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Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

The Guardian - UK

Russia issues new surrender deadline for Mariupol as Ukrainians vow to fight on

Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials said Moscow had launched a major offensive, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

France 24

Israel airstrikes hit Palestine after rocket launched from Gaza as tensions soar

Israel has launched airstrikes on Palestine targets after its military said it shot down a rocket sent from the Gaza Strip with tensions having boiled over amid clashes at a Jerusalem shrine

Daily Mirror

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Hing Hoi Project Year 6 by CKPower Another aspect of social positive business for sustainable educational opportunities

In its report entitled ‘6 CSR Directions in 2022: From Net Zero to Social Positive’, Thaipat Institute gave its outlook on corporate social responsibility and sustainability creation. It indicated that the concept of social positive business it established for this year will form an important part in companies’ work to…

Bangkok Post

Ukraine latest: 'Battle for Donbas' begins as UN says civilian death toll exceeds 2,000 since Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff warns "the second phase of the war has started", amid Russian bombardments against cities across the country.

ABC News

Asean-US to meet amid great challenges

After more than six months of negotiations, the US and Asean have finally agreed that their leaders will meet in Washington DC on May 12-13. This kind of tussle could have been avoided had there been better coordination from the US side.

Bangkok Post

UN urges larger role for women

The UN Commission on the Status of Women reaffirmed recently that female leadership is vital in society to address climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction for all, a pivotal move to experience social change across the board, say parties concerned.

Bangkok Post

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Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters

As far as political debate goes, this federal election seems to be less about climate change than any in the past 15 years. Unlike in 2010, 2013 and 2016 – when governments were elected and leaders deposed over climate policy – this time there’s no brutal contest over the issue.

The Conversation

Tiwi Islands offshore gas fight shows public banks are under real pressure over fossil fuel funding

Not so long ago, it was easy for public banks to fund new fossil fuel projects. But now, as the world faces a worsening climate crisis, the tide may be turning.

The Conversation

UN: Yemen's Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers

The United Nations says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers

The Independent UK

Jordan's King Abdullah warns Israeli moves in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque are threat to peace

Jordan's King Abdullah said on Monday that Israel's "unilateral" moves against Muslim worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque seriously undermined the prospects for peace in the region, state media said.

Reuters

OIC Secretary-General Telephones Palestinian FM

Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha telephoned on Monday Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Maliki to discuss the ongoing Israeli violations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. He stressed the OIC's solidarity with the Palestinians, expressing its absolute support to their legitimate rights in Jerusalem…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Who speaks for Earth?

As space science matures and accelerates, the time has come for a democratically accountable UN to moderate human activity beyond Earth, writes Ian A. Crawford

Newsroom.co.nz

Why Rwanda asylum seeker plan is doomed to fail

It makes little sense to send vulnerable people to a country with a questionable human rights record, writes Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay. Plus letters from Prof David Richardson, Dr Martin Pugh, Dr Joseph Mullen, Neil Ross and Margaret Fowler

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Al Jazeera

Sudan investigates social worker for ‘leaking state secrets’ to UN

Human rights activists say Sulima Ishaq’s work against sexual violence implicates the government she works for.

Reuters

Serbia accuses Ukraine and unnamed EU country of Air Serbia bomb hoaxes

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Ukraine and an unidentified EU country of being behind a series of hoax bomb threats against Air Serbia planes.

The Independent UK

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel: Rwanda plan critics ‘fail to offer their own solutions’

UK home secretary attacks critics of plan to give unauthorised asylum seekers one-way tickets to African country

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The Independent UK

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It's a long journey to justice

Survivors of war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war say the victims of ongoing human rights abuses in Ukraine should learn from their experience of fighting for justice, but that they must first make peace with the fact that reaching it will inevitably be a lengthy and painful process

Evening Standard

Priti Patel hits out at Archbishop of Canterbury for criticising Rwanda plan

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby became the latest figure to denounce the scheme

The Guardian - UK

‘We are fighting the system’: Haiti lawyers taking rape to the courts

In a society riven with poverty and where armed gangs use sexual violence as a means of control, three women are working for justice

Financial Times

‘Destructive hunger’: South America’s farmers seek to head off global food crisis

Supply problems and rising costs make it difficult to replace lost agricultural output caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

ABC News

Russia's unspeakable horrors in northern Ukraine: Torture, murder and cluster bombs

Vladimir Putin's forces may have retreated from northern Ukraine for now, but many residents fear their nightmare is not yet over. WARNING: This article contains images and details readers might find distressing.

Radio France Internationale

A day in the life of a worker at Dandora, Nairobi's main dumping ground

Kenyan Sharon Atieno, 23, considers herself a busy woman. She believes in the saying 'the early bird catches the worm', and every day she leaves her Nairobi home at the crack of dawn to go to work. She is one of the waste collectors at the expansive Dandora dumping site…

Manchester Evening News

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends Rwanda plans after Archbishop says they 'oppose nature of God'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the controversial immigration plans in his Easter Sunday sermon

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