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US 'Concerned' after UN Human Rights Chief Visits China

The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a million people in indoctrination camps. Michelle Bachelet's long-planned trip this week took her to the far-western Xinjiang region,…

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Int'l Day of UN Peacekeepers: Jaishankar remembers those who made supreme sacrifice in cause of peace

On the occasion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar paid tribute to the dedication and courage of all the men and women serving in UN peacekeeping operations, and honoured the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace. Read…

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US 'remains concerned' over UN human rights chief's visit to China over lack of transparency over Xinjiang

The United States expresses concern over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN Human Rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region.

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Undecided voters key in struggle to rid Scotland of nuclear weapons

THE independence movement will have to work to convince the “undecideds” of the need for Scotland to be nuclear-free, the SNP CND convener…

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine can be heroes at Hampden in a way that echoes beyond football

Wednesday’s World Cup playoff against Scotland might offer at least some comfort to those struggling back home

The Guardian - UK

UN says China trip not for Xinjiang probe, faces criticism

Rights groups slam Michelle Bachelet for failing to hold the Chinese government accountable for Uighur abuses.

Al Jazeera

Blinken criticises Chinese ‘manipulation’ of high-profile UN visit to Xinjiang

US secretary of state says conditions imposed on Michelle Bachelet prevented independent assessment of abuses against Uyghurs, including genocide

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War in Ukraine: Aboard the train taking Ukrainians away from the Donetsk, Luhansk regions

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, thousands of people have fled the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In recent days, Ukraine’s national railway company has seen an influx of people who did not want to leave their country but who have finally resigned themselves to boarding evacuation trains. FRANCE…

France 24

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies

The U.N. top human rights official says she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of the broad application of counterterrorism and deradicalization measures on the rights of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region

The Independent UK

UN-Habitat finds multi-hazard vulnerabilities in Jaipur city

Interventions for mitigating urban sprawl include increasing green cover, urban biodiversity

The Hindu

Ethiopia set a world record for displacements in a single year: 5.1 million in 2021

The war there is responsible — and makes it difficult just to assess the scale of displacement. Details are in a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

WEKU

UN experts: Libya's security threatened by foreign fighters

U.N. experts say in a new report that Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which they say has violated international law

The Independent UK

UN Experts: Libya's Security Threatened by Foreign Fighters

Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents,…

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UN Reports Displacement of Thousands of Citizens in Wake of Violence in Darfur

Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced from Kereneik town in Sudan’s West Darfur state, official data by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed on Friday. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Khardiata Lo Ndiaye, reiterated the commitment of humanitarian partners to support thousands of people…

The Guardian - UK

Beekeepers and communists: how environmentalists started a global conversation

The world’s longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journey

The Independent UK

Algerian dissidents: Victims of crackdown, or outlaws?

An Algerian military officer-turned-democracy activist has been deported from Spain and charged in Algeria in a case that human rights groups see as another sign of an ever-expanding crackdown on dissent

Daily Mirror

Brave Ukrainian boy who fled before Russian invasion is finally reunited with hero dad

Dad Ruslan Gladkiy remained in Ukraine to help his country during the war, while his wife, son and daughter boarded a train to safety. The family has now been reunited

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US Issues Sanctions Targeting North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Program

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program, increasing pressure on Pyongyang over its renewed ballistic missile launches. The latest American move came a day after China and Russia…

Bangkok Post

UN Security Council members fail to agree on Myanmar text

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed on Friday to agree on a statement aimed at pushing Myanmar's junta to take steps toward a peaceful solution to the country's ongoing crisis, diplomats said.

Tribune News Service

The world isn’t spending enough to prevent disasters, UN says

Nations are spending too little to prevent disasters in the face of rising global calamities from the floods in South Africa to a record-breaking heat wave in India.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 94 of the invasion

Moscow planning ‘full-scale victory in Ukraine by autumn’ and besieged Sievierodonetsk almost completely surrounded by Russian forces

ABC News

These three young activists are changing the conversation on the climate crisis

Their journeys to activism have been very different, but they have faced similar challenges as young women of colour fighting for climate justice.

Al Jazeera

‘We don’t have food’: Africa’s growing humanitarian crisis

Leaders urge mobilisation to resolve a crisis that has left more than 280 million suffering from malnourishment.

Financial Times

The war on ‘woke capitalism’

Rightwing populists and industry sceptics are mounting a backlash against a vision for business that looks beyond profits

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