Drug smugglers deliver £68 million worth of cocaine to supermarkets by mistake Workers unpacking Colombian bananas shipments find rather unexpected surprise amid crates The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022
Europe wilts under early heat wave from Med to North Sea A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer. WEKU · Jun 18, 2022
Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar's ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship. Reuters · Jun 18, 2022
How Did Russia-Ukraine War Trigger a Food Crisis? Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world" and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley, more than 70%… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 18, 2022
Yemeni PLC Concludes Regional Tour for Gathering Support in Doha Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) concluded a regional tour that took it to each of Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt and Qatar to attract economic and political support. The President of the PLC on Wednesday arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, the last stop on his trip. Dr. Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 18, 2022
EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis? Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world.” The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022
GOP candidates undeterred after rival wins Trump endorsement Kentucky gubernatorial hopeful Ryan Quarles is doubling down on his grassroots Republican strategy The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
UN calls on UAE to release British man imprisoned in Dubai since 2008 UN working group rules that Ryan Cornelius has been held arbitrarily and subjected to rights violations The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is ‘absolutely shameful’, says Lady Amos Labour peer who is first black member of Order of the Garter says scheme threatens to undermine UK’s global standing The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Social media users shared a range of false claims this week The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Ukrainians in Russia align with Moscow but lament refugee camps More than a million Ukrainians have sought shelter in Russia since the war began. Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2022
Russia forces everyone in occupied eastern Ukraine to pay £200 each to fund war Vitaly Khotsenko, the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed republic, declared that 14,000 rubles (£200) will be taken from everyone, including infants and the elderly Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022
US sees perils for Russian influence in Americas if Ukraine war drags on WASHINGTON — Over dinner at the lush Getty Villa in Los Angeles, where curators have recreated a classical Roman home overlooking the Pacific, President Joe Biden had a rare opportunity to speak with leaders from across the Americas all together and in private. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 17, 2022
Axios · Jun 17, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres plays unique role on climate Guterres will be "blunt" in his brief remarks at the White House on Friday.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022 Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack António Guterres compares climate inaction to tobacco firms dismissing links between smoking and cancer
Radio France Internationale · Jun 17, 2022 UN deal sees Ivorian refugees given passports to return home The Côte d’Ivoire government, host countries, and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed a repatriation agreement to offer passports to Ivorian refugees around the world in an effort to encourage reintegration.
Roll Call · Jun 17, 2022 White House unveils global steps to speed climate transition - Roll Call The White House announced steps with 16 other nations to help hasten the global transition to renewable energy technologies.
Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022 Sergei Lavrov claims Russia ‘didn’t invade Ukraine’ while admitting it ‘isn’t squeaky clean’ The Russian foreign minister made a series of baseless claims during an interview with the BBC
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022 Kremlin Says Is in Contact with Turkey Regarding the Export of Grain from Ukraine Russia is in contact with Turkey regarding the export of grain from Ukraine but there are a lot of uncertainties from the Ukrainian side, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday. Turkey on Wednesday said it would "take some time" to de-mine Ukraine's ports but that a safe sea…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022 Cairo Looks Forward to High-Level US Participation in COP27 Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, received on Thursday a phone call from the United States Special Climate Envoy, John Kerry. Shoukry told Kerry his country is looking forward to high-level US participation in the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022,…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022 First Thing: Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’ Select committee chairman warns that the ‘system nearly failed’ but for Pence’s defiance. Plus, top Republican negotiator walks out of Senate gun talks
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022 ‘Nothing has changed since Grenfell’: Emma Dent Coad on death threats and PTSD as Kensington’s Labour MP She won the traditionally Tory seat just days before the fire. She talks about her powerlessness on that terrible night – and her battle to reform the council
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022 China's Xi to Host Virtual Summit for BRICS Emerging Economies Chinese President Xi Jinping will host a virtual summit with top leaders from Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa next week, marking the first such meeting since the Ukraine crisis unfolded. The influential club of BRICS emerging economies formed in 2009 is home to more than 40 percent of the…
Reuters · Jun 17, 2022 France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.