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Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack

António Guterres compares climate inaction to tobacco firms dismissing links between smoking and cancer

The Guardian - UK

UN deal sees Ivorian refugees given passports to return home

The Côte d’Ivoire government, host countries, and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed a repatriation agreement to offer passports to Ivorian refugees around the world in an effort to encourage reintegration.

Radio France Internationale

White House unveils global steps to speed climate transition - Roll Call

The White House announced steps with 16 other nations to help hasten the global transition to renewable energy technologies.

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Sergei Lavrov claims Russia ‘didn’t invade Ukraine’ while admitting it ‘isn’t squeaky clean’

The Russian foreign minister made a series of baseless claims during an interview with the BBC

Evening Standard

Kremlin Says Is in Contact with Turkey Regarding the Export of Grain from Ukraine

Russia is in contact with Turkey regarding the export of grain from Ukraine but there are a lot of uncertainties from the Ukrainian side, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. Turkey on Wednesday said it would "take some time" to de-mine Ukraine's ports but that a safe sea…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, received on Thursday a phone call from the United States Special Climate Envoy, John Kerry. Shoukry told Kerry his country is looking forward to high-level US participation in the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First Thing: Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’

Select committee chairman warns that the ‘system nearly failed’ but for Pence’s defiance. Plus, top Republican negotiator walks out of Senate gun talks

The Guardian - UK

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‘Nothing has changed since Grenfell’: Emma Dent Coad on death threats and PTSD as Kensington’s Labour MP

She won the traditionally Tory seat just days before the fire. She talks about her powerlessness on that terrible night – and her battle to reform the council

The Guardian - UK

China's Xi to Host Virtual Summit for BRICS Emerging Economies

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host a virtual summit with top leaders from Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa next week, marking the first such meeting since the Ukraine crisis unfolded. The influential club of BRICS emerging economies formed in 2009 is home to more than 40 percent of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option

France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.

Reuters

Russia not squeaky clean but not ashamed of it, Lavrov says

Sergei Lavrov repeats claim Russia was in Ukraine to defeat Nazis

The Independent UK

UN climate talks end in stalemate and ‘hypocrisy’ allegation

Adviser says European nations are sourcing fossil fuels abroad but failing to help developing countries

The Guardian - UK

One third of Sudanese facing acute food insecurity - WFP

More than a third of Sudan's population is currently facing acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme said on Thursday, with inadequate funds to cope.

Reuters

SDRPY Kicks off Renovation of 600 Houses in Yemen's Aden

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) kicked off the Adequate Housing Project in Yemen's interim capital, Aden, to renovate homes damaged by the ongoing conflict. An agreement was signed on Wednesday to launch the project. The first phase includes delivering 80 locations for housing at Al-Mualla district…

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International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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Closing Syria aid route would be ‘catastrophe’, UN warned

Russia expected to use security council veto to block resolution to keep open Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Idlib from Turkey

The Guardian - AU

Russia has ‘strategically lost’ war, says UK defence chief, as Lavrov says Moscow unashamed

‘Russia is not squeaky clean. Russia is what it is’ – Kremlin foreign minister’s response to UN report claiming atrocities in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

UN Myanmar expert warns of ‘lost generation’ of children

Rapporteur accuses Myanmar military of mounting ‘relentless attacks’ on children since seizing power in February 2021.

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The Hindu

Nearly 5 million people in India internally displaced due to climate change, disasters in 2021: UN

The largest displacements in the context of disasters in 2021 occurred in China (6.0 million), the Philippines (5.7 million) and India (4.9 million).

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon calls for coordinated U.N. response to North Korea's provocations -media

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said the United Nations Security Council should respond in a coordinated manner against North Korea's missile provocations, South Korea's Newsis reported on Friday.

The Independent UK

UN: Haiti police need immediate help amid surge in violence

A U.N. special envoy is warning that Haiti’s police force needs immediate help to fight crime and violence, noting that gangs have grown so powerful they recently seized control of a local courthouse

Miami Herald

Armed bandits now control Haiti’s largest courthouse after violent takeover

SWAT and other specialized units of the Haiti National Police were moving in and out of Port-au-Prince’s main courthouse as they tried to figure out how to carry an oversized safe with sensitive documents from some of the country’s most high-profile criminal cases out of the former U.S. government building…

Salon

Nonstick chemicals causing hypertension

These near-indestructible chemicals are found everywhere — and a new study finds they may be causing hypertension

Bangkok Post

Three myths that justify what cannot be justified

More than 100 days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, an independent and sovereign state, and it threatens others; this being an act of war that the world had hoped was obsolete today. Here in Thailand, far from the frontlines, we see Moscow's aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at confusing people…

ABC News

How climate change could be exacerbating the spread of diseases like monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

A new study predicts the changing climate will provide increased opportunities for the spread of novel viruses.

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