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Russia warns West: we may work around the Black Sea grain deal

Russia warned the West on Friday that unless obstacles to its exports of grain and fertilisers were removed, then Ukraine would have to export grain over land and Moscow would work outside the UN-brokered landmark grain export deal.

Reuters

Cop28 president: world needs business mindset to tackle climate crisis

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber aims to use UN talks to set out how private sector can limit greenhouse gas emissions

The Guardian - UK

UNICEF: ‘Working with corporations is helping us make real progress toward sustainable development goals. Here’s how’

Partnerships with the private sector in hundreds of territories are vital to UNICEF's work for the protection children.

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Chinese Christians ‘to be sent to third country’

More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were arrested in Pattaya a week ago for overstaying their visas are expected to be sent to a third country next week, says a senior police official.

Bangkok Post

Türkiye Agrees with Russia Request to Lift Fertilizer Export Obstacles

Türkiye’s foreign minister said on Friday he agreed with Russia's request to lift obstacles to Russian fertilizer and grain exports, and that this needed to be addressed to extend the overall Black Sea grain deal involving Ukraine. Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara, alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China enters riskier space by positioning itself as diplomatic alternative to US

Recent meetings in Beijing mark a return to the world stage but with that comes increased scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

Japan, S Korea, US concerned over N Korea’s cyber-fundraising

The allies say North Korea uses funds from its ‘malicious’ cyber-operations to finance weapons development.

Al Jazeera

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Bin Mubarak Affirms Yemeni Support for Egypt’s Water Security

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Thursday his Yemeni counterpart Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak and discussed a number of bilateral and regional files.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Concerned over Life of Investigating Judge in Beirut Port Blast

UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite has expressed grave concern over interference in the investigation into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, including threats against investigating Judge Tarek Bitar. “I am deeply disturbed by reports that former State officials and others who have been implicated in the case have disingenuously resorted…

Asharq Al-Awsat

SKorea, US, Japan Call for Support of Ban on NKorea Workers

South Korea, the US and Japan called for stronger international support of efforts to ban North Korea from sending workers abroad and curb the North’s cybercrimes as a way to block the country’s means to fund its nuclear program. The top South Korean, US and Japanese nuclear envoys met in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Remembering Rwanda's darkest hundred days and the thousands who died

Rwanda today begins commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militia.

Radio France Internationale

New Peace Plan in Yemen Awaits Finishing Touches

New efforts are underway to resolve the Yemeni crisis as it enters its ninth year. An informed Yemeni source revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that a comprehensive peace document is being drafted. Sponsored by the United Nations, the finishing touches are being made to the draft that covers several phases. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Ship Due to Prevent Oil Spill from Yemen’s Safer Departs for Red Sea

A supertanker bought by the United Nations to remove oil from a ship abandoned off Yemen's coast departed China on Thursday, the UN announced, calling it a "significant" step in efforts to prevent a major spill. The UN Development Program (UNDP) had in March purchased the crude carrier Nautica to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Spreading faster than ever’: Bangladesh’s tea pickers have world’s highest rate of leprosy

Despite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the disease

The Guardian - UK

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‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics

Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Stages Rare Strikes in Lebanon, also Hits Gaza Strip

Israel launched rare strikes in southern Lebanon early Friday and pressed on with bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, marking a widening escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. The cross-border fighting erupted during a time of heightened religious fervor — when Jews…

The Independent UK

SKorea, US, Japan call for support of ban on NKorea workers

South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have called for stronger international support of efforts to ban North Korea from sending workers abroad and curb the North’s cybercrime

Daily Mirror

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu warns enemies to 'pay heavy price'

Tensions are rising in the region after days of unrest at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site and a rare rocket attack from Lebanon, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues an ominous statement

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Reuters

US, S.Korea, Japan concerned over N.Korea's 'malicious' cyber activities

The United States, South Korea and Japan expressed deep concern over North Korea's "malicious" cyber activities to support its weapons programmes, in comments released in a joint statement on Friday.

The Independent UK

UN: 3,300 Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on women

The United Nations says the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day to protest the Taliban’s ban on U.N. female staff working in the country, as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed

Reason

The Club of Rome's New Malthusianism-Lite Report

No overpopulation doom but humanity is still at risk by overstepping planetary boundaries.

Bangkok Post

UN digital pact needs firm support

The international community is about to have its first-ever global instrument on digitalisation, which is expected to be adopted at the Summit for the Future in September 2024. The instrument, called the Global Digital Compact (GDC), will guide countries to maximise digital cooperation by bringing the benefits of digital technologies…

ABC News

A crucial date for deep-sea mining in the Pacific is just around the corner, but is the world ready?

With applications set to open for companies to mine the depth of the Pacific ocean, leaders call for a suspension to the controversial practice.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Palestinian Refugee Chief Warns over Lack of Donors

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini told The Associated Press in an interview that he plans to make a new appeal for donors after…

Fortune

Sundar Pichai needs to be clearer about Google's A.I. search plans

The stakes are bigger than the company’s business interests, but Alphabet’s chief executive has been frustratingly vague.

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