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Russia Vetoes Sudan Ceasefire Resolution At UN

Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Monday calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April 2023.

International Business Times

G20 Host Brazil Launches Alliance To End 'Scourge' Of Hunger

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a G20 summit in Rio by launching an alliance to curb world hunger, which he called a "scourge that shames humanity."

International Business Times

Australian mining company to pay Mali junta $160m for release of CEO

Australia's Resolute Mining said Monday it has struck a deal worth $160 million (€151 million) with the military government of Mali, after the company's CEO and two other executives were "unexpectedly detained".

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Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says

At least 98 vehicles from a 109-truck convoy were lost Saturday in one of the worst such incidents, the UN agency says.

Al Jazeera

Cop29: US Democrats put on brave face as Republicans talk up cheap energy

US climate envoy says Trump won’t derail progress as GOP argues for increasing oil and gas production at UN talks

The Guardian - US

Cop29 president calls on G20 nations to put climate at centre of discussions

Mukhtar Babayev urged governments to ‘work together’ to solve key political issues causing a deadlock at the UN climate talks in Baku.

Evening Standard

Legal advice given to Keir Starmer on genocide should be published, say MPs

KEIR Starmer has been urged to publish legal advice he has received over the definition of genocide by an alliance of MPs furious with his stance on…

The National (Scotland)

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The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other

Climate change and biodiversity policies have largely evolved in isolation, even though the two crises are deeply intertwined. They have their own UN summits, with the same name and numbering system: the UN biodiversity summit Cop16 just concluded in Colombia, while the climate summit Cop29 is happening right now in…

The Conversation

Sen. Fetterman Supports Rep. Stefanik For UN Ambassador Role

Senator Fetterman supports Rep. Stefanik's nomination as UN Ambassador due to shared pro-Israel stance.

Top News

First Thing: Biden lifts ban on Ukraine firing US weapons deeper into Russia

Ukraine will be permitted to fire US missiles in Kursk region. Plus, attorneys would be unable to stop Trump’s potential Capitol rioters pardon

The Guardian - UK

Deadly Russian ballistic missiles rain down on Ukraine city after Biden announcement

Two children were killed in the city of Sumy

The Independent UK

Pressure on ministers to break Cop29 deadlock as UN climate talks enter week two

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday to join other government ministers for the second week of the UN climate summit.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says he wants ‘serious and pragmatic’ relationship with China – as it happened

Prime minister says he wants to ‘be clear about issues we do not agree on’ after meeting Chinese president Xi Jinping at G20

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The Conversation

We all need toilets – expert insights into what happens when there aren’t enough of them

“Safe toilets for all by 2030” is one of the Sustainable Development Goal targets. But, with just more than five years to go until 2030, the United Nations says the world is “seriously off-track … 3.5 billion people still live without safely managed sanitation, including 419 million who practise open…

The Guardian - UK

Cop29: ministers told to ‘cut theatrics’, ‘move faster’ and ‘get down to business’ amid growing frustration at slow progress – as it happened

Cop29 president calls for faster action as progress to agree a climate finance deal slows

Radio France Internationale

Climate crisis takes centre stage as G20 summit opens in Brazil

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take centre stage at the G20 summit that opens in Brazil on Monday, as leaders of the world's 20 major economies hope to break the deadlock over climate finance at UN talks in Azerbaijan.

The Independent UK

Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio

United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resume Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ministers can work through disagreements and hammer out a deal after slow progress last week

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The Independent UK

Young people, whose futures are at stake in UN climate talks, push through anger to fight for hope

As leaders and negotiators grapple with big questions of money and power, youth COP attendees and activists from around the world grapple with their own questions about how much their voices matter

The Conversation

Stinky feet, angry mermaids and a toilet ghost: Round The Twist musical captures the magic and madness of an Aussie TV classic

It’s a universally acknowledged truth that a geriatric millennial in possession of a Scholastic book club catalogue and a television must have been a fan of Paul Jennings back in the 1980s and ‘90s.

The Guardian - UK

Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad

Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers

International Business Times

Hopes Set On G20 Spurring Deadlocked UN Climate Talks

Nations return to deadlocked UN climate talks Monday, with hopes that G20 leaders meeting on the other side of the world can rally support behind a deal for poorer countries.

International Business Times

UN Security Council To Weigh Call For Immediate Sudan Ceasefire

The UN Security Council on Monday will take up a draft resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, where a war between two rival generals shows no sign of easing.

The Independent UK

Lammy to chair UN Security Council meetings on Sudan, Ukraine and Middle East

The Foreign Secretary will arrive at the UN in New York on Monday during the UK’s presidency of the UN Security Council.

International Business Times

UN Chief Urges G20 'Leadership' On Stalled Climate Talks

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing "leadership" on cutting emissions.

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