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What’s in a name: Turkey formally requests name change to 'Türkiye'

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird…

France 24

Biden Welcomes Yemen Truce Extension, Lauds Courageous Saudi Leadership

US President Joe Biden welcomed the extension on Thursday of a UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, and said Saudi Arabia had demonstrated "courageous leadership" by endorsing and implementing its terms. "The last two months in Yemen, thanks to the truce brokered in April, have been among…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Tells The UN: Call Me Türkiye

Everyone knows that Istanbul was Constantinople, but now Turkey is Türkiye — at least at the United Nations.

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Edinburgh climate experts tell new councillors to work together for net zero by 2030

Labour, the SNP, Lib Dems and Greens are all agreed on the 2030 net zero target set out by the Edinburgh Climate Commission - but the Tories say it's "physically impossible to achieve in eight years".

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Turkey rebrands and officially changes its name due to negative meaning

Turkey will know officially be called Türkiye - after negative connotations of the word - at the United Nations after making a formal request last week

Daily Mirror

Here’s how rocketing rents and unaffordable house prices can be fixed

We have the chance to guarantee the human right to housing – rather than a real-life game of Monopoly. We must take it, says Leilani Farha, former UN special rapporteur on the right to housing

The Guardian - UK

U.S. envoy says won't allow Syria to be Russian 'bargaining chip' on Ukraine

The U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday she plans to meet her Russian counterpart to kick off likely contentious talks over aid deliveries into Syria from Turkey, but she will not let Moscow use the issue as a "bargaining chip" on Ukraine.

Reuters

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Yemeni Government, Houthis Agree to Renew Truce

The United Nations said Thursday that the Yemeni government and the Houthis have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amid criticism, North Korea takes over as U.N. disarmament president

North Korea, which is under sanctions for developing nuclear weapons in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, has taken over as head of a U.N. body aimed at striking disarmament deals amid scorn from critics.

Reuters

132 asylum seekers in Rwanda after evacuation from Libya: UNCHR

The asylum seekers are from several African countries including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.

Al Jazeera

UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew truce

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen says that Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months

The Independent UK

Yemen truce extended for two months, but warring sides far apart

Initial two-month truce, which had notably reduced hostilities in Yemen, had been set to expire on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Countries to request ILO China mission to probe Xinjiang labour abuses

GENEVA: A group of dozens of countries is set to ask the International Labour Organization on Thursday to set up a mission to probe alleged labour abuses in China's Xinjiang, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Yemen warring parties agree to extend truce for two months -U.N

Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a U.N.-brokered truce for another two months under the same terms as the original deal that was due to expire on Thursday, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said.

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No more Turkey: country in push to be known as 'Türkiye'

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye.”

The Independent UK

UN report: Over 1 million displaced in Myanmar amid violence

The United Nations' humanitarian relief agency says the number of people displaced within strife-torn Myanmar has exceeded 1 million for the first time

Radio France Internationale

AU chair Macky Sall heads to Russia for talks with Putin over food security

The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, is scheduled to speak with President Vladimir Putin in the south-western Russian city of Sochi in a bid to offset Africa's impending food crisis due to the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Countries to request ILO China mission to probe alleged Xinjiang labour abuses: sources

A group of dozens of countries is set to ask the International Labour Organization on Thursday to set up a mission to probe alleged labour abuses in China's Xinjiang, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Ukraine seeks UN-backed mission to export grain shipments through Black Sea

Ukraine is working with international partners to create a United Nations-backed mission to restore Black Sea shipping routes and export Ukrainian farm produce, foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

NGO warns world's 'most neglected' refugee crises are all in Africa

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says the world is paying too little attention to a profusion of mass displacements of people across Africa, who risk death by starvation and prolonged conflicts.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UAE to Chair UN's Committee on The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

The UAE will chair the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). The 100-member state committee is one of the largest UN committees. It was established by the UN General Assembly in 1959 to govern the exploration and use of space. It was tasked with reviewing…

Insider UK

How to solve the energy transition 'trilemma'?

The war in Ukraine poses questions about how Scotland balances its net zero goals with the energy price crisis

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea Covid Outbreak Likely 'Getting Worse' Says WHO

The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress". North Korea, which announced its first ever coronavirus cases on May 12, said last week its Covid outbreak had been…

The Guardian - UK

For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses

Yes, these are troubling times, but it is vital for national leaders to cooperate and take action now in tackling climate change, say three former UN climate chiefs

The Guardian - UK

Current policies will bring ‘catastrophic’ climate breakdown, warn former UN leaders

Three former UN climate heads say gap between government promises and actions will change environment irreversibly

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