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Aid agencies in Haiti call for 120 million euros to feed starving population

Aid agencies working in Haiti have called for 120 million euros over six months to tackle food shortages affecting nearly five million people.

Radio France Internationale

A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake

A handful of students return to a school in Gaziantep, Turkey, that seeks to help revive old Syrian and Turkish music and integrate refugees.

WEKU

American couple kidnapped off bus in Haiti

Family says kidnappers are demanding a huge ransom which they can’t afford

The Independent UK

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First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks

Non-binding commitments, paucity of scientific data and poor representation of global south left a lot to be desired at summit

The Guardian - US

UN report: Ukrainian and Russian POWs faced torture, executions

Ukrainian prisoners of war were more likely to face ill-treatment, the UN found.

Axios

Use of force signals ‘crisis of authority’ as France’s pension battle turns to unrest

Fury at President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament on pension reform has sparked days of unrest across the country, reviving scrutiny of police’s heavy-handed tactics and leaving French cities shrouded in tear gas and smoke – with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter standoff.

France 24

U.N. hopes water meeting can create 'rippling effect' to stave off crisis

The United Nations' first meeting on water in nearly half a century drew towards a close on Friday with hopes it would spur political momentum and fears that too little is being done to tackle chronic water stress globally.

Reuters

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UN head says survival depends on how people manage water

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water

The Independent UK

Indigenous leaders negotiate on water

After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard

Salon

POW executions on both sides —Ukraine report

A UN report into the atrocities of the war in Ukraine has uncovered dozens of prisoner of war deaths and abuses on both sides.

The New Daily

Exclusive-IAEA confirms almost all missing uranium in Libya now accounted for

Most of the roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium ore concentrate (UOC) recently declared missing from a site in Libya have been found at that site, the U.N. nuclear watchdog told member states on Friday in a statement seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Protests at North East councils call to stop Pension Fund fossil fuel investment

The Tyne and Wear Pension Fund is used by more than 300 employers, and campaigners say it should be investing in green jobs and sustainable services instead of fossil fuels

Chronicle Live

UN Libya Envoy Points to ‘Alternatives’ If Political Bodies Duck Electoral Pact

If Libya's legislative bodies are unable to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner "we will look at what alternative we will find", the UN Libya envoy said on Friday, indicating he would not accept moves to derail a march to elections. Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily is seeking to break…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.N. Libya envoy points to 'alternatives' if political bodies duck electoral pact

If Libya's legislative bodies are unable to agree on electoral laws in a timely manner "we will look at what alternative we will find", the U.N. Libya envoy said on Friday, indicating he would not accept moves to derail a march to elections.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 34 Migrants Missing after Fifth Boat Sinks off Tunisia in Two Days

At least 34 African migrants were missing on Friday after their boat sank off Tunisia, the fifth shipwreck in two days, raising the total number of missing to 67 amid a sharp increase in boats heading towards Italy, Tunisian officials said. The Italian coast guard said on Thursday it had…

Al Jazeera

UN commission ends hearings on rights abuses in Israel, Palestine

The commission of inquiry spoke to witnesses, including relatives and colleagues of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh.

The Guardian - UK

Haiti faces ‘hunger emergency’ amid escalating gang violence and surging inflation

Acute hunger is affecting 4.9 million Haitians, according to a UN report, which outlines the increased need for humanitarian aid

The Independent UK

UN official hails seven mothers on hunger strike outside Downing Street

The Food Foundation charity found one in four mothers in Britain are skipping meals to feed their children.

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The Guardian - UK

UK planning to launch watered down net zero strategy in oil capital Aberdeen

Exclusive: Labour decries ‘climate vandalism’ as Aberdeen launch signals intention to boost fossil fuel industry

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin offered protection from arrest by South Africa as party PRAISES tyrant

South African opposition minority party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has said Vladimir Putin is welcome to their country despite an arrest warrant being issued

Daily Record

Support for Heathrow third runway must be withdrawn by next First Minister, say Lib Dems

The SNP's backing of controversial plans for expansion at Heathrow Airport are 'not compatible' with climate goals, Alex Cole-Hamilton said.

Bangkok Post

‘Tawan’ and ‘Bam’ hit the campaign trail

Two young activists who staged a 52-day hunger strike to press for the release of political prisoners and abolition of the lese-majeste law have hit the campaign trail again, asking political parties to take a stand on the sensitive issue.

The Guardian - UK

UK must fight for Jimmy Lai’s release, friend of jailed Hongkonger tells MPs

Apple Daily founder and British national, 75, in jail since 2020 facing charges under national security law

The Conversation

IPCC's conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) synthesis report recently landed with an authoritative thump, giving voice to hundreds of scientists endeavouring to understand the unfolding calamity of global heating. What’s changed since the last one in 2014? Well, we’ve dumped an additional third of a trillion tonnes of CO₂…

Reuters

UN rights office details latest abuses in Russia's attack on Ukraine

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday its investigators had confirmed thousands more civilian casualties in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including 21 people killed by Russian forces in executions or individual attacks.

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