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Minister defends UN vote for Palestine resource rights

Australia shifted its longstanding position on Israeli responsibility for damage from an oil spill and voted to support Palestinian resource sovereignty.

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Musk Met Iran UN Ambassador On Defusing Tension Under Trump: NYT

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday.

International Business Times

Elon Musk Meets With Iran's UN Ambassador In Secret

Elon Musk's meeting with Iran's ambassador raises questions about diplomatic implications and the importance of dialogue in international relations.

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Lebanon Economic Losses Top $5 Billion In Year Of Clashes: World Bank

More than a year of clashes that recently escalated into war have cost Lebanon more than $5 billion in economic losses, with actual structural damage amounting to billions more, the World Bank said on Thursday.

International Business Times

COP29: Canada needs to start a real conversation about international carbon markets

In a world coping with climate setbacks and Donald Trump’s re-election in the United States, the growing prominence of international carbon markets may just be the good news we have been looking for. Canada should take notice.

The Conversation

Morning Mail: Labor pushes for donations cap, Australia backs Palestine in UN vote, why e-bikes keep exploding

The Albanese government hopes bill could become law in next fortnight

The Guardian - AU

UN special committee likens Israeli practices and policies in Gaza to genocide

A UN special committee has said policies and practices carried out by Israel in Gaza are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide” ...

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Coles and Woolworths face class actions over claims misleading promotions deceived customers – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

UN Committee Says Israel Warfare In Gaza 'Consistent With Genocide'

Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity".

International Business Times

Global plastic production must be cut to curb pollution, study says

Analysis lays bare huge challenge of mismanaged waste on eve of UN plastic treaty talks in Busan

The Guardian - UK

Masses flee homes in Haiti as gangs ratchet up violence amid political turmoil

Masses of residents are fleeing a running battle between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by the gangs

The Independent UK

Sudan war death toll much higher than previously recorded, new study finds

Researchers estimate 60,000 deaths in Khartoum state in war’s first 14 months, far higher than other assessments.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon Army Redeployment In South Crucial To War Solution: UN Peacekeeping Chief

The UN peacekeeping chief whose force monitors Lebanon's south said redeploying Lebanese troops there is crucial for any solution to more than a year of Hezbollah-Israel clashes that escalated into war in September.

International Business Times

Israel’s maximalist demands unlikely to lead to ceasefire with Hezbollah

Israel says it is open to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, but analysts say no truce is on the horizon.

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The Guardian - UK

French military systems in Sudan may break UN arms embargo, says Amnesty

Group says it has identified the Galix defence system on armoured vehicles imported from the UAE and calls for government to investigate

International Business Times

UK Government Announces Ban On New Coal Mines

The UK announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader.

The Guardian - UK

UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide

Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank

Latin Times

Haitian Police Accused of Executing Patients, Attacking Doctors Without Borders Staff As Violence Rages On

Doctors Without Borders claimed staff were tear-gassed, threatened, and prevented from treating patients in a violent encounter with police.

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Evening Standard

Theo James calls on leaders to act on ‘escalating injustice’ for refugees at Cop

James was speaking at the launch of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Refugees For Climate Action group.

The Independent UK

In Cyprus, Ukrainians learn how to dispose of landmines that kill and maim hundreds

In a Cypriot National Guard camp, Ukrainians are being trained on how to identify, locate and dispose of landmines and other unexploded munitions that litter huge swaths of their country, killing and maiming hundreds of people, including children

Al Jazeera

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’.

The Guardian - AU

Conflict in Gaza an ‘Israeli terrorism creation factory’, warns Australian on UN inquiry

Former human rights commissioner Chris Sidoti says ‘there is no end in sight’ as ongoing bombardment is sowing seeds for generations of hostilities

The Conversation

3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond a loss and damage fund

These days, it’s hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is contributing to extreme weather disasters, including the recent U.S. hurricanes. Aid agencies are increasingly worried about the widespread damage.

Al Jazeera

The view from Gaza: What the US decision not to punish Israel looks like

The US decision not to follow through on its past warning to Israel carries fatal consequences for many trapped in Gaza.

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Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel Of War Crimes

Human Rights Watch report accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, aid delivered to northern Gaza, and U.S. military strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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