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Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt

A proposed plastics treaty could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success, says specialist environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean

The Guardian - UK

UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen

The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

The Independent UK

South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections

In 18 months South Sudan is supposed to head to the polls for presidential elections, the culmination of a peace agreement signed nearly five years ago to pull the nation out of fighting that killed some 400,000 people

The Independent UK

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Aid agencies raise alarm as solo children cross Chad border to flee Sudan fighting

Unicef says ‘more and more unaccompanied children’ among thousands of refugees streaming across 1,000km-long border

The Guardian - UK

No need for martial law in Russia, says Putin; senior Russian general killed in Zaporizhzhia, says Moscow – as it happened

Russian president says Russia needs to ‘fight enemy agents’ inside its own territory; Maj Gen Sergei Goryachev killed by cruise missile

The Guardian - AU

30,000 Haitian kids live in private orphanages. Officials want to shutter them and reunite families.

Haiti’s government is stepping up efforts to remove hundreds of children from orphanages across the country and reunite them with their parents or relatives

The Independent UK

UK should set up ‘national lab’ to become world leader in AI – Blair and Hague

Britain should push for a new UN framework on urgent safeguards for the technology along with the US and other allies, a report has concluded.

The Independent UK

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UN chief calls for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence

The United Nations chief says the proliferation of hate and lies on digital platforms and the threat that artificial intelligence can become an uncontrolled “monster” demand coordinated global action

The Independent UK

Ukraine troops liberate four villages as stepped-up action puts Russians on the run

Soldiers seized communities in the Vremivka Ledge area of Donetsk in the south east, beat back assaults in the frontline town of Avdiivka and gained half a mile in the Bakhmut region

Daily Mirror

Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared monkey to African diplomats

UN’s Africa group ‘not prepared to participate’ with Dragos Viorel Tigau after alleged comment in Kenya

The Guardian - UK

Too soon to say where counteroffensive going, US says, but Washington confident Kyiv will prevail – as it happened

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says Ukraine should expect ‘robust’ political and practical support from the Nato summit

The Guardian - AU

The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration

The U.S. could reenter the cultural and educational body several years after it pulled out of the group citing an "anti-Israel bias" and other concerns.

WEKU

Turkey's president unwavering on two-state policy to resolve Cyprus' ethnic division

Turkey’s president says any deal resolving Cyprus’ nearly half-century ethnic division must be based on recognition of a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the island nation’s northern third

The Independent UK

Iraq urges countries to repatriate their citizens from camp housing families of extremist IS group

Iraq is urging countries that have citizens in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group to repatriate their nationals

The Independent UK

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The Week

SNP crisis: should Humza Yousaf suspend Nicola Sturgeon?

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf is facing mounting pressure to suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon following her arrest yesterday.

The Week

‘We should be scared’: the poisoning of schoolgirls in Afghanistan

Dozens of schoolgirls are suspected to have been deliberately poisoned in two attacks in Afghanistan, the latest in a decade of incidents in the region, intensifying fears for girls pursuing education.

The Independent UK

US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter Chinese influence

U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO has announced that the United States plans to rejoin — and pay more than $600 million in back dues — after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization’s move to include Palestine as a member

The Guardian - UK

Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says ‘alarming’ UN report

Researchers ‘shocked’ at lack of progress, and entrenched social norms that curtail women’s chances in politics, business and work

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France 24

No progress on biases against women during past decade, UN reports

Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite rights campaigns such as MeToo, a UN report said Monday.

Glasgow Live

Dead Glasgow dad's belongings binned before heartbroken family could collect treasured medals

A Glasgow family have been left devastated after discovering their late loves one's home was emptied after a housing association binned belongings including war medals and uniforms.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Hunter Valley reeling after bus crash; AFL player bailed on burglary charges; and what grip strength says about health

Bus driver in custody after crash near town of Greta which left 10 dead and more than 20 injured

The Independent UK

Ukraine claims recapture of 4th village in eastern Donetsk as counteroffensive operations roll on

Ukrainian military officials say their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces

The Hindu

EAM Jaishankar flags supply chain disruptions, prolonged debt crisis as key challenges facing world

The prospects of a global economic recovery remain dim amid supply chain disruptions, prolonged debt crisis and pressures on energy, food and fertiliser security, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday, calling for a united global approach to deal with the challenges.

The Guardian - AU

Kim Jong-un ‘holds hands’ with Vladimir Putin as Russia-North Korea ties deepen

In a message to mark Russia’s national day, Kim pledged his regime’s ‘full support’ to Moscow

The New Daily

Imprisoned pilot’s human rights breached, family claims

The operator of a NSW prison denies it is holding former US military pilot Dan Duggan in solitary confinement as alleged by his family.

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