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UNESCO Rejects Stonehenge Heritage Danger Listing Over Highway Project

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War, Economic Chaos Defied Drive To End Hunger In 2023: UN

Conflict, economic turbulence and extreme weather scuppered efforts to curb hunger last year, with around nine percent of the world's population affected, UN agencies said on Wednesday.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2024

AI could become the ‘new steel’ as overcapacity risk goes unnoticed

When various governments intervene to increase capacity, as they have done with steel and may now be doing with AI, we struggle with spillover effects.

Fortune · Jul 24, 2024

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Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN

Annual report says climate crisis, conflict and economic shocks leave the global food system ‘disastrously vulnerable’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

Suggestions definition of petrostate is too narrow as many rich countries that could phase out fossil fuels double down

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

First Thing: Kamala Harris says US not going back to ‘chaos’ of Trump years

Vice-president makes fiery speech in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Plus, Zosia Mamet on Girls and nepo babies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2024

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Search Goes On After Ethiopia Landslides Kill 229

Rescuers aided by drones were continuing a desperate search on Wednesday for possible survivors of devastating landslides in an isolated area of southern Ethiopia that have claimed the lives of at least 229 people.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2024

Sudan paramilitary leader plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland hosted by US, Saudi Arabia

Sudan’s paramilitary leader has announced plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month arranged by the United States and Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

‘Life has come to a standstill’: the Palestinian refugees struggling to survive in Egypt

Israel’s war in Gaza has caused 100,000 Palestinians to cross the border into Egypt, where they have been unable to work or send their children to school, all while living in overcrowded accommodation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Gen Z buying Prada and Dior fakes to 'achieve a sense of social equality'

Awareness of income inequality, not bargain huntng, will likely make you buy counterfeit LVMH, university study reveals.

Fortune · Jul 24, 2024

Paramilitary RSF agrees to US-mediated talks on Sudan war

The US has invited the warring sides to Switzerland as efforts mount again to end brutal conflict.

Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2024

Monday is the hottest day recorded on Earth, beating Sunday's record, European climate agency says

The European climate service Copernicus said Monday broke the previous day's record of the world's hottest day ever

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

Tensions in Yemen could lead to ‘devastating’ regional escalation, says UN envoy

Despite renewed communication efforts between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, Hans Grundberg, the UN envoy to Yemen, warned the UN Security Council that growing international tensions have reached a “new and dangerous level,” and ongoing domestic disputes could plunge Yemen back into a “full-scale war”.

France 24 · Jul 24, 2024

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The Conversation · Jul 24, 2024

TikTok users are now using grassroots fundraising to help people in Gaza

As Israel’s military assault and siege of Gaza continues, Palestinians face increasingly hostile and inhumane conditions. Israel continues to obstruct humanitarian response operations.

International Business Times · Jul 23, 2024

US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks in Switzerland next month.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

Doctors in Khan Younis overwhelmed as casualties of new Israeli invasion mount

Nasser hospital director pleas for medical supplies and says staff cannot save influx of patients as IDF continues assault

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

UN relief agency worker accuses Israel of attack on vehicle at Gaza checkpoint

The alleged shooting came as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency could be officially declared a terrorist organisation by Israel

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The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

UN envoy to Yemen warns of a ‘devastating’ regional escalation, but points to glimmer of hope

The U_N_ envoy for Yemen is warning that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country “show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation.”

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

Imran Khan’s aide threatened with parents’ kidnapping in Pakistan over UK event

One of Imran Khan’s senior aides was warned his parents would be abducted if he went to an event at Westminster

The Conversation · Jul 23, 2024

Bangladeshi students rise up in revolt, but a wider movement against the government looks unlikely

Thousands of students in Bangladesh have taken to the streets over the past few weeks to demand an overhaul of how public sector jobs are distributed. The government had sought to reintroduce quotas that reserve 30% of these jobs for descendants of veterans from Bangladesh’s war of independence with Pakistan…

The Conversation · Jul 23, 2024

11 million Nigerian children are going hungry: how this hurts their health and what needs to be done

Unicef, the UN agency for children, reported in June 2024 that around 11 million Nigerian children were experiencing severe child food poverty.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

Victims of trafficking and torture were unlawfully housed in Essex asylum site RAF Wethersfield, court hears

Home Office is failing to properly screen vulnerable migrants before sending them to RAF Wethersfield, lawyers say

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

The world’s highest court has confirmed what we Palestinians always knew: Israel’s settlements are illegal

This ruling lays bare the reality of Israel’s occupation. Acting on it will bring us closer to peace, says lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh

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