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Turkey: Ukraine grain export deal to be signed in Istanbul

Turkish officials say a deal on a U.N. plan to unblock the shipment of Ukrainian grain and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers will be signed in Istanbul on Friday

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

Ukraine calls for international tribunal to bring Putin to justice more quickly

Trying top Russian regime members for act of aggression could bring indictments ‘within three months’, says official

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

World Bank to Fund $100 Million in Food Insecurity Aid to Sudan Through WFP

The World Bank has agreed to provide the UN's World Food Program with $100 million for an “emergency safety net project” to address food insecurity in Sudan, it said in a statement on Thursday. The program, whose funding comes from the European Union, United Kingdom, and several other nations, aims…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022

Leading figures urge drugs firm to lower price of ‘game-changing’ HIV prevention drug

Signatories including Olly Alexander, Stephen Fry and Joseph Stiglitz issue a letter asking ViiV to make cabotegravir affordable to low- and middle-income countries

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Destruction of nature as threatening as climate crisis, EU deputy warns

European Commission’s Frans Timmermans says biodiversity situation is ‘really very, very scary’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Is the world retracting from globalisation, setting it up for a fifth wave?

Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions and benefits.

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022

Despite Houthi Obstacles, UN Envoy Intensifies Efforts to Explore Possibilities of Yemen Truce Extension

Despite the obstacles put by the Houthi militias, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said Thursday that he has intensified his engagements with the parties to support the implementation of all elements of the truce, and to explore possibilities for an expanded and extended truce beyond August 2.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022

WHO to Decide on Sounding Highest Alarm on Monkeypox

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound. A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022

'ESG' represents a fundamental shift in business strategy—but the term is unclear, unpopular, and increasingly polarizing

"Women's and family health has always been underserved," says Ryder.

Fortune · Jul 21, 2022

UNDP Official in Afghanistan to Asharq Al-Awsat: Taliban, ISIS Locked in Brutal War

The UNDP’s Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdullah Dardari, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the political dialogue between the international body and the Taliban was constructive and making progress before the latter issued a decision to ban girls from education. Dardari noted that the Taliban is fighting a vicious and explicit…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022