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Turkey earthquake: Three rescued after being trapped under rubble for 11 days

The miracle rescues came as the UN warned there will be more casualties on top of the 42,000 now confirmed dead

Evening Standard

Watch rescue efforts continue in Turkey as earthquake death toll passes 45,000

Watch rescue operations continue in Turkey on Saturday, 18 February, as the death toll passes 45,000 people.

The Independent UK

Trade, Security Top Issues as African Leaders Meet

African leaders gather Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent's most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Yemen Mobilizes European Efforts to Pressure Houthis, Support Economic Reforms

The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, intensified his meetings with European officials to mobilize European efforts to pressure the Houthi militia and support economic reforms. Alimi, who is visiting Brussels, is heading back to Munich to participate in the Munich Security Conference.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian envoy claims West is determined to destroy Russia

A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador has claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia

The Independent UK

At least 60,000 minors set to cross dangerous Panama-Colombia jungle gap in 2023, says UN

A substantial hike in children crossing the Darien jungle - linking Panama with Colombia - is expected this year, the United Nations said on Friday, amid a surge in migrants making the dangerous journey to reach the United States.

Reuters

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’

The revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

Al Jazeera

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US criticism of Israeli settlements is ‘meaningless’: Analysts

Washington says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by settlement expansion but rejects UN efforts to denounce Israeli policies.

Al Jazeera

Russia wants UN Security Council to ask for NordStream blast inquiry

Russia wants the United Nations Security Council to ask for an independent inquiry into September attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, connecting Russia and Germany, that spewed gas into the Baltic Sea.

Reuters

Lessons from the Khmer Rouge tribunal

One of the saddest episodes of Southeast Asian history was the period during the 1970s that witnessed the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The group was driven by a warped ideology, and it perpetrated myriad crimes against the general population. Millions were killed and displaced through a range…

Bangkok Post

Welsh firefighter in tearful reunion with his children as he returns home from earthquake site in Turkey

Phil Irving surprised his two children at school after risking his life to save others in Turkey

Wales Online

‘I thought my family died’: Father pulled from earthquake rubble reunited with wife and newborn daughter

Almila was barely three hours old when disaster struck maternity clinic

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris: Biden is not too old for presidency and I intend to run with him

Vice-president dismisses ‘Washington chatter’ about whether president should run for a second term in the White House

The Guardian - US

Fears Australian boys in Syrian detention could soon be forcibly removed from families

United Nations says several 12-year-old boys at the Roj camp face ‘the prospect of sale, exploitation and abuse, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment’

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Macron makes provocative speech but Zelenskiy’s questions not all answered

Munich Security Conference also saw Scholz defend Germany’s steady approach in supporting Ukraine

Reuters

EU countries poised to agree push on fossil fuel phase-out -document

European Union countries are preparing to endorse a diplomatic stance on Monday calling for a global phase-out of fossil fuels, as they prepare for this year's U.N. climate change talks, a draft document showed.

WEKU

11 days after the quake, a few more survivors are pulled from the rubble in Turkey

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 43,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris, including a 12-year-old boy.

The Guardian - UK

UN warns of ‘unconscionable’ cuts to Rohingya food rations as donations fall

World Food Programme calls for urgent $125m injection after being forced into axing supplies into Bangladesh refugee camps by 17%

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Zelenskiy urges west to speed up arms support to head off Russia offensive

Ukraine president tells world leaders in Munich to ‘hurry up’ before Putin gains military advantage

Reuters

Ecuador turns surfeit of seized cocaine into concrete

Huge quantities of seized drugs in Ecuador are presenting the Andean country with an unlikely new construction material: cocaine.

Fortune

The CEO of India’s largest renewables company predicts 'major progress' on climate in the next few years

The Inflation Reduction Act has set off a race between countries to incentivize green investment, says ReNew Power CEO Sumant Sinha.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia crackdown on opposition and media alarms rights groups

Ten public figures arrested since Saturday as President Kais Saied pursues what Amnesty calls a repression of dissent

The Conversation

The war in Ukraine hasn't left Europe freezing in the dark, but it has caused energy crises in unexpected places

Through a year of war in Ukraine, the U.S. and most European nations have worked to help counter Russia, in supporting Ukraine both with armaments and in world energy markets. Russia was Europe’s main energy supplier when it invaded Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin threatened to leave Europeans to freeze…

Al Jazeera

Wave of raids, arrests target government critics in Tunisia

The crackdown on opponents of President Saied has sparked international criticism and fears of a return to autocracy.

Wales Online

Congested villages in need of a bypass left devastated by the Welsh Government's cull of new roads

Residents, councillors and the local Member of the Senedd have been reacting to the news about the Cynon Gateway North

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