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Celebrations As New Biopiracy Treaty Agreed At UN

Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated Friday at the United Nations following the agreement of a treaty against the pillaging of their traditional knowledge and genetic resources, like those from medicinal plants.

International Business Times

UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under global patent system

U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to help ensure that traditional knowledge about genetic resources — like medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains — is properly traced

The Independent UK

First Thing: Senate investigates Trump’s reported ‘deal’ with oil companies

Two Senate committee chairs sent letters to eight oil companies after Trump reportedly requested $1bn in contributions to his campaign. Plus, ICJ set to rule on Israel’s Gaza offensive

The Guardian - UK

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It’s an open secret: the UAE is fuelling Sudan’s war – and there’ll be no peace until we call it out

The Emirates is arming and supporting one side in the conflict, but UK and US officials have shied from confronting it, writes Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of the Sudan Bukra TV channel

The Guardian - UK

Creating water from thin air? The university helping to decarbonise our future

Experts at Northumbria University are winning millions in funding to find new ways to tackle the climate crisis, including using solar power to create water, and to train the next generation of carbon champions

The Guardian - UK

US pressure could derail ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

Court faces pressure after chief prosecutor announces he is seeking to arrest Israeli leaders for actions in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

The Latest | Israel finds 3 hostages' bodies in Gaza as it braces for UN court ruling

Israel is bracing for the top United Nations court to rule Friday on whether it must halt its military operations and withdraw from Gaza

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Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu rejects genocide claims as ‘false and outrageous’; Palestinian Authority welcomes ICJ ruling – as it happened

UN’s top court orders halt to Rafah offensive, saying it is ‘not convinced’ evacuation and other measures are alleviating Palestinians’ suffering

The Guardian - US

Israel Strikes Gaza As World Court Orders Ceasefire

Israeli forces struck the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the UN's top court ruled on a plea to halt the military offensive over accusations of "genocide".

International Business Times

The top UN court is set to rule on a request for it to order Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza

The top United Nations court is set to rule on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave

The Independent UK

Security Council to vote on resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers, demanding protection

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel

The Independent UK

UK ministers to be challenged in human rights court over protest injunctions

Friends of the Earth will argue private companies are allowed to create their own public order laws that stifle demonstrations

The Guardian - UK

Mines, Unexploded Ordnance A Daily Menace For Afghanistan's Children

The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a child every other day in Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Top UN Court To Rule On S. Africa Gaza Ceasefire Bid

The top United Nations court on Friday will rule on a plea by South Africa to order a halt to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, with Pretoria accusing Israel of "genocide".

International Business Times

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US Military Aids In Humanitarian Efforts To Gaza

Israeli military advances in Rafah as U.S. delivers aid to Gaza amidst challenges. Cooperation among U.S., IDF, UN, and others for aid distribution.

The Guardian - UK

ICJ expected to make new ruling on Israel’s war in Gaza

Court may order a halt to offensive, in what would be another sign of growing international isolation for Benjamin Netanyahu

France 24

Largest hospital in central Gaza on brink of shutdown due to lack of fuel

The largest hospital serving central Gaza faces imminent shutdown because it is running out of power after Israel’s military assault in Rafah severely limited entry of fuel for generators, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Thursday.

International Business Times

Don't Expect UN Peacekeepers To Stop Wars, Chief Tells AFP

The world cannot look to UN peacekeepers as a way of stopping wars, whether in Gaza or other active conflict zones, the department chief told AFP, citing the famous Blue Helmets' inherent limitations.

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: US-supplied glide bombs struggle against Russian jamming

‘Extremely cruel’ attacks kill at least seven in Kharkiv; Blinken told to get rid of ban on Ukrainians firing US weapons into Russia. What we know on day 821

International Business Times

Pandemic Agreement Talks Come To The Crunch

Countries trying to thrash out a global agreement on handling future pandemics are hoping to seal the deal Friday after weeks of creeping progress in exhausting talks.

The Independent UK

More aid getting from US pier to people in Gaza, officials say, after troubled launch

U.S. officials say a six--day-old U.S. pier project in Gaza is starting to get more aid to Palestinians in need but conditions are challenging

International Business Times

Five Key Points In Proposed Pandemic Agreement

Countries are trying to finalise a global agreement on how to prepare for and avert pandemics by Friday evening, after two years of negotiations triggered by the horrors of Covid-19.

The Conversation

Friday essay: crimes against humankind – Rai Gaita on Israel’s war on Gaza and the student protests

I dedicated Justice and Hope: Essays Lectures and Other Writings, published last year, to my grandchildren, but I intended this dedication, implicitly, to be to all young people. This is what I wrote.

The Conversation

What the International Criminal Court’s anticipated arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Hamas leaders mean for Canada

On May 20, Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he has applied for arrest warrants for five Israeli and Hamas leaders. These include Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant. This dramatic development marks the first time leaders of a western…

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney under pressure on Palestine – as he fails to mention Gaza in Parliament

JOHN Swinney is under fresh pressure to stop Scottish taxpayers’ money being used to fund “Israel's genocidal assault” in Palestine – as he…

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