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June off to its hottest start on record between El Niño and climate change

Average global temperatures in early June were the hottest ever recorded by the European Copernicus service, beating previous records by a "substantial margin".

Radio France Internationale

UN requires delegates at climate talks to reveal affiliation in effort to curb lobbying by Big Oil

The United Nations will require delegates attending the global body’s annual climate summit to disclose their affiliation in an effort to clamp down on undue influence by fossil fuel companies and others

The Independent UK

A third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations' labour agency on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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Indian security forces partisan; Manipur groups write to UN

The 15 organisations underlined the “breach of inter-community ties and peace” in Manipur and elsewhere in the northeast

The Hindu

The west has broken its promises to developing countries – and we’re all paying the price

A summit in Paris this month offers a way to tackle this disastrous failure, but only if western leaders bother to turn up, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Greek shipwreck highlights divided Libya’s inability to stem flow of refugees

Absence of unified Libyan national government leaves Europe lacking effective allies to tackle people-smuggling trade

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's conflict enters third month amid escalation of violence

Sudan's devastating war has entered its third month, with the murder of a governor marking a fresh escalation of violence in the western region of Darfur.

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Donor nations scramble to find billions of dollars of funding for Syrian aid

Donor nations from across the globe are scrambling to find billions in dollars to extend their aid commitment to millions of Syrians who have been battered by hunger, poverty, civil war and a massive earthquake

The Independent UK

UN atomic watchdog chief visits Ukraine nuclear plant threatened by war with Russia

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is visiting Europe’s largest atomic power plant in southern Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘The people don’t want us’: inside a camp for Iraqis returned from Syrian detention

Exclusive: As Iraq steps up transfers from al-Hawl, interviews with returnees raise questions over a process mired in complexities

The Guardian - UK

Hope fades for hundreds still missing in Greece migrant boat disaster

Greece continued the search for survivors on Thursday, a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea. The country has declared three days of mourning for the victims.

Radio France Internationale

Greek boat ‘had up to 100 children’ in its hold as it sank

Rescue operations continue for the hundreds still missing – with at least 78 confirmed dead

The Independent UK

Sudanese fleeing to Egypt face challenges despite deep ties and interwoven histories

The exodus of more than 210,000 people from Sudan to Egypt since the war began in April highlights the deep ties that bind the countries — and Egypt's mixed legacy in Sudan.

WEKU

Greece scours sea for survivors of migrant shipwreck, hundreds still missing

Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing.

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What will the UN high seas treaty mean for protecting the ocean?

The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations on Monday, contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.

WEKU

Dozens are dead and hundreds feared missing from migrant ship sinking off Greece

Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece.

Al Jazeera

Pope, grand imam make call for peace at UN Security Council

Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar, address UN meeting on need for ‘human fraternity’.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian fighter pilots learning to fly F-16 jets as Kyiv claims progress in counteroffensive – as it happened

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says Ukrainian personnel being trained so when planes are delivered, pilots are ready

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UNGA adopts resolution introduced by India to honour fallen peacekeepers, PM Modi thanks countries for support

The UN General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution introduced by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN Headquarters to honour fallen peacekeepers.

The Independent UK

Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing

A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank

Al Jazeera

West Darfur governor abducted, killed as war in Sudan spreads

West Darfur state governor Khamis Abakar killed after TV interview accusing paramilitary fighters of killing civilians.

The Hindu

Only 12% of Sustainable Development Goals targets are on track: Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP

In an exclusive interview for The Hindu, Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP said most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not on track and that at least 52 countries are facing “debt distress” that is forcing them to prioritise debt servicing over investing in human development goals.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 477 of the invasion

Ukraine counteroffensive making slow progress, say western officials; Chechnya ruler Kadyrov says right-hand man alive after all

The Independent UK

Pope joins with imam in making calls for peace before UN Security Council vote

Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam have made calls for peace as the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the importance of human fraternity

Bangkok Post

UN's Security Council selects 5 new members

In one of the more predictable rites of spring at the United Nations, the Security Council has elected, or actually selected, five new non-permanent members to serve on the powerful 15-member council. While this year's contest lacked some of the drama, debate and deliberation of the past, there were some…

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