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Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27

Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage global warming is inflicting upon the poor.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

West African bloc sanctions Guinea, condemns Mali for detaining Ivorian troops

West Africa's main political and economic bloc imposed more sanctions on Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday for failing to establish a new schedule for a transition to democracy, the bloc said in a press release.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

UN-mandated inquiry to investigate Izium mass burial site

A U.N. mandated investigative body intends to investigate a mass burial site near Izium, in eastern Ukraine, where hundreds of bodies have been found, its head said on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 23, 2022

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, including executions and sexual violence, says UN

Victims of sexual or gender-based violence aged from four to 82-years-old, investigators found

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Moscow unlikely to use nuclear weapons, say ex-Russian generals

Former Russian generals tell Al Jazeera that while the prospect of nuclear war remains slim, the situation could change.

Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2022

Editorial: Biden acknowledged chaotic Haiti at the United Nations, but he still fell short

President Joe Biden’s sympathetic mention of the crisis in Haiti at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday was unexpected, and welcome. But the question that Haitians and those who love Haiti are asking after painfully watching the country’s descent into anarchy is, “Now what?”

Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022

Australia violated islander rights: UN

The United Nations Human Rights Committee wants Australia to compensate Torres Strait Islanders for harm suffered from climate change impacts.

AAP · Sep 23, 2022

Ecowas leaders to slap gradual sanctions on Guinea's junta

West African leaders have agreed to impose gradual sanctions on Guinea-Conakry's military junta over its inflexibility on setting a date to return to civilian rule.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 23, 2022

Sergei Lavrov calls Zelensky ‘b*****d’ and walks out of UN meet amid ‘collective condemnation’ of Russia

Ukraine minister responds by saying ‘Russian diplomats flee almost as quickly as Russian soldiers’

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022