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Unexploded Russian missile crashes through ceiling of building in Kharkiv

Projectile struck a residential building after attack by Russian forces on the northern Ukrainian city

The Independent UK

Russian shelling, attacks on cities may amount to 'war crimes', says UN's Bachelet

Ukrainian cities have been pounded by air strikes and heavy shelling in Russia's five-week-old invasion, killing civilians in acts that may amount to war crimes, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

More than four million refugees have fled Ukraine since start of Russian invasion

Around 6.5 million people have also been displaced from their homes within Ukraine

Manchester Evening News

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Russia’s war with Ukraine: Five reasons why many African countries choose to be ‘neutral’

In early March the United Nation’s General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia immediately stop its military operations in Ukraine.

The Conversation

Explainer-What's at stake in France's presidential election

The French will head to the polls in April for a presidential election that will determine who will run the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only member with a permanent UN security council seat, as war rages on the bloc's doorstep.

Reuters

Singapore conducts first execution since 2019 despite protests

A Singaporean drug trafficker was hanged on Wednesday in the city-state's first execution since 2019, campaigners said, despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations and rights groups.

Bangkok Post

More than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since invasion, says UN

Poland has welcomed about 2.3 million Ukrainians while many others are in Romania, Moldova and Hungary

The Independent UK

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Ukraine news – live: Putin’s aides ‘afraid to tell him truth,’ as Russian forces ‘walking away from Chernobyl’

Russian troops have reportedly begun withdrawing from Chernobyl to head towards Belarus

The Independent UK

China holds multinational meetings to discuss Afghanistan

Representatives from regional countries plus Extended Troika to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Russia Ukraine War Advisory

The United Nations said that over four million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Many more are displaced within the country. Hopes for an end to hostilities following face-to-face talks in Turkey are met with scepticism over Moscow's intentions.

The Independent UK

Over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

GENEVA: More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Fertility myths put millions off contraception, UN report warns

More than half of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, with stigma and misinformation leading factors in lack of family planning, says UNFPA

The Guardian - UK

U.N. names experts to probe on possible war crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations on Wednesday named three human rights experts to conduct an investigation into possible war crimes and other violations committed during the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, UN agency says

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UNHCR: More Than 4 Million People Have Fled Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website. More than 2.3 million have arrived in Poland, but many have traveled onward to other countries or back into Ukraine. Aid workers say…

Reuters

More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine, says UNHCR

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

Reuters

U.N., U.S. press for broader Yemen truce after unilateral moves

United Nations and United States envoys on Wednesday welcomed unilateral truce moves by Yemen's warring sides as encouraging steps, while stressing the need for a more comprehensive ceasefire that would help alleviate a dire humanitarian crisis.

The Independent UK

‘Human rights crisis’: 121 million pregnancies around world each year are unintended, UN study finds

‘They may be survivors of abuse or exploitation; they may have been forced to marry early; or they may have lacked access to modern contraception,’ says campaigner

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Ukraine demands Russia withdraw from Chernobyl area, says ammunition could explode

Ukraine's armed forces say there is a danger of ammunition exploding at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station and that Russian forces occupying the plant must pull out of the area, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Live updates: UK says Russia's shift proves it has problems

Britain’s Ministry of Defense says Russia’s stated focus on the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine “is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to sustain more than one significant axis of advance.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf-Sponsored Yemen Consultations Set to Kick Off in Riyadh

The intra-Yemeni consultations are set to kick off in the Saudi-capital Riyadh on Wednesday. Various Yemeni parties and figures are set to take part, while international and United Nations officials will also attend. The consultations are being sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and held at its Riyadh headquarters.…

Bangkok Post

UN: Half of global pregnancies unintended

Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Wednesday, warning that the war in Ukraine could further exacerbate what it called a "human rights crisis".

The Guardian - UK

Germany could ration power if fuel standoff continues - as it happened

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The Independent UK

UN food chief: Ukraine war's food crisis is worst since WWII

The U_N_ food chief is warning that the war in Ukraine has created “a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe” and will have a global impact “beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II.”

Reuters

Britain pledges funds to U.N. aid work in Afghanistan ahead of donor meeting

Britain on Wednesday pledged an additional 286 million pounds ($374 million) for life-saving food and other aid in Afghanistan, a day ahead of an international conference seeking $4.4 billion, even as concerns mount over Taliban rule.

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