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Destruction of nature as threatening as climate crisis, EU deputy warns

European Commission’s Frans Timmermans says biodiversity situation is ‘really very, very scary’

The Guardian - UK

Is the world retracting from globalisation, setting it up for a fifth wave?

Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions and benefits.

The Conversation

Despite Houthi Obstacles, UN Envoy Intensifies Efforts to Explore Possibilities of Yemen Truce Extension

Despite the obstacles put by the Houthi militias, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said Thursday that he has intensified his engagements with the parties to support the implementation of all elements of the truce, and to explore possibilities for an expanded and extended truce beyond August 2.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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WHO to Decide on Sounding Highest Alarm on Monkeypox

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound. A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'ESG' represents a fundamental shift in business strategy—but the term is unclear, unpopular, and increasingly polarizing

"Women's and family health has always been underserved," says Ryder.

Fortune

UNDP Official in Afghanistan to Asharq Al-Awsat: Taliban, ISIS Locked in Brutal War

The UNDP’s Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdullah Dardari, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the political dialogue between the international body and the Taliban was constructive and making progress before the latter issued a decision to ban girls from education. Dardari noted that the Taliban is fighting a vicious and explicit…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemenis Condemn Brutal Houthi Attack Against Khubzah Village in Al-Bayda

Houthi militias continue to attack the residents of Khubzah village in Al-Bayda governorate, after besieging the region for a week, according to Yemeni sources. The village, located at the foot of a mountain in the al-Qurayshiah district, is one of the villages that have taken the lead in fighting the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iraq Files Complaint with Security Council over Turkish Artillery Strikes

At least nine civilians, including women and children, were killed, and 23 others were injured in a Turkish attack on the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The victims of the Turkish artillery strikes included Iraqi tourists who had come to the hill village of Barakh in the Zakho district to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Says Iran Risks Dependency on Russia

The United States on Wednesday warned Iran that it risked dependency on an isolated Russia after it welcomed President Vladimir Putin, although the CIA chief acknowledged the two nations have uneasy ties. Putin on Tuesday visited Tehran for a three-way summit with his counterparts from Iran and Turkey that was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Welcomes Progress in Libya’s Security Track

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the meeting of the commanders of the Libyan army in Tripoli this week. “The United Nations commends this important dialogue and continues to support the security track talks, notably through the Joint Military Commission (JMC 5+5), including on the full…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Sri Lanka's economic collapse needs immediate global attention: UN experts

UNITED NATIONS: Sri Lanka's economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but also from international financial institutions and other countries who must come to the bankrupt country's aid, according to UN human rights experts.

The Times of India

7 ways to reduce the learning loss caused by the pandemic

School closures and the shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in learning loss in developed and developing countries. Learning loss is generally defined as any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress when students are not in school.

The Conversation

3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees

As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.

The Conversation

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The Guardian - AU

Coup, Covid, climate: the triple threat chasing citizens from Myanmar’s rice bowl

In the country’s agricultural heartland, threats posed to villagers across the Global South have collided head-on

France 24

Mali expels spokesman of UN peacekeeping mission

In tonight's edition: Mali is expelling the spokesman of the UN's peacekeeping force in the country, in the latest sign of tensions between the military junta in Bamako and the international community. In Kenya, the four main running mates in the upcoming presidential election took part in a debate on…

ABC News

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

Reuters

Erdogan wants Ukraine grain sea exports deal in writing this week

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he wants a general agreement reached between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations on a U.N.-led plan to resume Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports to be put in writing this week.

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The Guardian - UK

Treatment of UK prisoners during Covid meets UN definition of torture

Analysis: Report finds 85% of inmates were locked up for 23 hours a day, with sadly predictable results. It cannot be ignored

Reuters

Mali junta expels UN peacekeeping mission spokesman over tweets

Mali's military government on Wednesday ordered the spokesman of the United Nations peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country within 72 hours over Tweets about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the U.N.

France 24

Mali expels spokesperson of UN peacekeeping mission in row over tweets

Mali is expelling the spokesman of the UN's peacekeeping force in the country, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, citing posts he made on Twitter about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the UN.

Birmingham Post

High profile Humber eco-project finalists selected as next generation inspired to act on environment

Winner of Waterline Summit Sustainability Challenge will be annnounced at annual summit in October

Reuters

UN report highlights hundreds of rights violations in Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that the ruling Taliban were responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhumane punishments in the 10 months since they seized power.

Evening Standard

Sri Lanka: new dawn for a country on the brink?

A controversial new president has been elected as the beleaguered country battles financial devastation and unrest. Kumanan Kanapathippillai reports from Colombo

The Independent UK

UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan's Taliban

The United Nations says in a new report that despite an overall improved security situation in Afghanistan, at least 700 people have been killed since the Taliban took over last year

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