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Torture reports of prisoner in Iraq raised

A United Nations report has found that Australian Robert Pether has been arbitrarily detained in Iraq and has detailed allegations of torture and abuse.

AAP

What would following Australia’s ‘leadership’ on the climate crisis actually look like?

The Morrison government is touting their climate credentials but analysts say following Australia’s path would see 3C or more of global heating

The Guardian - AU

UN to vote Thursday on suspending Russia from rights council

The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premier human rights body

The Independent UK

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Sadiq Khan calls on leading vaccine manufacturers to share Covid jab blueprints with world

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan, alongside mayors of New York and Johannesburg, urged companies ‘to do all you can’ to promote vaccine equity and ‘help stop the unnecessary loss of life’

The Independent UK

‘Major misjudgment’: how the Tories got their energy strategy so wrong

Analysis: betting big on nuclear, hydrogen, oil and gas while passing over energy saving measures, Johnson’s plan is a huge missed opportunity

The Guardian - UK

Feet tied and bullet to the head: A killing in Ukraine's Bucha

A rope tied around his feet and a charred hole in his forehead, a dead man lies in scrub by a railroad track on the outskirts of the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

Reuters

As horrific evidence of massacres is uncovered in Ukraine, Russian propaganda gathers pace

Warning: this article contains distressing details.

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UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Bucha killings

Vote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely

The Hindu

Ukraine: As Russia faces ‘genocide’ charge, experts urge caution

Ukraine says civilian killings in Bucha constitute ‘genocide’, but analysts say charge needs to be fully investigated.

Al Jazeera

‘I hadn’t even held a gun’: Climate activists switch fighting for environment to fighting for Ukraine

‘I believe the protection of nature is directly related to the protection of country,’ Extinction Rebellion activist in army says

The Independent UK

Russia Threatens States with Consequences Over UN Vote on Human Rights Council

Russia has warned countries at the United Nations that a yes vote or abstention on a US push to suspend Moscow from the Human Rights Council will be viewed as an "unfriendly gesture" with consequences for bilateral ties, according to a note seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The United States…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Union’s ‘Rattan’ Air Jordan 2 is the perfect spring sneaker

Or for matching your trendy rattan chair.

Input

Climate tsar joins UN net zero accountability watchdog

Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr has been appointed to a UN panel tasked with ensuring corporate and municipal climate claims are credible and can be achieved.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why universities must address 'immigration colonisation'

Universities that benefit from taking the best and brightest from developing economies could help re-balance global inequality, writes Murali Chandrashekaran.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Moves Machines for Making Centrifuge Parts to Natanz, Says UN Nuclear Watchdog

Iran has moved all its machines that make centrifuge parts from its mothballed workshop at Karaj to its sprawling Natanz site just six weeks after it set up another site at Isfahan to make the same parts, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. Iran granted International Atomic Energy Agency…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Eastern Ukraine Town Empties as Residents Fear New Russian Assault

Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meager belongings, residents of the northeastern Ukrainian town of Derhachi, near the border with Russia, boarded buses on Wednesday to be evacuated as fears of a Russian assault grew. Since pulling back from outside the capital Kyiv last week, Russian forces have…

The Guardian - UK

US and Europe behind majority of global ecological damage, says study

Groundbreaking report is first to assign responsibility for damage caused by 160 countries in past 50 years

Los Angeles Times

At NATO, Biden's top diplomat keeps eye toward leaders not condemning Putin

BRUSSELS — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in friendly territory: the headquarters of NATO where European leaders, almost to a man and woman, are supportive of U.S.-led efforts to punish Russia and help Ukraine.

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The Guardian - UK

Letters: Hugh O’Shaughnessy obituary

Keith Johnston writes: As an undergraduate in 1973 I learned a great deal about events in Chile from the reports of Hugh O’Shaughnessy

The Conversation

Worrying insights from UN's first-ever assessment of water security in Africa

When it comes to water security – a reliable, good supply of safe water – just 29 African countries have made some progress over the past three to five years. Twenty-five have made none.

ABC News

Footage appears to show Russian armoured vehicle firing on cyclist in Ukrainian city of Bucha

Drone footage appears to show a Russian armoured vehicle firing on a cyclist in the town of Bucha, where Ukraine has accused Russia of committing war crimes. WARNING: some viewers may find this content disturbing.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis kisses Ukrainian flag from 'martyred' Bucha

Pope Francis has kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that was brought to him from the Ukrainian city of Bucha and called again for an end to the war

The Independent UK

Russian troops accused of blocking rescue of Ukrainian civilians trapped beneath rubble in Borodyanka

Hundreds of residents in the heavily shelled town near Kyiv remain beneath the wreckage, authorities fear

France 24

Yemen's fragile truce: Warring parties trade accusations of ceasefire violations

The first day of Ramadan brought hope to Yemen with the start of a two-month truce. But a few days in, warring sides have already traded accusations of ceasefire violations. Nonetheless, the fragile truce offers the best hope in years for ending what the UN has called the world's worst…

Zenger

Something To Shellebrate: Ruined Oyster Reefs Can Be Restored Say Experts

Over-harvesting and disease have devastated oyster populations over the last two centuries.

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