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Renewables are cheaper than ever yet fossil fuel use is still growing – here’s why

Wind and solar are the world’s fastest growing energy sources and together generated 12% of global electricity in 2023. The amount of energy produced by wind and solar is expected to increase and accelerate.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

President Zelensky says the world must be ‘united’ with Ukraine against Russia

‘We must be united to make it - and we’ll do it.’

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2023

Biden urges UN Security Council to authorise international mission to Haiti

US president calls for approval of a ‘security support mission’ as Caribbean nation faces deadly gang violence.

Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2023

The 27 new Unesco World Heritage Sites for 2023 revealed

In order to join the prestigious list, sites must ‘be of outstanding universal value’

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Operation ‘carte blanche’ : Ukraine’s new defence minister cleans house

Six Ukrainian deputy defence ministers were dismissed on Monday, September 18, a clean sweep that comes just two weeks after a new minister has taken the reins. The fight against corruption is not the only cause of this upheaval in one of Ukraine's most strategic ministries. FRANCE 24 takes a…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2023

‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels

Prof Lesley Hughes says there is ‘cognitive dissonance’ between Labor’s stated commitment to the climate crisis and its policies

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2023

World reacts amid Azerbaijan-Armenia tensions over Nagorno-Karabakh attack

Azerbaijan says it wants to disarm Armenian forces, but global powers decry Baku, accusing it of imperilling security.

Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2023

Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds

A joint report from three U.N. agencies says the mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since taking power two years ago, has deteriorated across the country

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Russian abduction of Ukrainian children is ‘genocide’, Zelensky tells UN

US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took centre-stage at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to address world leaders on the war in Ukraine that has divided the global body. Biden has urged world leaders to stand with Kyiv against Russian aggression, while also touching on Washington's…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2023

How was the Iran-US prisoner exchange received in Tehran?

One newspaper close to the establishment says the exchange amounts to the US ‘kneeling’ before Iran.

Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2023