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Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders' resolve on climate

Heads of state, finance leaders and activists are converging in Paris to seek ways to overhaul the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and usher the global development banks into a post-pandemic world with a rapidly changing climate

The Independent UK

EU agrees new package of sanctions against Russia; Putin says Sarmat nuclear missiles ready soon – as it happened

EU members agree new sanctions against Russia; Russian president says warheads can soon be deployed for duty

The Guardian - AU

Allies seek big-business investment to rebuild Ukraine at London conference

Diplomats from dozens of countries are meeting in London to drum up funds to rebuild Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Irish soldiers in Lebanon targeted again, just months after murder of Private Sean Rooney

The Irish Mirror has confirmed that an Irish UN jeep from the unit that replaced slain Pte Rooney’s battalion last month was surrounded by an angry crowd for more than an hour

Irish Mirror

Biden-Modi relationship built around mutual admiration of scrappy pasts, pragmatic needs

President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have developed a relationship based on mutual respect of their scrappy backgrounds and a pragmatism about their shared challenges

The Independent UK

Modi to start US visit with yoga on the UN lawn, a savvy and symbolic choice for India's leader

There will be plenty of time to discuss global tensions during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S. this week

The Independent UK

Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft

Millions of Ethiopians were starved by a two-year war

The Independent UK

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Sudan conflict shows how peace could unravel in South Sudan if world doesn't watch, UN envoy says

The U_N_ envoy for South Sudan is warning the Security Council not to take its eyes off the world’s newest nation, saying the conflict in neighboring Sudan shows “how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.”

The Independent UK

UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence

The executive directors of two U.N. agencies are warning that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence

The Independent UK

World well short of pace needed to meet UN's 2030 sustainable development goals

The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity

The Independent UK

The destroyed Kakhovka dam once symbolized Russian-Ukrainian harmony

Whoever destroyed it, the fall of the 67-year-old Kakhovka Dam stands as a symbol of the final death of the Soviet dream of inter-ethnic and constructive co-operation.

The Conversation

Sudan war uproots 2.5 million, UN says, as bodies line Darfur streets

KHARTOUM - Bodies have lined the streets in Sudan's western Darfur region as the UN said Tuesday that more than two months of fighting have forced over 2.5 million people from their homes.

Bangkok Post

Sudanese official urges investigation into violence in Darfur, saying it's a return to past genocide

The governor of Darfur has called for an international investigation into violence against residents of the region, which has experienced some of the worst fighting in Sudan’s ongoing conflict

The Independent UK

US sanctions South Sudanese officials over conflict-related rapes of hundreds of women and girls

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a South Sudanese military officer and governor accused in connection with the rapes of hundreds of women and girls

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UN official praises Kenya's refugee integration program, says $200 million pledged, more needed

Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to discuss a new plan to integrate refugees into host communities

The Hindu

China blocks proposal at U.N. to blacklist Pak-based LeT terrorist and 26/11 accused Sajid Mir

China on June 20 blocked a proposal by India and the U.S. at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based LeT terrorist Sajid Mir, wanted for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as a global terrorist.

Evening Standard

UN approves world’s first treaty to protect high seas biodiversity

The UN says the treaty will take effect after 60 countries ratify it in September

The Independent UK

Peers urged to reject Northern Ireland legacy bill

Amnesty International said no amendments can save the ‘deeply damaging’ bill.

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Darfur governor calls for international probe in Sudan violence

A senior aid worker was assassinated in el-Geneina as the RSF reportedly kept fighting in Darfur despite a ceasefire.

The Independent UK

Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition

A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa

The Independent UK

Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns of service cuts without more funding

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that without a new injection of funding, it is “likely or highly likely” that the agency will not be able to deliver some services or pay salaries by the fall

Radio France Internationale

Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

Al Jazeera

In a first, UN rights chief seeks presence in India and China

Volker Turk who took over UN body last year calls for greater political support to establish office in India and China.

The Hindu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took Indian culture and traditions to world stage, says Amit Shah

Mr. Shah said PM Modi turned the practice of Yoga into a public movement benefitting the masses before adding that Mr. Modi became the first head of a country who will be leading the Yoga Day celebrations at the UN

The Independent UK

US and China hold top-level talks, but their rivalry remains unchecked

The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked and mutual suspicion still runs deep

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