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UN: Great Barrier Reef Should Be on Heritage ‘Danger’ List

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” climate action the world’s largest coral reef is in peril. The warning came in a report published Monday following a 10-day…

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UN: Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” climate action the world’s largest coral reef is in peril

The Independent UK

Russia Won’t Stop Strikes until It Runs Out of Missiles, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure which would not stop until Moscow runs out of missiles. Russia has been launching massive missile bombardments on Ukraine's energy infrastructure roughly weekly since early October, with each attack…

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United Nations recommends Great Barrier Reef be added to World Heritage 'in danger' list

A UN delegation again recommends Australia's Great Barrier Reef be added to the World Heritage 'in danger' list, urging immediate and urgent action to protect it.

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Great Barrier Reef should be placed on world heritage ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report says

Experts from Unesco and IUCN find climate change threatens reef’s values and work to improve water quality is too slow

The Guardian - AU

UN Experts Call For Investigation Into Suppression Of Women's Rights In Afghanistan

UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan. Read on for details:

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Rowan Williams urges wealthy to stump up cash for climate fund

Former archbishop of Canterbury says richest nations and individuals must take lead on ‘loss and damage’

The Guardian - UK

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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist

The Independent UK

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

While the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid to HIV. However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people were living with HIV, over 650,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, and…

The Conversation

Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman: 'Climate is no longer a peripheral issue'

"The most resilient, innovative, attractive companies are moving from a risk to reward mentality.”

Fortune

Commentary: The world population hit 8 billion — but with a peak in sight. What lessons does that have for climate change?

In the 1960s and ‘70s, global population growth was a huge concern. Scientists and the popular press spoke of a population explosion that threatened to cause famine, poverty and depletion of the Earth’s natural resources. The world’s population had grown at an accelerating rate from just under 1 billion in…

Los Angeles Times

Somali forces battle militants for hotel in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and occupied it overnight.

Bangkok Post

Angelina Jolie criticises governments over inaction on wartime sexual violence

The UN special envoy bemoaned a lack of progress in deterring perpetrators from using rape as a weapon of war and for failing to meet the needs of survivors

The Guardian - UK

Action is needed right now to end sexual violence in conflict

Despite pledges from governments worldwide, not nearly enough has been done over the past decade to help survivors and deter perpetrators, says UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie

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COP27 climate summit missed chance for ambition on fossil fuels, critics say

Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in rushed final negotiations and frustrating those who hoped for a more ambitious outcome.

The New Daily

UN calls for Australia to end mandatory detention for asylum seekers

The UN Committee against Torture has urged Australia to end mandatory detention for all illegal arrivals, including children.

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Special Report: Combatting corruption in democracies

From corruption in public works to whether anti-corruption political movements work, we seek out solutions to this global problem.

The Guardian - AU

Australia must end solitary confinement of children, UN committee against torture says

‘Serious concern’ raised about ‘very low’ age of criminal responsibility in report issued after suspended tour

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Ukraine sees less than 3 million tonnes of grain leaving in November - minister

Exports of Ukraine's grain will not reach 3 million tonnes in November as Russia tries to limit ship inspections at ports, Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said late on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

When art intersects human rights

Art and human rights violations do not always share the same tone. How can surviving abuse or living with restrictions also be beautiful and artistic? Violations come with misery, hopelessness, suffering and disagreement, while art brings beauty, meaning and creativity. Could brutal human rights violations be presented in artistic form?…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s Kyiv mayor rebuffs Zelenskyy criticism amid energy woes

Mayor Klitschko says hundreds of warming centres helping people cope with effects of destroyed power stations.

The Independent UK

‘Awful lack of judgment’: Republicans hammer Trump over dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West

Ex-president opens himself to attack just as he launches 2024 bid

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil expected to begin two weeks of action in London from Monday

Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas

The Conversation

Research suggests one way to prevent depression and anxiety is a strong sense of connection at high school

About one in five young Australians will experience a mental health problem like depression or anxiety each year. The COVID pandemic has only intensified mental health concerns in young people.

Reuters

Four Syrian drug smugglers killed in clashes with Jordanian guards - sources

At least four Syrian drug smugglers were killed and several were injured after a shootout at the weekend with Jordanian army patrols near the Syrian-Jordanian border, residents and security officials said on Sunday.

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