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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Al Jazeera

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Bangkok Post

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’.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Miami Herald

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

Good intentions, bad results.

Reason

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Conversation

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.

Tribune News Service

'I am crying at my salon': Taliban orders Kabul beauty parlors to shut down

All beauty salons in Kabul must close by the end of July. These businesses are one of the few places where women can work and congregate under the Taliban regime.

WEKU

Armed groups step up murders, rapes in Mali: HRW

New York-based rights group reports six attacks in the Gao region and two in Menaka between January and June.

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The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Calls for UK to act over violence tearing Sudan apart as mass grave found in Darfur: ‘We are doing nothing’

Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago

WEKU

The IOC says it will not invite Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympics in Paris

While Russia and Belarus will not receive formal invitations, the International Olympic Committee says it will not stop athletes from the two countries from participating as neutral contestants.

Al Jazeera

‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan

Job Tawengwa has lived on the road for about 25 years in his job defusing unexploded ordnances.

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The Guardian - UK

Pound on track for best week this year despite recession worries; Gatwick strikes called – as it happened

Strike action involving baggage handlers and check-in staff will “inevitably” cause severe delays, disruption and cancellations, Unite union says

The Independent UK

Moves at a small border village hike Israel-Hezbollah tensions at a time of regional jitters

A longtime dispute between Israel and Lebanon over a small border village is beginning to heat up

Al Jazeera

Syrian gov’t says UN can deliver aid from Turkey for six months

Syria says UN aid deliveries would have to be ‘in full cooperation and coordination with the Syrian Government’.

Al Jazeera

Why do some Palestinian teens in Jenin dream of ‘martyrdom’?

Amid raids, settler attacks and incursions into their homes, many young Palestinians want to join the fight.

The Guardian - UK

Army shelling of market kills dozens as Sudan violence escalates

Witnesses say some victims’ bodies still lay uncovered two days after incident in Omdurman

The Independent UK

North Korea's ambassador blames US for regional tensions in a rare appearance at UN Security Council

North Korea’s U.N. ambassador has defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council

Bangkok Post

Syria opens key aid corridor to rebel-held areas

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Syria will let humanitarian aid flow through its main border crossing into rebel-held areas, reopening a conduit that had closed after a Security Council stalemate, the country's UN ambassador said Thursday.

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