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China Says Doesn't Want To See Kim Jong-Un Carrying Out Nuclear Tests: This Is Why It Vetoed UN Sanctions

China's United Nations envoy justified the country's act of vetoing the Security Council's new sanctions on Kim Jong-Un-led North Korea after the secretive nation fired ballistic missiles.

Benzinga

Home Office cancels Rwanda deportation for three migrants

Migrants and campaign groups are seeking legal action to stop the first flight next week

The Independent UK

Restart nuclear attack or accident public information campaigns, experts say

War in Ukraine, plus more reactors being built around the world, has increased the risk, a paper said.

The Independent UK

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Biden, leaders reach migration pact despite attendance flap

President Joe Biden and other Western Hemisphere leaders are set to announce what is being billed as a roadmap for countries to host large numbers of migrants and refugees

The Independent UK

Blinken Warns Iran from Deepening Nuclear Crisis, Further Isolation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Iran on Thursday to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog and provide technically credible information in response to its questions instead of threatening further nuclear provocations and further reductions of transparency. Such steps would be “counterproductive” and would further complicate efforts to return…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years

The Independent UK

Yemen Army: Houthis Sending Major Reinforcements to Different Fronts

The Yemeni army warned that the Iran-backed Houthi militias were sending major reinforcements to different battlefronts, demonstrating their clear disregard of peace and the UN-sponsored nationwide truce. Military spokesman Abdo Majali said the Houthis have committed thousands of violations of the truce since it was renewed last week. He told…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Morning-after pill debate rages in Japan

TOKYO: When Megumi Ota needed the morning-after pill in Japan, she couldn't get a prescription in time under a policy activists call an attempt to "control" women's reproductive rights.

Bangkok Post

Albanese vows to reconsider Australia’s deportations rules in olive branch to New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern welcomes ‘reset’ in trans-Tasman relationship after years of tension over visa cancellations on character grounds

The Guardian - AU

Experts fear deadly new bird flu in Scotland could put some species at threat of extinction

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is intensifying in Scotland as experts warn the virus is 'new and unprecedented'

Daily Record

Australia to update UN climate submission

Anthony Albanese says Australia will update its nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

AAP

COVID origin | WHO says it’s unclear but lab leak theory needs study

That stance marks a sharp reversal of the U.N. health agency's initial assessment of the pandemic's origins

The Hindu

European powers say Iran actions cast doubt on its commitment to revive nuclear accord

France, Britain and Germany condemned on Thursday steps taken by Iran to essentially remove all the U.N. atomic watchdog's monitoring equipment installed under a 2015 nuclear deal, saying the move cast a doubt on Tehran's will to revive the accord.

Reuters

After veto on North Korea, China says 'let's see' on U.N. action over a nuclear test

China's U.N. envoy said on Thursday that Beijing does not want to see North Korea carry out a new nuclear test, which is partly why China vetoed a U.S.-led bid to impose new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang over renewed ballistic missiles launches.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

Who are the Britons condemned by Russian ‘show trial’ in Ukraine?

Families of Aiden Aslin from Nottinghamshire and Shaun Pinner from Bedfordshire say the fighters had made Ukraine their home

Axios

Russia's blockade of Ukraine's grain hits countries around the world

Ukraine has 30 million tons of grains sitting in silos.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Elects New Security Council Members

UN member nations elected five countries to join the powerful UN Security Council on Thursday with no suspense or drama because all were unopposed -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland. Winning a seat on the 15-member Security Council is considered a pinnacle of achievement for many countries because it…

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Iran Says 'Will Not Back Off a Single Step' after IAEA Resolution

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday Iran "will not back off a single step" from its positions after the UN nuclear watchdog passed a resolution critical of Tehran, Iranian state media reported. "In the name of God and the great nation of Iran, we will not back off a single…

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The Independent UK

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began

Bangkok Post

Five countries elected to UN Security Council

The United Nations General Assembly elected Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland to the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday for two-year term starting on Jan 1, 2023.

Reuters

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected to U.N. Security Council

The United Nations General Assembly elected Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for two-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

Evening Standard

Don’t read this while hungry

Watching your car’s odometer tick over from 99,999 miles to 100,000 is low-key exhilarating. Seeing the cost of filling a tank of petrol hit £100 is considerably less so.

The Independent UK

Long, fraught timeline of tensions over Iran nuclear program

Iran has started removing 27 surveillance cameras installed by U.N. inspectors at nuclear sites around the country, widening a dispute over Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels

The Independent UK

Myanmar court gives go-ahead for Australian's secrets trial

A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

The Conversation

Nations are pledging to create ocean preserves – how do those promises add up?

Billions of people around the world rely on the ocean for food, income and cultural identity. But climate change, overfishing and habitat destruction are unraveling ocean ecosystems.

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