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Explainer: the complex question of Taiwanese independence

“Strategic ambiguity” – the policy that has underpinned the West’s defence of Taiwan for half a century or more – rests on another ambiguity: Taiwan’s status in international law. And that status matters because it could help us answer three questions:

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UN Chief to Meet Zelenskiy, Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday, a UN spokesman said, and on Friday visit the Black Sea port of Odesa, where grain exports have resumed under a UN-brokered deal. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

German troops spot Russian forces in Mali as French pull out - document

German troops spotted several dozen presumably Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali on Monday, the day the last French soldiers wrapped up their operations and left the town, according to a German military document dated Tuesday.

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U.N. chief to meet Zelenskiy, Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday, a U.N. spokesman said, and on Friday visit the Black Sea port of Odesa, where grain exports have resumed under a U.N.-brokered deal.

Reuters

UN special envoy to Myanmar arrives on inaugural visit

United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer has arrived in Myanmar on her first mission to the country since her appointment last year

The Independent UK

Russia says Ukrainian 'sabotage' behind pylon blasts in southern Kursk region

Russia's FSB security service on Tuesday accused Ukrainian "saboteurs" of repeatedly blowing up electricity pylons running from a nuclear reactor complex in the southern Russian region of Kursk, disrupting the plant's operations.

Reuters

Former UN chief Ban urges world to remember Bucha victims

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the world to honor civilians who were killed when Russian ground forces tried to invade Ukraine’s capital

The Independent UK

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Centre unveils platform for better industry, R&D collaboration

The Manthan platform will help scale up interactions among stakeholders, facilitate research and innovation, and share challenges in various emerging technologies and scientific interventions

The Hindu

Putin accuses US of trying to ‘drag out’ war in Ukraine

The Russian leader says US using Ukrainian people as ‘cannon fodder’ as he slams the US for supplying arms to Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

‘Very concerned by ongoing detention of Siddique Kappan’: UN special rapporteur

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has said she is "very concerned" by the ongoing detention of journalist Siddique Kappan.

Newslaundry

Satellite images show first ship out of Ukraine in Syria

The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria — even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow

The Independent UK

First food aid shipment bound for Africa leaves Ukrainian port

UN-chartered vessel departed Pivdennyi port for Djibouti, carrying the first cargo of wheat to Africa since war began.

Al Jazeera

A man who held up a bank demanding his own money becomes an unlikely hero

Many in Lebanon can't access their life savings because of the economic crisis. A hostage-taker in Beirut surrendered in exchange for some of his funds, which he needed for his father's medical bills.

WEKU

Putin’s invasion plan ‘undermined’ by struggle to control Black Sea, MoD says

Black Sea Fleet pursuing ‘extremely defensive posture’, says Britain

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UN Facing 'Unprecedented' Aid Funding Shortages in Yemen

The United Nations said its humanitarian agencies are facing the “biggest funding gap ever” in Yemen, warning of the risk of a sharp rise in humanitarian needs across the war-torn country - including the risk of famine in some areas - unless additional funding is secured. The latest report by…

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Commentary: The US needs a national plan for racial justice

The United States is in the hot seat on the global stage to answer for its human rights track record in fighting racial discrimination at home. That stage is the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a body of international human rights experts who monitor compliance with…

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UN Chief Offers Condolences over Victims of Egypt Church Fire

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his condolences to the families of victims of Sunday's fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass and killed more than 40 people and injured another 16, including children. “The Secretary-General is saddened by the tragic fire that occurred at the Coptic Abu…

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UN: Half Million People to Be Affected by Floods in Sudan

The UN said on Monday that floods in Sudan could affect more than 460,000 people this year while humanitarian organizations on the ground, and local authorities revealed that more than 136,000 people have been affected by floods since May in the Darfur, eastern Sudan and Kordofan states. Also, torrential rains…

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First post-blockade food aid ship leaves Ukraine for Africa

The ship Brave Commander has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi carrying the first cargo of humanitarian food aid bound for Africa from Ukraine since Russia's invasion, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Tuesday.

France 24

Ukraine nuclear operator reports Russian cyberattack on website

Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom said a Russian hacker group launched a major three-hour attack on its website on Tuesday but had not caused significant problems. Earlier in the day, explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events…

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s much easier to stop someone lighting a match than to put out a 1,000-acre fire’

In Peru’s Sacred Valley, a community-led initiative is creating fire prevention brigades to stop devastating wildfires before they even begin

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Nuclear Deal Limbo...Whom Does it Serve?

Whether or not Tehran and Washington accept a European Union "final" offer to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, neither is likely to declare the pact dead because keeping it alive serves both sides' interests, diplomats, analysts and officials said. Their reasons, however, are radically different. For US President Joe…

Reuters

U.N. special envoy to visit Myanmar amid 'deteriorating situation'

A senior U.N. official is visiting Myanmar this week, the United Nations said, on a rare visit that comes amid domestic political turmoil and fraying ties between Myanmar and its Southeast Asian neighbours.

WEKU

Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

Bangkok Post

UN envoy makes first visit to Myanmar

The UN's new special envoy for Myanmar began her first trip to the country Tuesday, a day after a junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in jail for corruption.

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