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Impact of Ukraine conflict is not limited to Europe: India

India highlighted that the impact of the Ukraine conflict is not just limited to Europe, adding that it has exacerbated concerns over food, fertilizer and fuel security, especially in the developing countries. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Austria's Turk appointed U.N. human rights chief

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved the appointment of Austria's Volker Turk as the next U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Reuters

ECB hikes interest rates by record 75bp and slashes growth forecasts – as it happened

Christine Lagarde warns that eurozone economic growth is weakening, but EBC plumps for record increase in borrowing costs to curb inflation

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So much has moved forward, on trade, on visa, on people-to-people ties, says Bangladesh Minister Shahriar Alam

Bangladesh Minister of State for Foreign Affairs says Sheikh Hasina’s visit was productive on major aspects, rejects concerns over attacks on minorities

The Hindu

UN: Evidence of Russia Taking Ukrainian Children

The United Nations cited "credible accusations" Wednesday that Moscow's forces have forcibly taken Ukrainian children to Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of benefitting from the eased grain blockade. Kyiv meanwhile said its forces had recaptured significant territory in a counter-offensive southeast of Kharkiv that experts say…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Report: Human Development Set Back 5 Years by Covid, Other Crises

A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty. The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Gives Gaza Children Tablets to Connect With World

The United Nations said Wednesday it was helping connect Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza Strip to the outside world by distributing tablets to hundreds of pupils. Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Meghan Markle’s best speeches — from the UN Women Conference to One Young World

No-one can deny that the Duchess of Sussex is a world-class orator — often without the need for prompts. Amy Francombe runs through some of her best speeches

Evening Standard

Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises - UN report

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations report published on Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.

Bangkok Post

Russia-Ukraine war: US secretary of state Blinken tells Zelenskiy war is at ‘pivotal moment’ – as it happened

Blinken made surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday after US unveils nearly more military support

The Guardian - AU

UN says ‘credible’ reports Ukraine children transferred to Russia

US ambassador tells UN Security Council more than 1,800 Ukrainian children transferred to Russia in July alone.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine claims battlefield gains as US pledges more military aid

Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken announced Thursday that the US has approved an additional aid package for Ukraine and neighbouring countries as multilateral talks on the crisis took place in Germany. It came as Ukraine's military claimed the recapture of more than 20 settlements in the…

France 24

White House warns Truss over efforts to ‘undo’ Northern Ireland protocol

Biden administration says undoing the protocol would not be ‘conducive’ to a trade deal between the UK and US

The Guardian - US

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 197 of the invasion

Ukraine retakes towns in Kharkiv in surprise counterattack, Zelenskiy claims; Putin threatens to tear up grain deal and cut off all gas, oil, and coal to Europe

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The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Sparks Questions About Renegotiating Nuclear Arms Treaties

Will Biden make a move to renegotiate nuclear arms treaties amid the tension in Russia and Ukraine?

The Conversation

From microbes to forest bathing, here are 4 ways healing nature is vital to our recovery from COVID-19

It’s been more than two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of us vividly recalls the first confirmed cases being reported in our home towns. COVID-19 spread across the planet at lightning speed, and the confirmed death toll is approaching 6.5 million. Communities and economies…

The Guardian - UK

Hateful tweets multiply in extreme temperatures, US analysis finds

Scientists logged rises of up to 22% in racist and misogynist tweets when temperatures rose above 42C

Al Jazeera

‘Almost all’ Ukrainian grain reaching European nations: Putin

Ukraine denies Russian leader’s claims that grain export under UN-backed deal was mostly helping EU.

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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Ceasefire shattered by ongoing fighting

In tonight's edition: We speak to the Ethiopian ambassador to France, Henok Teferra Shawl, after ongoing fighting shatters hopes for peace in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict. Also, the UN plans on launching a special investigation into allegations of abuse by Malian troops and Russian mercenaries in Mali. And ahead of the…

France 24

Ethiopia Tigray conflict: ceasefire shattered by ongoing conflict

In tonight's edition: We speak to the Ethiopian ambassador to France Henok Teferra Shawl after ongoing fighting shatters hope for peace in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict. The UN plans on launching a special investigation into allegations of abuse by Malian troops and Russian mercenaries in Mali. And ahead of Cop27 in…

France 24

UN warns Somalia is on brink of famine

In tonight's edition: Burkina Faso's leader vows a crackdown on armed extremists, a day after dozens are killed in the north. Also, the UN warns that Somalia is on the brink of famine and that time is running out to save lives. And we see how a skateboarding crew in…

Reuters

U.S. accuses Russia of war crime by forcibly deporting Ukrainians

The United States accused Moscow of committing a war crime on Wednesday by forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia and said it has information that Russian officials are overseeing so-called filtration operations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Greece Warns Allies of Türkiye Conflict Danger amid Tension

Greece's government has written to the country's NATO and European Union partners and the head of the United Nations, asking them to formally condemn increasingly aggressive talk by officials in neighboring Türkiye and suggesting that current bilateral tensions could escalate into a second open conflict on European soil. In the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID Cases Drop Everywhere, but Pandemic Not Over

The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The UN health agency reported that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last week and about 13,700 deaths…

Al Jazeera

IAEA ‘cannot assure’ peaceful nature of Iran nuclear programme

UN’s nuclear watchdog says ‘no progress’ in resolving questions about past presence of nuclear material at three sites.

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