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Thanks to Gorbachev, SE Asia found peace

Lest we forgot, President Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who was the game changer in bringing an end to the Cambodian conflict. Southeast Asia owes him for giving peace a chance during the most turbulent time in this part of the world. The global media has widely credited him…

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HIV patients in Botswana get adequate treatment but not all of them – one group is slipping through the cracks

HIV remains a major public health challenge globally. Around 38 million people are estimated to be living with the infection. Sub-Saharan Africa bears the brunt of the HIV epidemic. Close to two thirds of the HIV cases are in the region.

The Conversation

African leaders: Richer nations must pay more to prepare for climate change

African leaders called on Monday for their counterparts from richer, polluting nations to increase funding for projects to help them adapt to climate change.

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Ukraine says Europe's largest nuclear plant offline after Russian shelling

It comes a day before UN inspectors are due to report on efforts to avert a potential disaster at the Ukrainian site

Wales Online

Russell Howard: ‘A new PM to poke fun at? Bring it on’

The comedian speaks to Serena Kutchinsky about finding the funny in politics and loving the new ‘punk rock’ era of TikTok comedians

Evening Standard

What is the International Day of Charity and what does it commemorate?

The special occasion was created by the United Nations General Assembly over a decade ago

Evening Standard

Pakistan’s biggest lake may burst banks after draining attempts fail

Lake Manchar on verge of causing more flooding, says local official, as third of country already underwater

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IAEA mission must lead to end of Russian occupation at nuclear plant - Ukraine

Ukraine's state nuclear chief said on Monday it was vital that a mission by UN inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant led to the end of Russia's occupation of the facility and called for new missions to the site, including by UN peacekeepers.

Reuters

Gorbachev: The missed opportunity

George H.W. Bush could have helped Gorbachev in 1991. Instead, he paved the way to Vladimir Putin and the oligarchs

Salon

UN envoy says won't visit Myanmar if she can't see Suu Kyi

The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar says she will not visit the Southeast Asia nation again unless its military government allows her to meet with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

What is ‘virginity testing’ and why is it going viral on TikTok?

More than 20 countries worldwide continue to harbour the harmful custom in some form

The Independent UK

Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe kills 700 children despite available vaccine

UNICEF says it is "deeply concerned" after Zimbabwe's health ministry confirmed that nearly 700 children have died from the latest outbreak of measles. A vaccine campaign is underway but faces resistance from anti-vaccine religious groups.

Radio France Internationale

Israel says ‘high possibility’ its army killed Shireen Abu Akleh

Israel says it will not launch a criminal probe into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist who was shot in the head.

Al Jazeera

No end to crisis as Iraq's PM ends second round of talks

Iraq's caretaker prime minister has convened a second round of talks with Iraqi leaders aimed at resolving the ongoing political crisis between rival Shiite blocs

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Al Jazeera

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia

At least 1 million people in Somalia have been displaced by the worst drought in decades, driven by climate change.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka refuses international human rights investigation

Sri Lanka says it will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country’s long civil war

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss is new Prime Minister - what happens next? Your hour-by-hour guide

Liz Truss has been named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen. Between Cabinet reshuffles, PMQs and energy bills help we look at what the coming days have in store

The Guardian - UK

Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by end of year, warns UN

World is ‘in last minute of the 11th hour to save lives’, says aid chief, amid fears that crisis is worse than 2010 famine, when 250,000 died

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‘Our people are still trapped’: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses

Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says Nuclear Plant Offline after Russian Shelling

Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid Monday after its last transmission line was disconnected as a result of a fire caused by Russian shelling, the facility’s operator and the UN atomic watchdog said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine claims counteroffensive success to ‘starve the Russians’

Counterattack in southern Ukraine has succeeded in wrestling back towns from Russian troops, president says.

ABC News

Kiribati suspends all Court of Appeal judges after row over attempts to deport High Court justice David Lambourne to Australia

The decision effectively leaves the Pacific Island nation without any functioning high-level courts, deepening its legal and constitutional crisis.

WEKU

The U.N. says famine will reach parts of Somalia later this year

The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Part of Somalia will Reach Famine Later This Year

The United Nations said “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of…

The Independent UK

UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year

The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region

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