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Southwest faces "extremely critical" wildfire threat as record heat hits Plains

The country's biggest wildfire is currently burning in New Mexico.

Axios

UN rights session planned on Ukraine, to address Mariupol 'mass casualties'

The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Ukraine this week, an official said on Monday, after Kyiv called for a review of the situation there, including reports of mass casualties in Mariupol.

Reuters

Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to a long civil war, resigned as prime minister on Monday after intensifying anti-government protests.

Reuters

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Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry

Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and rights activists say.

Reuters

196 states meet to combat desertification at COP 15 summit in Abidjan

The UN's COP 15 against desertification has kicked off in the Ivorian capital, striving for concrete action against the rapid degradation of land and its dire consequences for biodiversity and livelihoods.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports and prevent global food crisis

Ukraine's president said on Monday that trade at the country's ports was at a standstill and urged the international community to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade to allow wheat shipments and prevent a global food crisis.

Reuters

Houthi Violations Escalate Amid Yemeni Army's Commitment to UN Truce

Houthi militias have continued their escalation on various fronts deploying all kinds of weapons, including drones, artillery, and snipers, while Yemeni army leaders confirmed their commitment to the UN humanitarian truce in its second month, according to field reports. Militia violations have exceeded 3,000 since the truce took effect on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN demands immediate release of Scot locked up in India

THERE is no legal basis for the continued imprisonment of a Scottish man being held in India, the UN has said as it called for Jagtar Singh…

The National (Scotland)

UN: 9.3 Million Syrian Children in Need of Assistance

A total of 9.3 million Syrian children are in need of aid than at any time since the devastating civil war erupted in the country over a decade ago, the United Nations warned on Sunday. “Millions of children continue to live in fear, need and uncertainty inside Syria and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky blames Russia for 60 civilian deaths; G7 rallies behind Ukraine

Russian bombing of a school sheltering civilians claimed 60 lives, Ukraine said on Sunday, as the G7 group of the west's leading economies reaffirmed their solidarity with Kyiv on the eve of Moscow's plans for a major celebration to mark the anniversary of allied victory in World War II.

Radio France Internationale

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Independent UK

Bangladeshi children leaving school to work due to climate crisis

As families migrate after climate-related disasters, UNICEF says 1.7 million of country’s children are now labourers.

Al Jazeera

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

The Independent UK

VIDEO: Field Of Fire: Russian Tank Blasts Unseen Targets In Ukrainian Field

The Kremlin now says the operation's aim is to "protect Donbass".

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Early voting begins ahead of Australia's May 21 election

Early voting has begun in Australia’s election with the opposition party hoping the first ballots will reflect its lead over the government in opinion polls

Asharq Al-Awsat

77% of the Displaced in Yemen Are Women, Children

An estimated 77 percent of the 4.3 million people displaced in Yemen are women and children, according to factsheets released by UNDP. Marib hosts over 60 percent of all Yemeni refugees and asylum-seekers who escaped the hell of Houthi militias that turned the country to one of the world’s largest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Readies Victory Day Parade as Fight for East Ukraine Rages

Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia's power…

The Independent UK

Live updates | Japan joins G-7 effort to quit Russian oil

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan will slowly phase out Russian oil imports in unity with the Group of Seven’s effort against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Canada to help Ukraine find options to export grain to ease supply worries -Trudeau

Canada will help Ukraine work out options on how to export stored grain to uphold global food security that has been shaken by Russia's invasion of the country, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Head of UN agency resigns after questions arise about loans

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres asked a top official at a U.N. agency to resign Saturday, shortly after The New York Times published an article describing how the agency had given out $61 million in loans and grant money to a single British family, according to a senior…

France 24

Live: Putin says Russian troops ‘fighting for the Motherland’ in Ukraine

Russia celebrated its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on Monday with a show of military might even as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 75 of the invasion

Putin makes no major policy announcement about Ukraine in Victory Day speech; Zelenskiy says country will win war with Russia and not cede any territory

The Independent UK

"Everything shook": Last civilians leave Ukraine steel mill

Pale and drawn, the last civilians sheltering in the bunkers beneath the sprawling steel mill in the decimated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol arrived late Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontline

Reuters

Evacuees from Azovstal plant arrive in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, a U.N. official said.

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The dripping tap of indigenous rights

Analysis: Aaron Smale examines political attitudes towards the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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