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Birthing on Country services centre First Nations cultures and empower women in pregnancy and childbirth

Many Australian women rely on and trust maternity services to see them through pregnancy, labour and the early stages of new parenting.

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 28 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy voices concerns for seized humanitarian convoy and decries ‘constant bombing’ of besieged Mariupol

The Guardian - UK

Military attacks endanger people with limited mobility in Myanmar

Over 60s and those with disabilities face greater risks as military crackdown on anti-coup movement continues.

Al Jazeera

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Morrison’s green light for Queensland’s Hells Gates Dam threatens Great Barrier Reef, experts warn

PM announces $5.4bn in funding for project that’s yet to have environmental approvals or final business case

The Guardian - AU

Biden arrives in Europe for Ukraine war summits, NATO to bolster eastern flank

Russian forces bombed areas of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday and U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Brussels for a series of summit meetings on the war while NATO's chief said the alliance was bolstering battle groups in Eastern Europe.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin will only use nukes if Russia's existence comes under threat

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin will only use nuclear weapons if Russia's existence is under threat amid the catastrophic invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Ukrainians go on counteroffensive even as Russia tries to subdue strategic port

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces defending the capital, Kyiv, managed to wrest back control of a strategic outlying town that Russian troops had earlier captured, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, but invading troops were reported to have breached the besieged port city of Mariupol, scene of some of the war’s most…

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Ukrainians go on counteroffensive near capital even as Russia moves into strategic port

Los Angeles Times

Russia intensifies Mariupol bombardment as street fighting rages

Russia claims its forces have taken control of about half of the besieged port city, as thousands seek to evacuate.

Al Jazeera

At U.N., Russia trades barbs with U.S., UK about chemical weapons in Ukraine

Russia traded accusations with the United States and Britain at the United Nations on Tuesday over the possibility of a chemical weapons attack in Ukraine, but none produced any evidence to back their concerns.

Reuters

Bipartisan Resolution Instructs US To Influence Cannabis De-Scheduling From UN Treaty

Representatives Nancy Mace (R) and Barbara Lee (D) filed a resolution on Friday expressing “the sense of Congress” that the United States representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs should use &ldqu

Benzinga

Refugees the losers as Home Office helper shows he can be Priti unfriendly too

Minister Tom Pursglove spins unconvincing tale as he steers borders bill through Commons

The Guardian - UK

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The Hindu

Diplomatic tit-for-tat over Ukraine escalates at United Nations

Russia is seeking to blunt Western-led efforts at the United Nations to further isolate Moscow for invading Ukraine, with the Security Council and General Assembly gearing up to vote this week on competing measures on Ukraine's humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

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Ukraine mourns fallen soldiers and civilians and warns 'this is the price' of not closing the sky

In Ukraine, there are mass graves for massacred civilians and haunting ceremonies for fallen soldiers. The fallout of war is now reaching even the smallest villages, and those who live there have a warning for the West.

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg condemns ‘racist’ decision to let UK firm mine on Sami land

Climate campaigner says Swedish government is violating indigenous rights and waging ‘war on nature’

Irish Mirror

Ireland could welcome up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees as Cabinet meets to discuss preparations

Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, indicated there would be no limit to the funds and resources available from Government as she told the Irish Mirror that her department would “not be found wanting in this regard.”

The Independent UK

East Africa's hunger crisis needs global action, says Oxfam

The aid agency Oxfam International warns that widespread hunger across East Africa could become “a catastrophe” without an injection of funds to the region’s most vulnerable communities

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Al Jazeera

UN chief calls for an end to Russia’s ‘absurd war’ in Ukraine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns the reverberations of war could spiral into a ‘global hunger crisis’.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Refugee safeguarding failures ‘will make problems for the future’

Diana Shore set up Room for Ukrainians in the UK two and a half weeks ago and the page already has more than 13,700 members.

Radio France Internationale

Rich nations told to stamp out oil, gas by 2034 to avoid climate chaos

Wealthy countries must completely stop oil and gas production within the next 12 years if the world is to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avert the most disastrous impacts of climate change, a study published Tuesday warned.

Reuters

Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Radio France Internationale

France sends 55 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

France sent 55 tonnes of medical equipment, computers, children's milk and generators to Ukraine via Poland on Monday, the French foreign ministry has said. An estimated 3.5 million people have now fled the country since the beginning of the Russian invasion a month ago.

Daily Mirror

Who is Alexei Navalny as Russian opposition leader handed guilty verdict in Moscow

Vladimir Putin opponent and Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny has been found guilty of fraud in an internationally condemned trial. The lawyer has faced death threats, jail and a Novichok poisoning already

Bangkok Post

UN chief: Time to end Russia's absurd war in Ukraine

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged an end to the "absurd war" started by Russia's invasion of Ukraine one month ago, warning that the conflict is "going nowhere, fast" and that the Ukrainian people are "enduring a living hell."

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