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Putin is using food as a weapon – but his cynical attempts to drum up forced allies will fail

By reneging on the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has driven up food prices around the world, says Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

Do phrases like 'global boiling' help or hinder climate action?

Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended, he declared dramatically, and the era of “global boiling” has arrived.

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2023

Expert panel calls for urgent rethink on Great Barrier Reef management amid ‘unremitting’ climate crisis

Group chaired by former chief scientist Ian Chubb writes to Tanya Plibersek, saying ‘business as usual’ on the reef is not an option

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023

Past and present public servants to be investigated – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023

From the command centre in Kyiv, Olena Zelenska’s urgent plea to help her nation as war rages around her

Bel Trew sits down with the first lady in a wide-ranging interview discussing her work rebuilding Ukraine in the middle of war – and the pressures on her family

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Coup in Niger: On the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum

President Bazoum’s ouster affects political stability in the nascent democracy and efforts to counter fast-spreading Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region

The Hindu · Aug 2, 2023

Sunak's family firm signed $1.5B deal with BP before oil and gas license announcement

JUST two months before Rishi Sunak opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, an IT firm founded by his…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 2, 2023

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few days earlier, United Nations chief António Guterres declared that record heat and extreme weather signalled a…

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2023

Trump And GOP Launch Counter-Offensive, Push For Biden Impeachment

Former President and Republican allies resurface impeachment efforts, raising concerns within the party.

Zenger · Aug 2, 2023

Republican National Committee boosts polling and fundraising thresholds to qualify for 2nd debate

Some Republican presidential candidates haven’t met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first 2024 debate, and now requirements for making it to the second debate will be even higher

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023