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UN says Syria cross-border aid conditions ‘unacceptable’

UN raises concerns with Damascus’s terms for aid deliveries via Bab al-Hawa to rebel-held areas in northwest Syria.

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UN says the Damascus-proposed conditions for aid delivery to northwest Syria are 'unacceptable'

The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as “unacceptable.”

The Independent UK

As Turkey agrees to let Sweden into NATO, some see a pivot back to the West

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's U-turn on Sweden's NATO membership bid is fuelling speculation that he may be pivoting back to his traditional Western allies. Until now the Turkish leader has had something of a diplomatic love affair with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, even as the rest of Europe…

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International Criminal Court opens new investigation into Darfur violence

The International Criminal Court has opened a new probe into alleged war crimes in western Sudan, with its chief prosecutor expressing major concern over escalating violence.

Radio France Internationale

UN says 165 million people fell into poverty in past 3 years of crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty since 2020, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN is calling for the world's wealthiest economies to pause debt repayments by developing countries to ease the burden.

Radio France Internationale

PM Modi assures India's full support for UAE's COP-28 presidency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured India's full support for UAE’s COP-28 presidency as he held productive talks with the UN climate conference's President-designate Sultan Al Jaber here on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Should I give up Diet Coke? With aspartame under suspicion, an addict speaks

Katie Rosseinsky’s consumption is not on the level of Donald Trump’s, but she’s still concerned about its possible links to cancer. She explores the history of diet drinks, why more women drink them, and whether she should stop

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‘This feels exactly the right place to be’: Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History Museum

The UK’s former chief scientific adviser, a familiar face during Covid, talks about his new role as chair of the London museum and putting its collection at the heart of our climate response

The Guardian - UK

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world

Agreements that the United Nations and Turkey brokered with Ukraine and Russia to allow food and fertilizer to get from the warring nations to parts of the world where millions are going hungry have eased concerns over global food security

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 507

As the conflict enters its 507th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Brazil wants 10-year pause on deep sea mining as UN agency under pressure to draft regulations

Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses

The Independent UK

Trump snubbed as major evangelical group declines to invite him to conference

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, however, will reportedly be in attendance

The Independent UK

Video: The 'hunt' for Haitian migrants continues in the Dominican Republic

A video of a young child hanging from the arms of a detained Haitian woman through the barred door of an immigration control truck in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was published in early June. The country's migration director later dismissed the agent seen in the video. According to human rights…

France 24

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kyiv criticised for lack of gratefulness at Nato summit; foreign volunteers describe fighting Russian mercenaries

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Erdogan confident of extension to Ukraine grain deal

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence Friday on the prospects of an extension to the deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain and ease a global food crisis.

Al Jazeera

Some 300 children drowned trying to reach Europe so far this year

The figure recorded in the first six months of 2023 is likely to be an underestimate, the UNICEF says.

The Independent UK

Security Council gives UN chief 30 days to come up with options on how to fight Haiti's armed gangs

The U.N. Security Council has asked the secretary-general to come up within 30 days with options to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the conflict-torn nation

Bangkok Post

Wagner troops training Belarus forces

MOSCOW - Belarus said Friday that instructors from the Russian mercenary force Wagner were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the future of the group after its failed mutiny in Russia.

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Black refugees stranded in Tunisian desert witness death, misery

About 70 refugees, including women and children, are stuck in a ten-metre buffer zone they call ‘point zero’.

The Independent UK

Haiti human rights group warns kidnappings and killings are on the rise after brief respite

A leading human rights group in Haiti is warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings as the U.N. Security Council prepares to meet about the country’s worsening violence

Miami Herald

With help from American priest, four Haiti gang leaders have called a truce. Can it last?

For three years now, rival gangs in Haiti have turned the country’s poorest and most densely populated slum into one of the biggest battlegrounds, where women and girls are raped and people carrying out their daily activities are indiscriminately shot at by armed men firing from rooftops.

Reason

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Venomous Bugs, Warning Labels, Carbon Credit Scheme (Vol. 12)

Good intentions, bad results.

The Guardian - UK

Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN

People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser says

The Conversation

Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared -- new research

Limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5℃ is getting harder. A recent UN report even stated that there is now “no credible pathway” to achieve this goal.

Tribune News Service

Artificial sweetener aspartame is ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common use levels, who says

Concern about aspartame’s health risks was reawakened after one unit of the World Health Organization classified the artificial sweetener as a possible carcinogen and another agency cleared the substance for consumption at common levels.

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