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UN Secretary General to visit Moscow next week to meet with Vladimir Putin

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is due to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin next week.

Evening Standard

UNFPA holds forum in Ghana on connecting African diaspora

The forum is part of a UN initiative to advance rights of people of African descent and connect the diaspora to Africa.

Al Jazeera

Boris Johnson says Britain could send tanks to Poland in bid to help Ukraine

Boris Johnson has warned the war in Ukraine could continue until next year - and Russia could win. However, he revealed plans to

Daily Mirror

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UN Chief to Meet Putin and Zelenskiy Next Week

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin and then head to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Guterres will head to Moscow on Tuesday and meet Putin as well as having a working meeting and lunch with Russian Foreign Minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A new heritage museum for Barry and cleaning up graffiti: Vale of Glamorgan’s Plaid Cymru leader on how the council should be run

Plaid have just four councillors in the Vale at the moment but are hoping for more after the May 5 election

Wales Online

East African Community agrees on regional force to try to end Congo unrest

The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a regional military force to try to end decades of bloodshed caused by militant activity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya said.

Reuters

UN Rights Office Cites Growing Evidence of War Crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations human rights office sounded the alarm on Friday about growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, urging both Moscow and Kyiv to order combatants to respect international law. "Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools and other civilian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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U.N. rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions, while it said Ukraine also appeared to have used weapons with indiscriminate effects.

Reuters

WHO 'Strongly Recommends' Pfizer's Covid Pill

The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalization. However the UN agency warned it was "extremely concerned" that the inequality in access seen with Covid vaccines would…

Asharq Al-Awsat

VIDEO: Peek-A-Boo: Ukrainian Soldiers Destroy Russian Tank Hiding In The Woods

The defending troops found a Russian T-64 tank with a ‘Z’ marked on the top hiding in the woods.

Zenger

World Earth Day: Dia Mirza hopes for a sustainable future for kids Avyaan and Samaira; says, 'People perceive environmentalism as obstructionism' - Exclusive

Dia Mirza has been juggling her duties as an actress, activist and UN Environment's Goodwill Ambassador for India. In 2021, the actress added a new role to the mix when she became a mother to two children Avyaan and Samaira. On the occasion of World Earth Day, the star, who…

The Times of India

Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans

Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting

The Guardian - UK

East Timor expected to join Asean in 2023: president-elect Ramos-Horta

DILI: East Timor's president-elect Jose Ramos-Horta said on Thursday he expects his country to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2023 when Indonesia chairs the 10-member bloc.

Bangkok Post

Russia-Ukraine war latest: UN secretary general set to meet Putin and Zelenskiy – as it happened

Invasion of Ukraine ‘intended only as a beginning’, president says, as Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military commander’s comments on breakaway region

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Russia plans to hold sham independence vote in southern Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine president warns citizens against handing over personal information, as satellite images of mass graves emerge near Mariupol

The Independent UK

Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway

Former President Donald Trump’s persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the nomination process

Reuters

Kyiv accuses Moscow of 'imperialism' after Russia flags interest in south Ukraine

Moscow wants to take full control over southern Ukraine, a Russian general said on Friday, a statement Ukraine said gave the lie to Russia's previous assertions that it had no territorial ambitions.

Al Jazeera

‘Best therapeutic choice’: WHO backs Pfizer’s COVID antiviral

UN health body says Paxlovid ‘strongly recommended’ for patients with non-severe disease at risk of hospital admission.

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Reuters

Main hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray's region runs out of food

The main hospital in Ethiopia's war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials said.

Newcastle Herald

Aged care in a state, but staff are true saints

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

The Independent UK

War in Ukraine spurs bid to take a closer look at UN vetoes

After decades of complaints about vetoes in the U.N. Security Council, some momentum is building behind a proposal to subject any vetoed matter to scrutiny by the world body's full membership in the General Assembly

ABC News

China's bid for influence in Asia does not stop with Solomon Islands. This is how Beijing gained a foothold in Sri Lanka

While Australian and US officials express shock and disappointment over Beijing's deal with Solomon Islands, China has been making diplomatic and economic inroads across the region for years.

Newsroom.co.nz

Flowery deals with retrograde Singapore no use to climate

Jacinda Ardern's choice of Singapore as a climate partner is poor: Its interim climate goals are deemed 'critically insufficient' and it relies on gas to power its industry.

The Independent UK

Earth Day Anthems: Songs to celebrate our amazing, damaged planet

Tunes to remind us that our world is still worth saving

Radio France Internationale

Denmark may follow UK lead on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

Denmark is mulling the possibility of transferring its asylum seekers to Rwanda, the most overpopulated country on the African continent.

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