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Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN

Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

176 global leaders and Nobel laureates urge Bangladesh to halt cases against Peace Prize winner

More than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates are urging Bangladesh to suspend legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Buying second-hand clothes ‘could prevent carbon emissions equivalent to 260,000 flights to Greece’

Oxfam found in new research that only 10 per cent of the average wardrobe contents are second-hand

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Sudan's army chief Burhan makes first trip to Egypt since conflict

In tonight's edition: Sudan's military ruler General Abdel Fattah-al-Burhan visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since Sudan spiralled into war. Also, our reporters meet Sudanese escaping war by fleeing into Tunisia. Many face desperate conditions in the Tunisian city of Zarzis. Plus the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for…

France 24 · Aug 29, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy accused of racist dog whistle over Nikki Haley’s ‘real’ name

‘This is a dog whistle. Crazy to see it coming from a fellow Indian American,’ Alyssa Farah Griffin writes

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Death typical of Libyan camps say former detainees after video emerges

Former detainees now in Tunisia say death of woman in Libya camp is not unexpected considering conditions there.

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2023

Ikea’s Space10: a decade of ground-breaking design ideas

Ikea’s Space10 has announced it will close on 31 August 2023 after ten years of groundbreaking innovations in food, design and more: see our Space10 top ten

Wallpaper · Aug 29, 2023

Vladimir Putin ‘too busy’ to face world leaders at G20

Russia will instead be represented by the country’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia over Amhara region unrest since July

The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to disband them

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding

When civil war broke out in 2015, a leaky oil tanker in the Red Sea became a crisis point – triggering a nail-biting series of events that saw special negotiations between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government, and the UN begging the public for help – and getting it from…

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023