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Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create - U.N. chief

Somalia is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as a full-blown famine threatens to follow a drought that killed 43,000 people last year.

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UN Chief Urges 'Massive' International Support For Somalia

Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for "massive" international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding Islamist insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia's capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of "solidarity." "I am also here to ring the alarm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Up to 100 people killed in Sagaing area after Myanmar military airstrike

Myanmar's military says it has carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week.

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Myanmar Military Justifies Deadly Attack on Insurgent Ceremony

Myanmar's military said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organized by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the "terrorists". Up to 100 people, including children, were killed in Tuesday's air strike in…

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Myanmar military justifies deadly attack on insurgent ceremony

Myanmar's military said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week, and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help "terrorists".

Reuters

Myanmar admits air strike on gathering; 100 feared dead

YANGON: Myanmar's ruling junta has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations (UN) and Western powers.

Bangkok Post

UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for drought-hit Somalia

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia on Tuesday during his visit to the East African country, which is facing the worst drought in decades.

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U.N calls for massive international support to Somalia

The Independent UK

UN chief Guterres in Somalia to highlight catastrophic drought, Islamist insurgency

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Mogadishu at the start of a brief visit to Somalia, which has been afflicted by protracted armed conflict, climate disasters and famine.

Radio France Internationale

Noam Chomsky on savage capitalism

"If you want to stop destroying the planet and human life on Earth, you have to bribe the rich and powerful"

Salon

UN Chief Guterres Makes Second Visit to Somalia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday to kick off a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict and climate disasters. Guterres was given a red-carpet welcome at the capital's airport by Somalia's Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse who posted pictures of the event…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World reaction to Israeli attack at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, firing stun grenades and attacking Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

U.N. chief condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it "an intolerable violation of the most basic human rights" that should be immediately revoked.

Reuters

UN votes to ask world court to rule on national climate obligations

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the world's top court to define the obligations of states to combat climate change, a legal opinion that could drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

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Al Jazeera

UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties

Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council meets to consider 'alarming' violence in DRC

On the eve of a Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quarterly report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores a sharp increase in violence in the east of the country, with at least 700 civilians murdered by militia groups since December.

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Egypt Calls for Establishing ‘Global Water Information System’

The Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hany Swailem, called for establishing a global water information system contributing to climate action and disaster risk reduction. Speaking at the UN Water Conference, Swailem asserted the need to build on the outputs of the UN Climate Change Summit (COP 27) hosted…

The Independent UK

UN head says survival depends on how people manage water

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water

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Reuters

EU, UN chief discuss Ukraine war, food security and sanctions

European Union leaders held talks on Thursday with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on global food security and sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and also endorsed a plan to supply more artillery shells to Kyiv.

The Independent UK

UN chief urges 'game-changing' commitments on clean water

The United Nations chief is urging the first world conference on water in more than 45 years to address the “21st century emergency” that is wasting the world’s most important resource and has left billions of people without clean water and basic sanitation

Radio France Internationale

'Vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use' risk global water crisis

Opening the first major UN meeting on water resources in nearly half a century, Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres told nearly 6.500 participants, including a hundred ministers and a dozen heads of state and government, that humanity has "broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater".

Reuters

UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water

The United Nations used its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday to exhort governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources.

The New Daily

‘This can be done’: UN’s message on net-zero

The UN secretary-general says developed nations like Australia must bring forward their net-zero timelines by a decade

ABC News

Guilty verdicts over XXXTentacion's murder, Russia scrambles fighter jet, and New York braces for Trump indictment — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for Tuesday morning's stories as they happened.

The Guardian - UK

World can still avoid worst of climate collapse with genuine change, IPCC says

Positive framing of otherwise grim report a counterblast to those who dismiss hopes of limiting global heating to 1.5C

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