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OPINION - World Book Day and the costumes from hell: why it's time we abolished this festival of stress

Is there any horror to compare with World Book Day horror? I’m over it all myself because my daughter is at secondary school and they don’t get you to dress up at The Very Hungry Caterpillar there.

Evening Standard

UN to halve Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh amid funding crunch

World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6.

Al Jazeera

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees to just $6 a month

Warnings of 'huge impact' on nutrition in Cox’s Bazar as amount allocated to each refugee is more than halved

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China’s conviction of 1,500 prisoners of conscience a ‘crime against humanity’

Report by rights group claims Beijing disproportionately targets women activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs through arbitrary detention

The Independent UK

Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels

Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say

The Guardian - UK

Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew?

Given recent history and the state of the world now, perhaps the thing that makes older people happiest is not being under 45, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Under Trump, the global order that America helped to build is crumbling

COMMENT: It is already clear the US president is hellbent on ushering in a new dawn in which traditional alliances are abandoned – and nations must fend for themselves, says Tobias Ellwood

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Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is deeply embedded in economies and societies

The Independent UK

Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?

When Donald Trump’s benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it should perhaps have been more surprising.

The Conversation

Sudanese starve as soup kitchens close and warring parties block aid

The pause in USAID funding is exacerbating the hunger crisis in Sudan and compounding the challenge for relief workers.

Al Jazeera

Ireland will not be part of any ‘deterrent’ deployment in Ukraine – Taoiseach

Micheal Martin said the country would be willing to be engaged in a peacekeeping mission if a ceasefire is reached.

Evening Standard

WATCH: Keir Starmer 'risking new nuclear arms race', Canadian Green leader warns

THE world is risking a new nuclear arms race – and Keir Starmer should give his “head a shake” rather than double-down on Trident, the…

The National (Scotland)

UK Government ignoring international law on nuclear weapons, experts warn

THE UK Government and other nuclear-armed states are flouting the international laws they have subscribed to, leading experts have said ...

The National (Scotland)

Ian Murray attacks SNP as he performs screeching U-turn on nuclear weapons

SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray has performed a screeching U-turn on his support for a global ban on nuclear weapons – instead suggesting he is…

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UN committee urges Labour to bin two-child cap and boost benefit spending

A TOP United Nations committee has urged the UK Government to bin austerity welfare policies like the two-child cap.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda slams UK 'betrayal' as sanctions pile up from Canada, Germany over DRC conflict

A week after the announcement of British sanctions against Rwanda for its involvement alongside the M23 in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kigali is complaining about what it sees as the UK's "betrayal". Meanwhile, Canada and Germany have also announced sanctions for the same…

The Conversation

How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the silicon chips that power our digital devices.

Space

'We should be living on Mars by now!' Red Planet and Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot steal the spotlight in NYC rock show

Rockers Andy Frasco and the U.N. blast off at Irving Plaza.

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Al Jazeera

Pro-Palestine Columbia student arrested: Can Trump silence campus protests?

A high-profile arrest and deportation move follows a funding cut for Columbia. But what does the law say?

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MAFS’ Jamie Marinos Reveals Moments That Were Cut From Last Night’s Explosive Episode

Jamie says there were "a lot more names" thrown around by Lauren.

The Independent UK

Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups are scrambling. What's happening on the ground?

Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive, trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

The dangerous folly of Australia’s come-what-may sycophancy towards Trump is on full display

A cloak of major party bipartisanship ensures no mainstream political challenge to the sanctified US-Australia relationship

The Guardian - UK

Building a ‘second republic’: students who led Bangladesh revolution launch political party

Jatiya Nagorik party, popular among the country’s vast youth, could shift electoral landscape but needs to show democratic, secular credentials

The Conversation

America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand

The aftermath of one of the most undiplomatic – and notorious – White House meetings in recent history reveals a changed world.

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