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Somalia Joins East Africa Trade Bloc In 'Milestone'

Conflict-weary Somalia on Friday became the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) in a move hailed as a milestone for the troubled Horn of Africa country.

International Business Times

World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief

Exclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop dawdling’ and act before crucial summit in Dubai

The Guardian - UK

UN chief gives interview from melting Antarctica on eve of global climate summit

On the eve of international climate talks, U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice that’s been frozen for millions of years is melting due to human-caused climate change, sending the message that “we absolutely need to act immediately.”

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Climate crisis: what to consider if you're questioning whether to have children

The warnings about the disastrous impact we are having on our planet are becoming more dire. The UN Environment Programme’s most recent emissions gap report, which tracks our progress in limiting global warming, revealed that the world is on course for a “hellish” 3°C of global heating before the end…

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Hamas frees 24 hostages in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of cease-fire swap

The freed hostages included 13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and one from the Philippines, according to Qatar.

Chicago Sun-Times

Argentinian firebrand Javier Milei is right about one thing: British sovereignty of the Falklands must end

The Conservatives’ stubborn stance on the islands’ future is merely a refusal to let go of our last spark of military glory, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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UN agencies hope truce will allow aid into northern Gaza

While welcoming pause in hostilities and entry of supplies, UN health agency chief says ‘much more is needed’.

Al Jazeera

India: how COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence against women. The UN includes in its definition of domestic violence what it refers to as “economic violence”, which it explains as: “making or attempting to make a person…

The Conversation

Palestinians in Gaza seeking refuge from war find their world is shrinking. They say nowhere is safe

Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with no exits

The Independent UK

Gaza shrinks for Palestinians seeking refuge. 4 stories offer a glimpse into a diminished world

Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with no exits

The Independent UK

SNP MP criticises Angus Robertson's 'out of step' visit to China

AN SNP MP has criticised a visit to China undertaken by External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson, stressing it was "out of step with…

The National (Scotland)

UK's new back to work plan will make life even harder for disabled people

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has unveiled new rules for welfare benefit claimants. Under the government’s back to work plan, £2.5 billion of funding is to be allocated to employment support schemes with the aim of getting over 1 million people with long-term health conditions or disabilities, as well as…

The Conversation

UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak

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Southern African troops versus M23 rebels in the DRC: 4 risks this poses

The security situation in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to deteriorate. The region comprises North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces. It’s about seven times the size of neighbouring Rwanda.

International Business Times

India Tunnel Collapse 'Wake-up Call' For Modi's Infrastructure Drive

India's aggressive infrastructure push into the ecologically fragile Himalayan mountains has been given a "wake-up call" by the collapse of a road tunnel that trapped 41 men, environmental experts say.

The Hindu

PM Modi likely to attend UN climate talks in UAE on Nov 30-Dec 1

PM Modi to attend UN climate talks in Dubai on Nov 1, deliver India's statement. He'll discuss actions & plans to scale climate action. India's NDCs aim to reduce emissions intensity & achieve 50% cumulative electric power from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. COP28 to conclude 1st global stocktake &…

Radio France Internationale

Chad junta grants general amnesty over deadly 'Black Thursday' anti-govt rally

Chad's military rulers have announced a general amnesty that effectoively ends prosecution and recinds guilty verdicts related to the deaths of hundreds of protesters in a 2022 anti-government rally.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I have no idea how I’ll survive’: Myanmar villagers who fled airstrikes face food shortage

In camps on the border with Thailand, thousands of people displaced by the military are subsisting on meagre rations

The Hindu

‘Kancheepuram deserves world heritage status,’ says architect Abha Narain Lambah, who helped get Santiniketan on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Abha Narain Lambah has been a pioneer in India's conservation field, restoring iconic buildings from Elphinstone College to Mumbai's Opera House. Her practice has won several UNESCO awards and she has crafted management plans for Ajanta Caves and prepared the dossier for Santiniketan’s UNESCO listing. She has worked with governments…

The Guardian - UK

Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm

The Guardian - UK

Houthi attacks on Israel jeopardise Saudi peace efforts in Yemen

US reportedly willing to attack Houthi military sites unless Houthis release Israeli-linked ship seized on Sunday

International Business Times

'Repressive State': Climate Activists Fear COP28 Clampdown In UAE

Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system.

France 24

Hamas frees 24 hostages, 39 Palestinians released from Israeli jails

Hamas on Friday released 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and a Filipino national, taking the total number of hostages released to 24, according to the Qatari foreign ministry. Under the terms of the Israeli-Hamas truce deal, Israel in turn freed 39 Palestinian women and children from jails, Qatar confirmed. Read FRANCE…

The Guardian - UK

‘We are overwhelmed’: southern Gaza’s exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die

A surgeon at one of the territory’s last functioning hospitals tells of desperate conditions amid an acute lack of medicine

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