total societal collapse

People can seem immune to the news of catastrophic climate breakdown, but that’s a very human response. There is hope

The Guardian - AU

ANZ faces further pressure over Myanmar ties

Trans-Tasman bank's connection to a Myanmar corporation supporting the military junta draws criticism.

Newsroom.co.nz

Connectivity must not undermine sovereignty: External affairs minister at SCO meet

NEW DELHI: At the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting, which was presided over by China, external affairs minister S Jaishankar underlined the need for better connectivity in the SCO region while asserting at the same time that connectivity projects should respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of member-states and…

The Times of India

Connectivity must not undermine sovereignty: External affairs minister Jaishankar

NEW DELHI: At the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting, which was presided over by China, foreign minister S Jaishankar underlined the need for better connectivity in the SCO region while asserting at the same time that connectivity projects should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of member-states and…

The Times of India

Turkish defence minister says believes U.N.-brokered grains deal will continue -statement

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that he believed a U.N. brokered grains deal that Russia had suspended over the weekend would continue, after two phone calls in as many days with his Russian counterpart.

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Brazil's Lula to attend COP27 climate change summit

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will participate in this month's COP27 United Nations climate summit in Egypt, the head of his political party said on Tuesday.

Zenger

Israel Blames Rising West Bank Casualties On Palestinian Terror During UN Security Council

Several members of the United Nations Security Council have expressed alarm over the rising number of Palestinian casualties

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s hands suggest he may be unwell, says former British Army chief

Lord Richard Dannatt said observations on Russian leader’s appearance suggest he may not be as healthy as he wishes to portray

Reuters

UN peacekeepers in Congo make 'strategic withdrawal' from key military base

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said its troops had made a strategic withdrawal from the eastern military base of Rumangabo, ceding ground in the battle against the M23 rebel group.

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Putin to Erdogan: Resumption of Grain Deal Can Be Considered after Sevastopol Attack Probe

President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday that Russia could consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports only after completion of an investigation of drone attacks on the Crimean naval port of Sevastopol. The export deal was agreed by…

Reuters

UN, Ukraine, Turkey agree no vessel movements under grain deal on Wednesday -coordination centre

Delegations from Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations agreed not to plan any movement of vessels on Nov. 2 as part of the Black Sea grain deal, the United Nations secretariat at the joint coordination centre said on Tuesday.

The Conversation

How coal miners and factory workers helped found the environmental movement

Rachel Carson, a scientist and writer from rural Pennsylvania, published Silent Spring 60 years ago. Many credit this book, which meticulously documented the damage that DDT pesticides were inflicting on wildlife, farm animals and people as early as the 1950s, with launching the modern environmental movement.

The Independent UK

‘Don’t watch us die of cold live on TV’: Ukraine official pleads for more air defence help

Exclusive: ‘We want our partners to understand that the Russian Federation is simply killing our people en masse,’ Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Zelensky tells Bel Trew in Kyiv

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox remains global health emergency, says WHO

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization's (WHO) highest level of alert, the United Nations (UN) agency's Emergency Committee said on Tuesday.

Reuters

WHO says monkeypox remains global health emergency

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, the UN agency's Emergency Committee said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Ships sail from Ukraine despite Russia suspending grain deal

Ships loaded with grain are still departing Ukraine despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies

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