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Russia vetoes UN resolution on Ukraine annexation, China abstains

Resolution called for condemnation of ‘illegal’ referendums in Ukraine and for states to not recognise border changes.

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Vladimir Putin signs illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions; Volodymyr Zelenskiy applies for Ukraine to join Nato; drafted Russians must flee or fight

The Guardian - AU

Pakistan has suffered one of its worst climate catastrophes – and charities are struggling to keep pace

People are in serious need of humanitarian aid after experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding – but relief is being hampered by infrastructure breakdown and a lack of resources, writes Alex Hickson

The Independent UK

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U.S. has much to gain from Nord Stream damage, Russia says at U.N.

The Russian ambassador to the United Nations on Friday told the Security Council that the U.S. has much to gain in gas trade from damage to the Nord Stream pipeline system under the Baltic Sea but stopped short of blaming Washington for this week's explosions.

Reuters

India abstains on UNSC resolution condemning Russia’s ‘referenda’ in Ukraine

India was “deeply disturbed” by the recent events in Ukraine, India’s U.N. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said.

The Hindu

Hurricanes risk aggravating migration, hunger crises in Latin America and Caribbean, UN fears

Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, which displaced thousands of people across the Caribbean as they battered several islands, risked plunging an already struggling region into a deeper food crisis and could trigger further migration, the regional director for the United Nations World Food Program for Latin America and the Caribbean said…

Miami Herald

Lack of audio descriptions on Australian TV a human rights breach, UN committee finds

A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on free-to-air television for the blind and vision impaired community. The finding comes after a seven year complaint process from a disability advocate.

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Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegal

Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared that they are invalid and urged all countries not to recognize any annexation of the territory claimed by Moscow

The Independent UK

As India ages, keeping an eye on the elderly

With big shifts in global demographic patterns being projected, eye care service delivery is uniquely placed to help with health surveillance and planning

The Hindu

US announces ‘severe’ Russia sanctions over annexation in Ukraine

Joe Biden accuses Moscow of ‘trampling on the United Nations Charter’ as US targets hundreds in new sanctions package.

Al Jazeera

Russia vetoes UN resolution on proclaimed annexations, China abstains

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning Moscow's proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, with Russia's strategic partner China abstaining from the vote.

Reuters

Tiny Vladimir Putin in bizarre 4-way handshake ritual after months avoiding human contact

In a speech repeatedly interrupted by applause in Moscow today, Russian warlord Vladimir Putin declared that four regions his troops grabbed in Ukraine were now part of Russia - in an illegal move widely condemned and unrecognised by the international community

Daily Mirror

This is why Liz Truss’s plan to move the British embassy to Jerusalem must be stopped

Pushback against a wrongheaded review is gaining momentum, says HA Hellyer, senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

The Guardian - UK

Nine foreign nationals arrested in Iran as protests and violence continue

Detainees accused of being ‘agitators’, as death toll rises and tribunal says 2019 repression was crime against humanity

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Vladimir Putin illegally seizes four Ukrainian regions he vows to defend 'by any means'

Vladimir Putin's annexed Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in a move which has been widely condemned in the West with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it a 'dangerous escalation'

Reuters

Gandhi loyalist, ex-UN diplomat in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India's main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years.

The Guardian - UK

Fate of Amazon rests on Brazil election, say experts

Further destruction under Bolsonaro could push vital rainforest past irreversible tipping point

Reuters

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust -president

The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is in talks with the International Monetary Fund on joining forces on a new financing programme designed to shore up sustainable growth in poorer countries.

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The Independent UK

Rwanda genocide suspect's lawyers: Prosecution case is weak

Defense lawyers for an elderly Rwandan businessman accused of inciting and financing murderous militias during the African nation’s 1994 genocide have told United Nations judges that prosecutors built an unsubstantiated case aimed at turning him into the “perfect culprit.”

Salon

Global South: End war in Ukraine

Yes, the world has condemned Russia's invasion. But for the global South, ending the war now is an urgent cause

The Guardian - US

Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says

Fact-finding mission reports brutal massacres and sexual slavery in gold-rich arc where armed gangs fight for control

The Independent UK

At least 25 killed in Russian shelling as Putin set to annex Ukrainian regions

Another 30 people injured in the attack on a humanitarian convoy

Reuters

Uyghur leader urges Japan to join call for UN debate on alleged abuses in China

Japan needs to do more than make an "empty promise" to stop human rights abuses in China, the leader of the largest ethnic Uyghur group in exile said in Tokyo on Friday.

Reuters

Nobel Peace Prize could condemn Ukraine war or highlight climate change

This year's Nobel Peace Prize could condemn the war in Ukraine by recognising opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the volunteers who have helped civilians, or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who ranks high on bookmakers' lists.

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council to vote on condemning Russia annexation referendums

The United Nations Security Council is to vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the council's current president, France, has said.

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