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Labour lord doubles-down on 'UK is not a Union of equals' claim amid backlash

A LABOUR peer who sparked controversy after claiming that the UK is not and “was never meant to be” a Union of equals has doubled-down ...

The National (Scotland)

UNESCO endorses banning smartphones from schools

Unesco’s Global Education Monitoring Report 2023, ‘Technology in Education: A Tool on Whose Terms’ has endorsed banning smartphones in schools in situations where “technology integration does not improve learning or if it worsens student well-being”.

The Hindu

Jim Skea to take helm at IPCC as world enters crucial climate decade

British professor elected chair of UN’s expert panel, which warned in March that 1.5C threshold could be hit in 10 years

The Guardian - UK

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Mali crisis: UN peacekeepers are leaving after 10 years – what's needed for a smooth transition

The UN Security Council voted on 30 June 2023 to end its peacekeeping mission in Mali, Minusma, after Mali officially requested its complete withdrawal. Over 11,000 military personnel from 53 countries are expected to leave the country by 31 December 2023.

The Conversation

UN panel says it's concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years

Human rights violations in Uganda in recent years ranging from the arrest of government opponents to extrajudicial killings have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts

The Independent UK

Cancer patients head for Turkey after border closure protests in NW Syria

Referrals had temporarily stopped earlier in July after UN failed to agree on extension to cross-border aid mechanism.

Al Jazeera

Pupils should ration phone use at home to prevent tiredness in school – minister

Children need to be aware of the dangers of spending too many hours on a screen, especially late into the night, Nick Gibb warned.

The Independent UK

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Why is Pakistan ranked 99th on the Global Hunger Index?

Analysts say accessibility and affordability, coupled with political and economic crisis, are behind Pakistan’s ranking.

Al Jazeera

Can the Ukraine-Russia Black Sea grain deal be rescued?

Concerns over a global food crisis are mounting as the West continues to look for safe ways to export Ukrainian grain following the ending of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

The Week

UNESCO is calling for a global ban on smartphones in schools

Smartphones in schools are doing more harm than good, UNESCO says, urging governments to regulate the use of technology in the classroom.

TechRadar

United States is an "outlaw superpower"

There's still time to bring our outlaw country back into united community of nations confronting looming horrors

Salon

In a Paris suburb, young people learn how to handle discriminatory police stops

When police shot dead a teenager of Arab origin during a traffic stop near Paris last month, it triggered riots across France – and brought the long-standing issue of racial profiling by French police back into the spotlight. In one Parisian suburb, a former police officer is aiming to teach…

Radio France Internationale

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 518 of the invasion

Russia increases conscription age limit; Putin to visit China in October

The Guardian - UK

Unesco calls for schools across the world to ban smartphones from the classroom

Report recomends smartphone ban from schools to protect children from online bullying

The Independent UK

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Afternoon Update: inflation falls but food and rents still rising; 51 whales die in WA; and lower blood pressure with planks

Rents nationally experience the biggest quarterly increase since 1988 as Deloitte suggests Reserve Bank lifted interest rates ‘too far’

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Why you can’t find an NHS dentist in England

In today’s newsletter: From poor dentist pay to rising prices and low governmental investment, NHS dentistry has slowly fallen apart – this is how

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian security service claims responsibility for Crimea bridge blast in October – as it happened

Domestic intelligence agency claims responsibility for first time for sabotage operation that damaged Kerch Bridge in October 2022

France 24

More than 1,800 terror attacks recorded in West Africa thus far in 2023, ECOWAS says

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official said Tuesday that’s just "a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity."

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The Guardian - UK

‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools

Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices

The Guardian - UK

UK inaction let Wagner group flourish and grow, say MPs

Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military plans to move Suu Kyi to house arrest, according to unofficial reports

Reports from Myanmar say its military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital of Naypyitaw to home confinement as part of an act of of clemency to be granted prisoners next week

The Conversation

Russia summit is an opportunity for Africa to unite on Ukraine and get Wagner out of the continent

Two critical issues must be top of mind for African leaders when they meet President Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week.

LiveScience

Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered'

Researchers have predicted the collapse of the AMOC could happen any time between 2025 and 2095 — far sooner than previous predictions, although not all scientists are convinced.

Al Jazeera

UN starts moving oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster

The supertanker, with more than a million barrels of oil, has been deteriorating since 2015.

France 24

First lady Jill Biden marks US reentry into UNESCO at Paris ceremony

U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris on Tuesday, marking Washington's official reentry into the U.N. agency after a controversial five-year hiatus.

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