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U.N. watchdog appeals for access to Ukrainian nuclear plant - paper

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog appealed for access to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces to determine whether it was a source of danger.Contact with the Europe's largest nuclear plant, which is at Zaporizhzhia and is being operated by Ukrainian technicians, was "fragile"…

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US envoy: Africa trip isn't to compete with Russia, China

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa, saying she is going to focus on how the United State can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia

The Independent UK

Yemen’s warring parties agree to extend ceasefire by a further two months

The truce will bring some relief to a people exhausted by war and famine, but critics say the Houthis will use the peace to regroup

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China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average

China's average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain "significantly higher" in the future as the challenges of climate change mount, a government official said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv calls Amnesty report that says Ukrainian forces are putting civilians at risk a ‘perversion’ – as it happened

Kyiv hits back after charity says Russia’s attacks ‘unjustifiable’ but Ukraine’s tactics are endangering civilians. This live blog is closed

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 162 of the invasion

UN to conduct fact-finding mission into deaths of Ukrainian PoWs; US Senate ratifies Sweden and Finland’s accession to Nato

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UN chief criticizes `grotesque greed' of oil companies

The United Nations chief is sharply criticizing the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people

The Independent UK

UN nuclear watchdog says Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine 'completely out of control'

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says safety principles at a Russian-controlled power plant in Ukraine "have been violated" and urgent steps are needed to avoid a nuclear accident.

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UN fact-finding mission will probe Ukraine prison killings

The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that the warring nations accuse each other of carrying out

The Independent UK

Archie Battersbee’s family to apply to move him to hospice for ‘last moments’

The 12-year-old boy has been in a coma since he was found unconscious in April and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions.

The Independent UK

Calling Thai domestic abuse to account

Developing societies (including Thailand) have enjoyed the presence of extended families, in contrast with the smaller unit of nuclear families. This broader coverage, encompassing not only the parents and children but also grandparents and other dependants, has offered a social safety net to support family members. Yet, that extended unit…

Bangkok Post

Morning mail: climate bill set to pass, new affirmative consent laws proposed, gold for Ariarne Titmus

Thursday: ‘Stealthing’ and ‘deepfake’ porn to be criminalised under new legislation being introduced in Victorian parliament. Plus: the best value fruit and veg this month

The Guardian - AU

Reaping the demographic dividend

India needs to invest in quality school and higher education as well as healthcare

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‘Grotesque greed’: UN chief Guterres slams oil and gas companies

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges governments to tax oil and gas companies’ profits amid energy crisis.

The Independent UK

Parents’ bid to postpone the withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s life support refused

The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious in April.

The Guardian - UK

‘Tricky situation’: Taliban unsure how to respond to Zawahiri’s death

Senior commanders caught between hopes for international recognition and pressure from their own ranks

Reuters

France discriminated against hijab-wearing vocational trainee, UN document shows

A United Nations committee ruled that France discriminated against a Muslim woman who was prevented from attending vocational training in a public school while wearing her Islamic head scarf, according to a U.N. document.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq’s Sadr Calls for Dissolution of Parliament, Early Elections

Influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told his followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq’s government zone, and called for the dissolution of the parliament and early elections. Speaking for the first time since thousands of his followers stormed the parliament building in Baghdad on Saturday, Sadr said the "revolutionaries"…

The Guardian - AU

John Howard’s climate doubts reveal more about conservative identity politics than anything else

The latest comments from the former PM, who once said he was ‘agnostic’ on climate change, remind us some remain unmoved by science

Asharq Al-Awsat

Groups Ask UN to Investigate Beirut’s Massive 2020 Blast

Lebanese and international organizations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago, as a domestic probe continues to stall. The call by groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International came as the Lebanese investigation has…

The Independent UK

Indian government approves new emissions targets

Nine months after India announced its target of “net zero” emissions by 2070 at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the country’s federal cabinet finally approved a new climate plan on Wednesday

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak's extremism plans 'risk criminalising independence supporters'

RISHI Sunak’s plans to treat those who “vilify” Britain as extremists could criminalise supporters of Scottish and Welsh independence, a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran, US, EU to Send Envoys to Vienna for Nuclear Talks

Iran, the United States and the European Union said Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. It wasn't immediately clear if other parties to the accord would attend the surprise…

The Guardian - UK

‘Grotesque greed’: immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN chief

António Guterres urges governments to introduce windfall levies and use money to support vulnerable people

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