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Vladimir Putin’s regime crumbling as spies defect and Russia keeps relatives 'hostage'

The unprecedented swapping of sides has left furious Vladimir Putin reeling with a warning fired that anyone else who abandons Russia could see family members jailed - or worse

Daily Mirror

UN releases report on Ukraine telecoms damage by Russia

Ukraine will need at least $1.79 billion to restore its telecommunications sector to pre-war levels, a U.N. agency said in a report published on Friday alleging Russia had "destroyed completely or seized" networks in parts of the country.

Reuters

New Israeli Government Takes Steps to Penalize Palestinians

In some of its first acts since coming to power, Israel's new Security Cabinet approved a series of punitive steps against the Palestinian leadership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Friday. According to a statement from Netanyahu's office, the move is in retaliation for Palestinians pushing the UN's highest judicial…

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Israel approves punitive response to Palestinian moves at ICJ

PA rejects Israeli measures, which include a moratorium on Palestinian construction in parts of the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera

Global food prices in 2022 hit record high amid drought, war

Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row

The Independent UK

Afghanistan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women NGO workers, UN warns

’Without women working, we can’t deliver for the people who are in fact the primary objects of humanitarian assistance’

The Independent UK

New Israeli government takes steps to penalize Palestinians

Israel’s new Security Cabinet has approved a series of punitive steps against the Palestinian leadership

The Independent UK

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Exclusive-Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists

A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.

Reuters

UN envoy calls for release of jailed journalist on hunger strike in Senegal

Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government information

The Guardian - UK

Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

World Food Prices Hit Record High in 2022 Despite December Fall

World food prices eased in December marking the ninth consecutive monthly fall, but gained more than 14% in 2022 compared to the previous year, to reach the highest since records began, the UN food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) food price index, which tracks international…

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Aid Workers in Syria Fear Cholera Spread If Cross-Border Support Halted

Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Türkiye. The area's 4 million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food…

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Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted

Reuters

Ukraine Clinches US, German Armored Vehicles, Rejects Russian Truce Order

Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire starting on Friday and the leaders of the United States and Germany said they were sending armored fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government. The US weapons package, to be announced on Friday, is…

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UN Security Council Members Stress Al Aqsa Mosque Status Quo

UN Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel's new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited the site. The decades-old status quo allows only Muslim worship at the compound. An…

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US, UN Envoys Seeking to Revive Stalled Yemen Peace Efforts

The US and United Nations envoys to Yemen kicked off on Thursday a visit to Riyadh to revive the stalled peace efforts in the war-torn country. US envoy Tim Lenderking and UN envoy Hans Grundberg held separate meetings with Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Is China sharing enough COVID-19 information?

As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Court Charges 7 over Attack That Killed Irish UN Soldier

Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven people over an attack last month that killed one Irish soldier serving in a United Nations peacekeeping force, three Lebanese judicial sources told Reuters. On Dec.

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Even If The World Meets Its Climate Targets, Half Of All Glaciers Will Be Gone In 77 Years

In the latest instalment of Humanity’s Fucked: Half of Earth’s glaciers will be gone by 2100 even if every single nation meets its unlikely climate targets under the Paris Agreement.According to a new climate change report published on Thursday, 49 per cent of all the glaciers on the planet will…

Reuters

'What ceasefire?': shells fly at Ukraine front despite Putin's truce

Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.

The Independent UK

UN disbands prison killings probe in Ukraine over security

The United Nations has announced it is disbanding a fact-finding mission requested by Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists

Reuters

U.N. Security Council members stress Al Aqsa mosque status quo

U.N. Security Council members voiced concern on Thursday and stressed the need to maintain a status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, days after Israel's new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited the site.

Reuters

U.N. internal report flags east Congo rebels flouting ceasefire and withdrawal deal

United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the armed group has seized ground in other areas, internal U.N. documents showed on Thursday.

Inverse

At least half the world’s glaciers could disappear — and that’s under the best-case scenario

Researchers find that up to half of glaciers will disappear by the end of the century, but even more could be lost under higher global warming scenarios.

Reuters

The newest fronts in climate-change-related legal battles

Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is moving beyond traditionally polluting industries such as fossil fuel production.

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