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Libyan PM Survives Assassination Attempt

Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. The source said the incident happened as Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear assassination attempt,…

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Fish oil and fishmeal industry harming food security in west Africa, warns UN

Campaigners say the sector leads to overexploitation of stocks while pushing up prices and aggravating local unemployment

The Guardian - UK

King Salman, Biden Reaffirm Strong Strategic Ties in Phone Call

King Salman received a call from US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, during which the two leaders reaffirmed the historic and strategic ties between the Kingdom and the United States. They discussed the need to strengthen cooperation and achieve stability in the region and world. Biden stressed the US commitment…

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Libya: Gunmen attack Dbeibah’s car ahead of vote to replace him

Sources say Libya’s Abdulhamid Dbeibah escaped unhurt after gunmen fired on his car in the capital, Tripoli.

Al Jazeera

UN rapporteur ‘appalled’ by convictions for Honduran environmentalists who opposed open-pit mine

Legal and human rights experts condemn decision to find six activists guilty of crimes against mining company

The Guardian - US

World Health Organization warns Covid 'isn't finished' despite drop in cases

A new campaign has been launched to plough money into testing and vaccines worldwide

Wales Online

Humans behaving badly: Kurt Zouma is not alone in alleged animal abuse

From eating bats to dumping cats in bins, humans are not always on best behaviour around animals

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Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study

Global temperature to rise to around 2.2°C above the pre-industrial average by 2100.

Reason

UN Sudan Mission to Wrap Up Consultations, Publish Document

The United Nations special mission in Sudan is concluding consultations aimed at salvaging the country's democratic transition and will produce a summary document next week, a UN source told Reuters on Wednesday. A military coup on Oct. 25 ended a two-year partnership with political parties.

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Iraq pays last chunk of $52.4 billion Gulf War reparations - UN

Iraq has completed payment of $52.4 billion to compensate individuals, companies and governments who proved damages due to its 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the United Nations reparations body said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Aontu TD Peadar Toibin names Soldier F in Dail

The soldier had been accused of murdering two men during Bloody Sunday in 1972

Irish Mirror

U.N. Sudan mission to wrap up first round of consultations, publish summary

The United Nations special mission in Sudan is concluding an initial round of consultations aimed at salvaging the country's democratic transition and will produce a summary document next week, a U.N. source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Mali says it will work with regional bloc, AU, UN on transition timeline

Mali's transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa's regional bloc, the African Union and the United Nations to work toward a return to constitutional order, it said on Wednesday.

Reuters

‘Life was lovely’: Chagossian women head home 50 years after forced exile

Women on Mauritian-chartered vessel bound for Chagos Islands recall how life there was ‘paradise’

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The Conversation

White Malice: how the CIA strangled African independence at birth

Historian Susan Williams grew up in Zambia. Like other scholars of her generation raised in former settler societies of southern Africa, she empathises with the continent’s people.

The Guardian - UK

‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters

Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning ship

Radio France Internationale

Mauritius sails to Maldives to ascertain rights over Chagos Archipelago

Mauritius has sent a scientific expedition to survey its maritime borders with the Maldives in relation to an ongoing dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago. The survey will help resolve the dispute between both countries over the maritime boundary in an area near the Chagos islands.

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WHO: Global COVID-19 Case Counts Decline 17% In Latest Week

The World Health Organization says coronavirus case counts fell 17% worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week, including a 50% drop in the United States, while deaths globally declined 7%, the World Health Organization says. The weekly epidemiological report from the UN health agency, released late Tuesday,…

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Sudanese Opposition Pushes for Constitutional Declaration that Removes Army's Control

Sudan's opposition Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) stressed the need to exclude the army from any future political arrangements, saying military leaders used the remnants of the former regime against the United Nations initiative to solve the crisis in the country. The Forces handed its vision to resolve the…

ABC News

Court documents claim Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an 'open book' in 2000 – years before bugging scandal

A court filing claims that then-foreign minister Alexander Downer boasted to a Labor staffer that Timor-Leste was an "open book", as allegations emerge that Australia may have been monitoring the nation's leaders before the 2004 Witness K bugging scandal.

The Independent UK

Ethiopian artefacts on eBay spark fears of looting from war-torn Tigray

Ancient relics including manuscripts and bibles are being sold online for as little as a few hundred pounds

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Iraq’s Mosul, Library Rises from Ashes of ISIS Reign

The storied library of Iraq's Mosul University boasted a million titles before ISIS militants rampaged through it, toppling book shelves and burning ancient texts. Now, almost five years after their defeat, the war-battered northern metropolis is trying to rebuild the pride of the city long known as a literature hub…

Radio France Internationale

Hopes high for sea change as France opens One Ocean Summit

Civil society, business leaders and policymakers are meeting in Brest for the One Ocean Summit from Wednesday, where issues such as sea levels, plastic pollution, economic development and education will take centre stage. Several initiatives are expected to be unveiled during a meeting hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Arab Coalition Exchanges Information Regarding Houthi Allegations with UN

The Arab Coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen confirmed it had held a “constructive” meeting with the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, William David Grisley.

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Western Donors Decry Tunisia’s Abolition of Judicial Council

Tunisia's main Western donors voiced "deep concern" on Tuesday at the president's move to dissolve a body tasked with ensuring judicial independence after he seized wide powers last year in a move critics call a coup. President Kais Saied announced his declaration to abolish the Supreme Judicial Council on Sunday,…

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