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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."

Reuters

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.

Bangkok Post

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

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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.

Reuters

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Reuters

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

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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

Evening Standard

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.

Reuters

First Thing: Uvalde police chief fired for school shooting response

Pete Arredondo defends law enforcement response to attack that left 21 dead. Plus, Missouri school district to reinstate corporal punishment

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry's secret Africa trip sent a message and 'proved people wrong', says expert

Prince Harry travelled under the radar to both Mozambique and Rwanda last week - and according to royal expert Jennie Bond, it shows he and Meghan Markle may want to be under the radar

Daily Mirror

Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’

Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since they fled a military offensive in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

UN rights chief hints report on Xinjiang may miss deadline

The outgoing U.N. human rights chief has suggested her office won’t make good on her promise to release its long-awaited report on China’s Xinjiang region by the end of her term next week

The Independent UK

EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit - draft

The European Union will urge the world's biggest economies to improve their targets to fight climate change ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit and warn that states' current efforts fall short, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

Reuters

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‘Grandmothers are our weather app’: new maps and local knowledge power Chad’s climate fightback

Battered by drought and floods, the Sahelian country is on the frontline of the crisis. One woman is fighting back with community-led sustainable solutions

Al Jazeera

‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today

Five years after crackdown by security forces led to mass exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya remain stuck in ‘cruel limbo’.

Reuters

U.N. rights chief says many applicants seeking to replace her

The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday she did not know who her successor would be, adding that many candidates had applied to replace her.

The Hindu

For the first time, India votes against Russia in UNSC during procedural vote on Ukraine

New Delhi has repeatedly called upon the Russian and Ukrainian sides to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and also expressed its support for all diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between the two countries.

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Jaishankar co-chairs Joint Commission Meeting with Brazilian FM, discusses cooperation in defence, petroleum sectors

Mr. Jaishankar is on the second leg of his maiden official visit to three Latin American countries

The Hindu

India calls for immediate cessation of hostilities, violence in Ukraine

India informs UNSC that it has has dispatched its 12th consignment of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Reuters

UN rights chief 'under tremendous pressure' over report on China's Uyghurs

The UN human rights chief said on Thursday that she is still aiming to release a long-anticipated report on China's treatment of its Uyghur minority in Xinjiang by the end of her four-year mandate next week amid "tremendous pressure" from all sides.

Reuters

U.N.'s Bachelet calls on Putin to halt armed attacks on Ukraine

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt armed attacks on Ukraine and said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant must be demilitarized.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen’s HSA Pledges $1.2m to UN Drive to Avert Safer Tanker Oil Spill

Yemen’s HSA Group on Thursday became the first private entity to pledge funds for a United Nations operation to avoid an oil spill from a tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, as the UN urgently tries to secure an initial requirement of $80 million. The international organization, which has…

The Guardian - UK

Ten years on, first full report records Syrian regime’s massacre at Daraya

Investigation into attacks by Bashar al-Assad’s forces that left 700 people dead could help bring justice for victims

The Independent UK

Rohingya mark 5th anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are marking the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh

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