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Russia vetos UN resolution extending sanctions and keeping experts in Mali

United Nations sanctions in Mali are ending after Russia vetoed extending them and maintaining a team of United Nations experts there, after they claimed that foreign forces were involved in abuses – a reference to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group.

Radio France Internationale

Western powers condemn coup in Gabon, curfew remains in effect

A group of senior military officers in Gabon seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, shortly after the country's election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The United States, the UK, France and others condemned what appeared to be the eighth military coup in west…

France 24

UN torture expert urges UK government to review indefinite sentences

‘Deeply flawed’ imprisonment for public protection scheme still causing severe distress, says rapporteur

The Guardian - UK

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UN calls for $15.5 million for aftermath of clashes in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has appealed for $15.5 million to respond to the fallout of clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp earlier this month

The Independent UK

Why I joined 70 economists and human rights experts urging Labour to change course

Labour seems spellbound by the Tories’ economically illiterate cult of austerity – but there is another way to help Britain thrive, says Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level

The Guardian - UK

‘Political ploy’: Activists, experts rubbish RSF’s Sudan peace proposal

The paramilitary force, accused of atrocities during four months of fighting, released its peace plan on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards

Rights advocates say framework needed due to Kenya’s domestic police record, grim history of intervention in Haiti.

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Vivek Ramaswamy: The mini Trump making waves in the Republican contest

Broadly viewed as the winner of the Republican presidential debate, the ‘anti-woke’ tech bro has broken out from the GOP pack

Evening Standard

Ukraine war: after the shooting stops landmines will keep killing -- as we've seen in too many countries

By the time the shooting stops the UN predicts that Ukraine will be one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world. Deaths caused by landmines and other unexploded ordnance are now common. According to Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, in March alone, “724 people have been blown up on…

The Conversation

Adam Bandt urges Australians to ‘embrace’ civil disobedience and join climate protests

Greens leader says Albanese government is ‘hellbent on opening more coal and gas mines’ and people must ‘fight back’

The Guardian - AU

Guatemala’s anti-corruption election winner offering hope to a region

An anti-corruption campaigner and son of the country’s former president has won an “impossible” election victory in Guatemala, in what onlookers hope is a watershed moment for democracy in the beleaguered region.

The Week

Flora, fauna and … funga: campaigners call for new term for conservation talks

Fungi should be recognised and protected on equal footing with plants and animals, says Fungi Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Libyan foreign minister flees country amid outcry over meeting with Israeli counterpart

Najla al-Mangoush had already been suspended after news of secret meeting with Eli Cohen was released

The Guardian - UK

Student housing used to be affordable. Why has it become an ‘asset class’ to enrich the already wealthy?

We need action to curb this exploitation of young people, says Leilani Farha, global director of the housing initiative The Shift

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Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN

Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations

The Independent UK

176 global leaders and Nobel laureates urge Bangladesh to halt cases against Peace Prize winner

More than 170 global leaders and Nobel laureates are urging Bangladesh to suspend legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the use of microcredit to help impoverished people

The Independent UK

Buying second-hand clothes ‘could prevent carbon emissions equivalent to 260,000 flights to Greece’

Oxfam found in new research that only 10 per cent of the average wardrobe contents are second-hand

Zenger

Gallant Meets With Biden Admin Officials In NYC

Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with Biden administration officials in New York City

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Al Jazeera

Is my Baba lost in the midst of Syria’s thousands of disappeared?

‘Sometimes, in spite of myself, hope bubbles up… Will I see Baba again? This time I feel I have to tell my own story.’

WEKU

Military officers in Gabon say they have seized power

Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said they were seizing power to overturn results of a presidential election and remove President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has long held power.

The Guardian - UK

Race equality leader hits out at UK’s denial of institutional racism

Outgoing Runnymede Trust head Dr Halima Begum says government has major ‘credibility issue’

France 24

Sudan's army chief Burhan makes first trip to Egypt since conflict

In tonight's edition: Sudan's military ruler General Abdel Fattah-al-Burhan visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since Sudan spiralled into war. Also, our reporters meet Sudanese escaping war by fleeing into Tunisia. Many face desperate conditions in the Tunisian city of Zarzis. Plus the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for…

The Independent UK

Vivek Ramaswamy accused of racist dog whistle over Nikki Haley’s ‘real’ name

‘This is a dog whistle. Crazy to see it coming from a fellow Indian American,’ Alyssa Farah Griffin writes

Al Jazeera

Death typical of Libyan camps say former detainees after video emerges

Former detainees now in Tunisia say death of woman in Libya camp is not unexpected considering conditions there.

Wallpaper

Ikea’s Space10: a decade of ground-breaking design ideas

Ikea’s Space10 has announced it will close on 31 August 2023 after ten years of groundbreaking innovations in food, design and more: see our Space10 top ten

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