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Energy crisis? It isn’t that we have too little oil and gas. It’s that we have too much

We have green, cheap alternatives ready and waiting – but first we have to commit to keeping fossil fuels in the ground, says the Green MP Caroline Lucas

The Guardian - UK

EXPLAINER: Fewer people cross Mediterranean; many still die

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead this week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe

The Independent UK

EU Says Sending Mission to Armenia to Help Delineate Borders with Azerbaijan

The European Union will send a "civilian EU mission" to Armenia to help delineate the borders with Azerbaijan, stakeholders announced Friday after a meeting with France in Prague. The mission will start in October for a maximum of two months, according to a joint statement issued after talks between Armenian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Biden Warns of Nuclear 'Armageddon' after Russian Threats on Ukraine

US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world is facing nuclear "Armageddon", warning that Vladimir Putin may use his atomic arsenal as Russian troops struggle against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. After Russia's invasion eight months ago, Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he feels he has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Council Rejects Uyghur Resolution on China by Narrow Margin

This is the first time the council has considered a proposal to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang.

The News Lens

Outrage as UN debate on China’s alleged Xinjiang abuses rejected

China claims ‘victory’ as UN Human Rights Council votes not to discuss allegations of abuses against minority Uighurs.

Al Jazeera

Haiti's gangs run the streets as fuel and water run low

Cholera has returned, but most hospitals are closed.

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Calls for help, humanitarian corridor as gangs siege Haiti

The United Nations is proposing a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti’s capital to help people get gasoline and aid amid a mounting crisis as gangs keep blockading roads and access to some areas, including to one key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince

The Independent UK

Thai lawyer urges Oslo to block DTAC merger

A lawyer has petitioned the Norwegian government to pressure Norway's Telenor, the parent of Total Access Communication (DTAC), to abort the planned merger with True Corporation, saying it violates Thai laws and Thailand's constitution.

Bangkok Post

Morning mail: Zelenskiy appeals to Australia, 37 dead in Thailand attack, Annie Ernaux’s Nobel win

Friday: Ukraine’s president has urged world leaders not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’. Plus: should Labor scrap the stage-three tax cuts?

The Guardian - AU

Domestic ideologies in external settings

India’s articulation of some areas of the current domestic agenda in the United Nations General Assembly raises several deeply troubling questions

The Hindu

US urges no more ‘flare ups’ from UK over Northern Ireland

European unity ‘is our north star’ says Department of State official, as protocol standoff appears to ease

The Guardian - UK

Russia seeks secret UN vote on condemning Ukraine annexation

Russia is calling for a secret ballot vote next week on a Western-backed resolution that would condemn its proclaimed annexation of part of four Ukrainian regions

The Independent UK

Ukraine recap: bad news from the battlefield for Putin, renewed nuclear threats from Russia

Vladimir Putin had barely finished his speech last Friday welcoming four new regions into Mother Russia, when his mouthpiece, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that they didn’t actually know where the borders of these regions were. “We will clarify everything today,” he said, when quizzed as to whether Russia…

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The Independent UK

Sudan's democracy groups approve charter opposing army rule

More than 50 Sudanese pro-democracy groups have agreed on a new draft constitution, in one of the greatest shows of unity from the country’s opposition since the 2019 popular uprising

Reuters

Human rights concerns grow over Ecuador prison riots -U.N. officials

United Nations human rights officials are concerned about Ecuador's prison violence crisis, they said on Thursday, after yet another riot at a Guayaquil jail left at least 13 inmates dead and more than 20 prisoners and police injured.

The Guardian - UK

UN vote to ignore human rights abuses in China leaves west in dead end

Result not to debate its own damning report shows many states are unwilling to take sides in power struggle between China and west

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: ‘World leaders might have to invite themselves’ to summit

In its role as president, China has sent invitations only to ministers and NGO heads, raising fears it is downplaying the crucial talks

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Axios

UN Human Rights Council rejects motion to hold debate on Xinjiang abuses

It's only the second time in the U.N. body's 16-year history that a motion has been defeated.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 225 of the invasion

Missile strike on Zaporizhzhia residential buildings; Putin appears to admit severe losses in Ukraine; IAEA chief heads to Kyiv

Reuters

UN calls for 'humanitarian corridor' in Haiti as gang blockade drags on

The United Nations on Thursday called for the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" in Haiti that would allow the distribution of fuel amid dire shortages created by a gang blockade of the country's principal fuel terminal.

Reuters

U.N. body rejects debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in blow to West

The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny.

The Independent UK

UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate Xinjiang abuses

In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body has voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region

Reuters

Russia submits objections to Ukraine genocide case in World Court

Russia has submitted preliminary objections to a genocide case against Moscow brought by Ukraine, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Thursday.

Reuters

U.N. extends Sri Lanka wartime violations monitoring, China opposes

The U.N. rights body on Thursday renewed the mandate of a U.N. office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged wartime human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China.

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