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WHO chief to be confirmed for 2nd term after no opposition

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to be confirmed by the U.N. health agency’s member countries for a second five-year term

The Independent UK

Commentary: Reseal the deal with Iran

It could be make or break time for the Iran nuclear deal.

Tribune News Service

Truss: hacked documents show China’s ‘human rights violations’ in Xinjiang

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Beijing must not attempt to cover-up its actions against minorities in Xinjiang.

The Independent UK

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Pan-African integration has made progress but needs a change of mindset

This year’s celebration of Africa Day provides another opportunity to assess how far continental integration has progressed.

The Conversation

Yemen Seeks Security, Military Integration in Liberated Areas

Yemen’s Supreme Security Committee has stressed the importance of cooperation and integration among security and military bodies in liberated areas of the war-torn nation. The Committee held a meeting on Monday in the interim capital of Aden. Headed by Defense Minister Lt-Gen Muhammad Al-Maqdashi, the meeting sought examining the latest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Promises to Push Pledges as COP27 Host

Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate "non-adversarial" talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts and allow climate activists to protest, said the incoming president of COP27.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing hopes UN human rights chief's visit will 'clarify misinformation' on China's human rights record

China's Foreign Minister tells the UN's top human rights officialhe hopes her visit will "clarify misinformation" on China's human rights record.

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UN Envoy's Access to China's Xinjiang under Scrutiny as Trip Begins

China has called a mission by the UN rights chief a chance to "clarify misinformation" ahead of her visit on Tuesday to Xinjiang as Uyghurs warned a public relations stunt may lie in wait. The ruling Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities…

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea to call at Davos for COVID aid for North - envoy

South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Forum for COVID-19 vaccines and other medical help for North Korea, even if that means exemptions from U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

British Navy warships could be sent to protect freighters carrying Ukrainian grain

The UK could send warships, along with NATO allies, to the Black Sea port of Odesa to help ensure a safe passage for vital grain exports around the world and avoid a global famine

Daily Mirror

Russia Intensifies Donbas Offensive as War Enters Fourth Month

Russian forces on Tuesday stepped up their offensive on the last pocket of resistance around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its neighbor's advances in many areas -- including the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Battles being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the country’s fate, Ukraine’s defence ministry spokesperson says – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

The Guardian - AU

European fruit with traces of most toxic pesticides ‘up 53% in nine years’

Analysis of nearly 100,000 samples found residues in a third of apples and half of blackberries

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s view of Rwanda is deeply ignorant – I once fell prey to it myself

The refugee deal with President Kagame reveals a profound misunderstanding of history, says Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland

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The Independent UK

Wang meets top UN rights official as she opens Xinjiang trip

China says its foreign minister met with the U.N.’s top human rights official on her visit to the country and shared with her that China opposes “politicizing” human rights and imposing double standards

The Independent UK

Russian soldier gets life for killing Ukrainian civilian

A Ukrainian court sentenced a captured Russian soldier to the maximum penalty of life in prison for killing a civilian, and the Kremlin hinted that it may put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at Mariupol’s steelworks

The National (Scotland)

‘It's time to step up’: UN pleas with billionaires amid food insecurity rise

THE head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) told billionaires it is “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with…

The Guardian - AU

China’s foreign minister to visit Solomon Islands amid push for more deals with Pacific countries

Tour, which includes Fiji and Papua New Guinea, comes amidst ‘uptick of tempo’ in China’s engagement in the Pacific

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Al Jazeera

Inside India’s policy flip-flop on wheat exports

India’s policy uncertainty can be traced back to inaccurate crop estimates and the poor decisions based on that.

Wales Online

Eco activists 'could undermine security and hinder net-zero bid'

Offshore energy body issues warning to organisations

The Independent UK

UN envoy urges Somalia's new leaders to tackle urgent issues

The U.N. envoy for Somalia is urging the country to build on last week's election of a new president and make progress on urgent issues

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 90 of the invasion

A veteran Russian diplomat has resigned over his country’s invasion of Ukraine as a Kyiv court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison

The Independent UK

Eco activists ‘could undermine energy security and hinder net-zero effort’

Offshore Energies UK said the industry is ‘aligned with their long-term vision’.

Bangkok Post

Groups slam draft law to curtail public protests, non-profit groups

A group of non-profit organisations on Monday staged a protest in front of the UN's Bangkok headquarters against government efforts to implement a public gathering control law.

Al Jazeera

Refugees decry Title 42 as ‘absurd excuse’ as it stays in place

The COVID-linked provision has allowed the US to carry out nearly 2 million expulsions since March 2020.

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