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Micronesia urges Solomons Islands not to sign China security pact

The leader of the Federated States of Micronesia has urged the Solomon Islands not to sign a security pact with China, saying he had "grave security concerns" and feared the Pacific could become embroiled in war between China and the United States.

Reuters

Moana Jackson was the most articulate, original and forceful intellectual of his generation

The lawyer, teacher and activist was without equal. New Zealand is so much poorer for his passing, but so much richer for his life

The Guardian - AU

Liz Truss urges India to help counter Russian attack on Ukraine

India has abstained in a series of votes in the United Nations on the issue

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Russians start to withdraw from Chernobyl

WASHINGTON: Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defence official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.

Bangkok Post

Liz Truss’s India visit made awkward by presence of Russian counterpart

Foreign secretary wants Narendra Modi to loosen ties with Russia – but Sergei Lavrov is also visiting

The Guardian - UK

South Korea says it has successfully test-fired its first solid-fuel space rocket

Test follows North Korea’s recent launch of a long-range missile amid speculation regime could soon conduct nuclear test

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia updates: Convoy of buses trying to reach trapped civilians in Mariupol, Ukraine says

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister says the International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed Russia has agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to the besieged city.

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Ukraine latest updates: US says no evidence Russia pulling back

Russia-Ukraine news from March 31: Biden says ‘no clear evidence’ that Russia is scaling back operations around Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia's progress has been stalled

The situation in Cambodia can perhaps be described as straddling a testament and a predicament. The testament is the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements (October 1991) which brought peace to the country after a long period of warfare and the "recent tragic past". It established a pivotal framework…

Bangkok Post

As Russia breaks promise, figures show more than four million Ukrainians are now refugees

More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion and 1189 civilians have been killed, according to the latest United

The New Daily

Ethiopia pushes to block U.N. funding for abuse inquiry

A United Nations General Assembly budget committee is due to vote Thursday on an Ethiopian push to block funding for an independent investigation into abuses in the country's conflict, diplomats said.

Reuters

Timeline: Week five of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet in Turkey as Russia says its forces near Kyiv and Chernihiv are regrouping.

Al Jazeera

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. Who will win? The incumbent, President Emmanuel Macron,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Michael Gove meets Edinburgh Ukrainian Club members

The Secretary of State for Housing and Communities said he discussed how to make the Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘even better’.

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UN experts seek to verify mass graves for migrants in Libya

Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body on Wednesday painted a grim picture for migrants in Libya, just days after saying they were looking into claims that mass graves have been found at a human trafficking center in the African country’s northwest

AAP

UN honours Warne with conservation grant

The United Nations will establish an animal conservation grant in memory of Australian cricket great Shane Warne.

The Guardian - AU

Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations

AFP not aware of ‘administrative oversight’ until letter from justice groups seeking update on 2019 complaint about Jagath Jayasuriya

The Guardian - AU

If Frydenberg is serious about resilience, he needs to address the root causes of climate change

Treasurer’s 2022 budget sees our government sleepwalking into more climate disasters

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The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

Manchester Evening News

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

The Conversation

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.

Reuters

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

Bangkok Post

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.

The Independent UK

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

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