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UN Drops Forecast for Global Economic Growth in 2022 to 3.1%

The United Nations on Wednesday significantly lowered its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%, saying the war in Ukraine has triggered increasing global food and commodity prices and exacerbated inflationary pressures, upending the fragile recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mid-2022 forecast from the UN…

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Bashagha to Set Up Govt in Sirte after Tripoli Clashes

Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said Wednesday he would seat his government in the central city of Sirte, after clashes forced him to abort his attempt the previous day to bring his Cabinet to the Libyan capital of Tripoli. He announced that he has chosen the city of Sirte, along…

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UN envoy: US sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation

A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation

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World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns

The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments.

Reuters

Truss wants reassurance over ‘appalling’ behaviour before lifting Oxfam aid ban

The UK suspended aid funding to the charity in April 2021 following sexual misconduct claims against staff.

The Independent UK

Second Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead

One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was confirmed dead and the case against him closed, U.N. war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

UN drops forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.1%

The United Nations is significantly lowering its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%

The Independent UK

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World Bank pledges $12bn to support low-income countries hit by shortages

Move follows warning from head of UN World Food Programme about high prices leading to social unrest

The Guardian - UK

UN experts say mass eviction of Palestinians a possible war crime

UN experts alarmed by Israel High Court’s ruling on Masafer Yatta and the risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

United Nations goals to fight poverty and injustice ‘missing’ from Liz Truss’s aid strategy

The 2015 blueprint – agreed by 195 nations – is meant to be ’fully embedded in planned activity of each department‘

The Independent UK

World Meteorological Organisation warns of catastrophic global climate shift

The United Nations weather monitoring body has announced that key climate change indicators set record highs in 2021, warning that the Earth's energy system is driving humanity towards catastrophe.

Radio France Internationale

Climate crisis makes extreme Indian heatwaves 100 times more likely – study

Latest analysis adds to evidence that the impacts of global heating are already damaging many lives around the world

The Guardian - UK

'They belong here': Ukrainian nuns take in dozens displaced by war

HOSHIV, Ukraine — In high, tremulous voices, the Sisters of the Holy Family were chanting their midday prayers when a child's gleeful shout echoed from a nearby corridor, punctuating the solemn incantation. The Ukrainian nuns didn't miss a beat.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place?

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has brought bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

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Reuters

Kosovo tribunal convicts veterans' leaders over witness intimidation

In its first ever judgment a special tribunal in The Hague jailed two leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) on Wednesday for revealing names of hundreds of protected witnesses involved in war crimes cases.

Roll Call

Time running out on the 'one opportunity' for a climate bill - Roll Call

Washington is focused on Ukraine and midterms, and the likelihood of Congress passing significant climate legislation appears slim.

The Guardian - UK

‘World is at boiling point’: humanity must redefine relationship with nature, says report

Stockholm institute calls for ‘bold science-based decision-making’ to tackle climate, social and economic crises

The Guardian - UK

Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN

World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather wreaked heavy toll on human lives

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UN Calls on Tehran to Halt Imminent Execution of Dual Iranian-Swedish Doctor

The UN human rights office has urged Iran to halt the execution order of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and reverse his death sentence. "We are deeply alarmed by the imminent execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran of Swedish-Iranian doctor, and academic Ahmedreza Djalali," UN rights office spokeswoman Liz Throssell…

Reuters

From storage to transport, hurdles to getting COVID vaccine to N.Koreans

As North Korea battles its first known COVID outbreak, a lack of storage, chronic power shortages and inadequately trained medical staff pose acute challenges to inoculating its 25 million people - even with outside help, analysts said.

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Calls on Iraqi Politicians to End 7-month Deadlock

The UN envoy to Iraq has urged Iraqi politicians to end a deadlock which has kept parliament from forming a new government for more than seven months, warning that the crisis could spark civil unrest. "The streets are about to boil over in Iraq," Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told reporters on Tuesday.

Reuters

U.N. chief expected to disclose talks on Ukraine grain exports - U.N. officials

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres is expected to publicly disclose on Wednesday that he is in talks with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union aimed at restoring Ukraine grain shipments and reviving fertilizer exports from Russia and Belarus, U.N. officials said.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar resistance urges West to provide arms

The defence chief of Myanmar's shadow government has called for international help to arm its resistance forces fighting the ruling military, requesting support similar to that being given to Ukrainians battling invading Russian troops.

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Kim Slams Negligent Officials over NKorea Covid Outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million. The nuclear-armed country reported its first coronavirus cases last week, and the Omicron variant-fueled outbreak has since ballooned…

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