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What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK

Amnesty: UK-Israel Trade Should Not Incentivize Israeli Apartheid against Palestinians

Amnesty International United Kingdom warned that the new trade deal between Britain and Israel could allow the latter to consolidate its settler-colonialism and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. It stressed in a statement on Thursday that the new UK trade deal with Israel “must not be a betrayal of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Billions’ will avoid famine says Erdogan as Ukraine and Russia sign grain deal

The UN and Turkey’s president are due to oversee the signing of the deal

The Independent UK

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N Korea Warns of Security Instability over US-S Korea Drills

North Korea has warned that the United States and South Korea will face “unprecedented” security challenges if they don’t stop their hostile military pressure campaign against the North, including joint military drills. North Korea views any regular US-South Korean military training as an invasion rehearsal even though the allies have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French agency to track impact of clothing industry on climate

By 2023, every item of clothing sold in France will require a label detailing its precise climate impact – with a similar rule expected for the rest of the European Union by 2026.

Radio France Internationale

Libya Official: Renewed Militia Clashes in Tripoli Kill 13

Renewed clashes on Friday between militias loyal to rival Libyan governments killed at least 13 people in the country’s capital, Tripoli, a spokesman for the city's emergency services said. According to the spokesman, Osama Ali, among those killed were three civilians from the area and a 12-year-old child. He said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN court to rule on jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

The United Nations’ highest court is set to rule on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar’s rulers of genocide against the country’s mainly Muslim Rohingya minority

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Deal for Ukraine grain exports due to be sealed in Istanbul

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are due to oversee the signing of a deal that would allow Ukraine to resume its grain shipments through the Black Sea and Russia to export grain and fertilizers

The Independent UK

What age can Prince George become King – and what if he decides he doesn’t want to be?

Prince George turns 9 on July 22, but when can the youngster actually become King – and what happens if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son decides not take the crown?

Daily Mirror

N Korea warns of security instability over US-S Korea drills

North Korea has warned that the United States and South Korea will face “unprecedented” security challenges if they don’t drop their hostile military pressure campaign against the North, including joint military drills

The Independent UK

Songs Of Rare Pygmy Blue Whales Picked Up By Nuclear Bomb Detectors

The distinctive songs of rare pygmy blue whales have been picked up by underwater nuclear bomb detectors.

Zenger

A new Libyan force emerges, accused of abusing migrants

A powerful body headed by a militia leader accused of war crimes has been implicated in severe abuses against migrants in conflict-scarred Libya

The Independent UK

Russia Defends Veto of Aid to Northwest Syria for One Year

Russia defended its veto of a UN resolution that would have extended humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the opposition-held northwest from Turkey for a year, insisting that its demand for only a six-month extension was essential and accusing Western nations of using "sly" tactics and trying "to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Grain Deal Expected Friday as Russian Gas Flows Resume

Ukraine and Russia are set to sign a deal Friday to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, as a critical Russian gas pipeline to Europe reopened. But there was no respite in the conflict on the ground, with Russian artillery on Thursday pounding Ukraine's second largest city…

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The Guardian - AU

Dozens killed and thousands displaced in election fighting in Papua New Guinea, UN says

Warning comes after 18 people allegedly killed in gruesome attack in Highlands region

The Guardian - UK

Three bodies recovered from school hit by Russian strike in eastern Ukraine – as it happened

We will be pausing our live coverage of the war in Ukraine and returning in a few hours to bring you all the latest developments

The Times of India

Top UN official in Sri Lanka calls for inclusive consultations to resolve economic crisis

NEW YORK: The top UN official in Sri Lanka has called on all stakeholders in the country to engage in broad and inclusive consultations to resolve the current economic crisis and the grievances of the people, according to a senior official representing the UN chief.

France 24

Sri Lankan security forces raid anti-government protest camp

Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country's new president was cracking down a day after his swearing-in.

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The Conversation

Even in the political afterlife, Morrison departs from the norm

In the past fortnight, former prime minister Scott Morrison has reemerged as a subject of public discussion. First, there was rumour about his interest in securing work with the Australian Rugby League Commission, which he promptly dismissed as “pub talk”.

Reuters

World Court says it has jurisdiction, Myanmar genocide case to proceed

The World Court on Friday rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full.

Reuters

Ukraine and Russia seal grain deal as U.S. pledges more military aid

Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis while the United States pledged more military support five months into the invasion.

ABC News

Ukraine grain export deal reached with Russia and UN, Turkey says

Turkey says a deal has been reached with Russia to allow Ukraine to resume exports of grain through the Black Sea.

The Guardian - UK

Big Oil V the World review – how can these climate crisis deniers sleep at night?

This shocking documentary series reveals the lies oil lobbyists told to undercut democracy, prevent action against global heating – and bring our planet to the brink

The Conversation

Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?

The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: what are those terms?

The Independent UK

Turkey: Ukraine grain export deal to be signed in Istanbul

Turkish officials say a deal on a U.N. plan to unblock the shipment of Ukrainian grain and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers will be signed in Istanbul on Friday

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