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House competition bill packed with progressive policy goals

WASHINGTON — A host of progressive foreign policy provisions on issues like scrutinizing advanced weapon sales to the United Arab Emirates and welcoming more asylum-seekers fleeing Beijing’s oppression were tucked into House Democrats’ bill aimed at bolstering competition with China.

Tribune News Service

Libya's political divide widens as rival PMs vie for power

Libya's western-based administration has upheld a decision by lawmakers in the country's east to appoint a new prime minister, effectively creating two rival heads of government. The UN has urged all sides to preserve calm "as an absolute priority".

Radio France Internationale

UK urged not to abandon climate goals amid net zero row

Climate experts fear attacks falsely linking net zero to energy price rises are undermining UK emissions targets

The Guardian - UK

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How ‘forever chemicals’ are using marine life to travel the world by sea

First it was PCBs, now it’s PFAS – harmful toxic pollutants that don’t biodegrade are affecting ecosystems around the globe

The Guardian - UK

Incursion could start at ‘any time’, White House warns – as it happened

US relocating remaining embassy staff to Lviv, Antony Blinken confirms

The Guardian - US

Egyptian FM in Germany to Drum up Support for COP27

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed Sunday to the German city of Bonn, where he will seek to drum up international support for the upcoming Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) to be held in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh in November. Shoukry will visit the headquarters of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Liz Truss warns Russia could launch Ukraine invasion ‘almost immediately’ – as it happened

Russia could launch invasion of Ukraine ‘almost immediately’, foreign secretary warns a Cobra meeting, after PM tells Putin to step back from precipice

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Priti Patel’s ‘unworkable’ asylum reforms will cost taxpayer £2.7bn a year, report finds

Exclusive: Ministers accused of ‘wasting vast amounts’ of money on ‘cruelly pushing away’ people in need of safety

The Independent UK

Kurdish Officials: 3 Challenges Facing Autonomous Administration in 2022

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) is facing three challenges this year, said Head of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Ilham Ahmad. The Rojava Executive Council held its third annual meeting in Raqqa, in the presence of the seven Autonomous Administrations, for two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AU Launches Efforts to End Sudanese Crisis

A high-ranking African Union delegation, led by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki, met Sudanese officials and party leaders to resolve the political crisis following the army coup on October 25. The meeting, chaired by Army Commander Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, was also attended by military and security…

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UN Adviser Tells Libya It Must Preserve Calm, Stability

The UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Libya on Sunday called on both Libya's interim prime minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah and his parliament-designated successor Fathi Bashagha to preserve calm and stability. Dbeibah, prime minister of the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), has said he will hand over power only after an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mauritius formally challenges Britain’s ownership of Chagos Islands

Mauritian ambassador to UN raises country’s flag above atoll of Peros Banhos

The Guardian - UK

Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin increasing military options

Ukraine news from February 14: Pentagon says Putin is adding more military force and capability near Ukraine’s borders.

Al Jazeera

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard

A special United Nations panel is putting the finishing touches on a major science report that's supposed to tell people the “so what?”

The Independent UK

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Assad regime’s grip on aid agencies in Syria must be addressed, says report

Resurgent Syria government forces control distribution and one militia has contract to rebuild city it destroyed, claims thinktank

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nations to Review Harrowing Catalogue of Climate Impacts

Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual UN meeting Monday to finalize what is sure to be a harrowing catalogue of climate change impacts -- past, present and future. Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, mosquito-borne disease, deadly heat, water shortages, and reduced crop yields are already measurably worse due to global…

Reuters

Can the U.N. do more than just talk about Russia, Ukraine crisis?

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy on Russia's troop build-up near Ukraine as Washington warns Moscow could invade at any time.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. envoy to U.N. cancels Liberia trip to focus on Russia

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy over Russia's troop build-up near Ukraine, the U.S mission to the United Nations said.

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Man wants to apologise to police officer who shot him

The 51-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of having an imitation firearm

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Hamas Calls on Britain to End Free Trade Agreement with Israel

The Palestinian Hamas movement condemned the signing of a free trade agreement between Britain and the "Zionist Occupation State," the German News Agency reported. The movement said the agreement confirms that the UK continues to support the Israeli occupation and "its criminal and racist policies against the Palestinian people." In…

The Independent UK

Five UN staff abducted in southern Yemen while returning after field mission

‘United Nations is in close contact with the authorities to secure their release’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine crisis live: Kyiv creates $592m fund to keep airspace open; UK defence secretary cuts short holiday – as it happened

Latest updates: Move comes as some airlines scrap flights amid tensions; Ben Wallace returning to UK due to situation

Al Jazeera

Armed men kidnap five UN staff in southern Yemen

UN official says the organisation is working on releasing the staff, who were abducted on Friday in Abyan governorate.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Once Lebanon’s Center of Glamor, Hamra Street Goes Dark

From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia President Names New Temporary Supreme Judiciary Council

Tunisia's president issued a decree on Saturday to establish a provisional Supreme Judiciary Council, effectively replacing the present council, the Tunisian presidency announced on Facebook. Late last week President Kais Saied said he would issue a decree effectively dissolving the Supreme Judiciary Council, one of the last remaining institutions in…

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