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Russia steps up Azovstal siege as freed civilians reach Zaporizhzhia

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says 156 people managed to escape Mariupol while Red Cross says many are still trapped at steelworks

The Guardian - UK

Al Shabaab militants mount deadly attack on African Union base in Somalia

Al Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed at least 10 Burundian peacekeepers.

France 24

In Nigeria, UN chief welcomes reintegration of extremists

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded Nigerian authorities' efforts to reintegrate repentant Boko Haram militants, saying the initiative is “the best thing we can do for peace.”

The Independent UK

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Reproductive rights 'foundation' for empowerment of women, girls, says U.N.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes that sexual and reproductive health and rights are the "foundation for lives of choice, empowerment and equality for the world's women and girls," a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday after the leak of a draft legal decision that would overturn U.S. abortion rights.

Reuters

Making change via K-Pop and Thai-Y

K-Pop and artistic ripples through films and other forms of entertainment from South Korea have been conquering the world in recent years, as part of soft power and smart power.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine latest updates: Russia says will open evacuation routes

Ukraine news from May 4: Russia says will open evacuation routes for civilians from Mariupol steel plant for three days.

Al Jazeera

U.S. wants U.N. Security Council vote on N.Korea sanctions in May

The United States would like the U.N. Security Council to vote during May to further sanction North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Mwai Kibaki obituary

Third president of Kenya who helped modernise the economic and political landscape of his country

The Guardian - UK

Men and boys among alleged rape victims of Russian soldiers in Ukraine

UN chief on sexual violence warns dozens of cases under investigation are ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Guardian - UK

UN chief backs Nigeria's integration of insurgents, calls it key to peace

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he fully supported moves to expand facilities to reintegrate surrendering Islamist insurgents in northeastern Nigeria because it was a key step to achieving peace in Africa's most populous nation.

Reuters

Jill Biden to meet with refugees in Romania, Slovakia this week

The first lady will make the trip to support displaced Ukranian families.

The Independent UK

Sansad Watch Ep 32: Where does India stand in the Russia-Ukraine war?

In February, Russia started a war with Ukraine. In the two months that followed, India evacuated thousands of Indians from Ukraine and abstained multiple times from voting on resolutions against Russia in the United Nations, while also speaking about the need for dialogue and diplomacy.

Newslaundry

Russia Unleashes Rockets at Steel Plant, Some Evacuees Reach Safety

Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine's last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a UN-brokered evacuation. However, scores of exhausted-looking evacuees who managed to leave under UN and Red…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Obesity Levels in Europe at ‘Epidemic Proportions’

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit "epidemic proportions," with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories. In a report issued Tuesday, the UN health agency's European office said the prevalence of…

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The Independent UK

UN: Obesity levels in Europe at 'epidemic proportions'

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions."

The Independent UK

‘Months’ before Rwanda flights begin as Channel crossings hit 7,000 for 2022

Downing Street was unable to confirm when the first flights sending migrants to the east African nation would begin.

The Independent UK

Russia resumes strikes on Mariupol steel plant as evacuated civilians describe ‘hell’

Ukraine is calling for all of the 200 or so civilians to be rescued from the steel plant

Bangkok Post

Swiss bank secrecy law has ‘chilling effect'

A controversial feature of Switzerland’s vaunted banking-secrecy rules has come under attack from a United Nations human-rights expert who’s urged the Swiss government to immediately review its statutes.

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Daily Record

Russian troops storm Mariupol steel plant with hundreds of Ukrainians trapped inside

The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works was the last remaining stronghold under the control of Ukrainian troops in the southern port city.

Reuters

Putin tells Macron West could use its influence to stop "atrocities" in Ukraine - agencies

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a telephone conversation on Tuesday and urged the West to put pressure on Kyiv to halt "atrocities", Russian news agencies said.

Reuters

UN says 101 people evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

A U.N. humanitarian official said on Tuesday that it had successfully evacuated some 101 people from the Azovstal steel plant, saying that most of the evacuees were in Zaporizhzhia, where they are receiving humanitarian assistance.

The Conversation

How Vietnamese 'Putinistas' are spreading disinformation about Ukrainians

In March 2022, a Vietnamese Facebook post accused Ukrainians of slandering late president Ho Chi Minh, the founding father of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The Independent UK

English Channel: More than 7,000 people have made deadly crossing this year, figures show

Number of migrants that have arrived in the UK this year is over seven times more the amount in 2020, according to government data

The Guardian - UK

Government to consider impact of UK energy efficiency plan on poor households

Officials admit they did not conduct equality assessment before launch of heat and buildings strategy

Salon

Russia and the U.S.: Dance of death

Doddering Cold War adversaries are marching toward war: For their decrepit elites, it's literally the last hurrah

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