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U.N. special envoy to visit Myanmar amid 'deteriorating situation'

A senior U.N. official is visiting Myanmar this week, the United Nations said, on a rare visit that comes amid domestic political turmoil and fraying ties between Myanmar and its Southeast Asian neighbours.

Reuters

Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

WEKU

UN envoy makes first visit to Myanmar

The UN's new special envoy for Myanmar began her first trip to the country Tuesday, a day after a junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in jail for corruption.

Bangkok Post

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Nafis Sadik, women's health and rights champion, dies at 92

Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, has died four days before her 93rd birthday

The Independent UK

Plastic pollution called out as 'waste colonisation'

'I don't think we, in Australia, have been aware of the impacts. The science is changing daily.'

Newcastle Herald

UN envoy travels to strife-torn Myanmar for the first time

U.N. says its special envoy for Myanmar has traveled to the Southeast Asian nation for the the first time since her appointment last October

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 174 of the invasion

Explosions rock an ammunition depot in Crimea, as the Russian defence minister says the country has no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

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Russia: Too dangerous for IAEA to go through Kyiv to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Any mission undertaken by the U.N.'s nuclear agency to inspect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant cannot pass through the capital Kyiv as it is too dangerous, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN envoy seeks expanded Yemen truce to spur ceasefire talks

The top U.N. envoy for Yemen says he is intensifying efforts to achieve an expanded truce between the warring parties that will hopefully lead to the start of talks on a ceasefire and preparations for resuming a Yemeni-led political process

The Independent UK

Morning mail: Morrison accused of bias, Tasmanian statue to fall, Australian homes too cold

Tuesday: Scott Morrison’s use of extraordinary ministerial powers to block a controversial gas project faces a legal challenge. Plus: a survey of homes has found which states are too humid and too cold

The Guardian - AU

Kenya's presidential election results lead to accusations of vote-rigging

Kenya's outgoing Deputy President William Ruto has won a narrow victory in the presidential election over his rival Raila Odinga. However, four of the seven election commissioners have contested the results. Also, 49 Ivorian soldiers have been charged as mercenaries in Mali. Ivory Coast contests the claim, saying the troops…

France 24

Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief

Grenada’s environment minister faces task of getting countries back on track to meet climate goals ahead of Cop27

The Guardian - UK

Russia's Shoigu, U.N's Guterres discuss safe functioning of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held a phone call with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss conditions for safe functioning of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

UN selects former Grenada minister as climate chief

Grenada's former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell will become the new United Nations climate chief, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced on Monday.

Reuters

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U.N. can facilitate IAEA power plant visit, but Russia puts conditions

The United Nations has the logistics and security capacity to support a visit by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, a spokesman said, but a Russia diplomat imposed conditions, saying routing any mission through Ukraine's capital was too dangerous.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Minister: Syria Ready to Repatriate Refugees from Lebanon

A Syrian Cabinet minister said Monday that Syrian refugees in neighboring Lebanon can start returning home, where he said they will get all the help they need from authorities. Tiny Lebanon is home to 1 million Syrian refugees who fled war in their country after the conflict began in March…

Al Jazeera

Austria commits to neutrality, even as Russia destroys Ukraine

Neutrality remains popular in Austria, which has sent humanitarian assistance and non-lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Taliban’s rule batters Afghanistan year after US departure

A year after the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, sparking a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, the country’s dire economic and human rights outlook has only worsened.

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Radio France Internationale

Mali court charges 49 Ivorian soldiers of being mercenaries

Soldiers from Cote d’Ivoire who were reportedly delpoyed as reinforcements to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, had been held in custody for over a month, accused of being mercenaries.

The Conversation

War in Ukraine highlights the growing strategic importance of private satellite companies – especially in times of conflict

Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed that a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in…

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for six more years for graft

The Independent UK

Russia pledges to ‘expand’ ties with North Korea

Pyongyang says its relationship with Moscow has reached new heights

Axios

Afghanistan in anguish one year after U.S. withdrawal

On Aug. 15, 2021, "the Afghanistan we knew was gone and it wasn't going to come back."

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Raises State of Alert to Face Torrents, Heavy Rain

Head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan pledged Sunday to provide support for all those affected by the floods and heavy rains. He made the remarks in a speech on Sunday in the northern city of Shendi, on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the establishment…

The Guardian - US

On the hunt with New York’s spotted lanternfly squishers: ‘I came to kill’

Local officials have instructed residents to destroy the insects – and some New Yorkers are taking it very seriously

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