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Are there billions more people on Earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing

A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argument, says academic and writer Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK

Tanzanian politician's lawyers ask UN to declare his detention arbitrary

Lawyers for Tanzania's jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a bid to ramp up international pressure for his release.

Radio France Internationale

Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence

Médecins Sans Frontières report sparks calls for Sudan’s warring parties to be held to account for rapes and attacks

The Guardian - UK

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‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why

The Guardian - UK

Mhairi Black: The UK’s silence on Gaza will haunt generations to come

WATCHING thousands of emaciated people scrambling for what little food they have access to; watching children clamber over one another with empty…

The National (Scotland)

The Department of Energy axes $3.7 billion in clean energy project grants

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says he canceled $3.7 billion in project grants in another massive hit to clean energy development in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration

The Independent UK

What is a 'sanctuary jurisdiction' and how was the US list of them made?

The U.S. government’s list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” includes hundreds of communities, both red and blue

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UN seeks 20% cut in staff to help deal with a funding shortfall

More than 60 United Nations offices, agencies and operations have been ordered to submit proposals by mid-June to cut 20% of their staff

The Independent UK

UN says famine stalks all in Gaza; Israel shoots, wounds aid seekers

Gaza’s entire population faces starvation, UN warns, with aid deliveries branded a ‘drip-feed’ amid dire crisis.

Al Jazeera

Tajikistan's president calls for global effort to preserve glaciers as melting accelerates

Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia's glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier melt. At a high-level international conference in Dushanbe, President Emomali Rahmon proposed launching a major glacier study.

Euronews

How to watch the 2025 Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night hosted by Cynthia Erivo

The 2025 Tony Awards are airing live on CBS and Paramount+

The Independent UK

Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN

Mission to deliver help is ‘one of most obstructed aid operations in recent history’, humanitarian agency says

The Guardian - UK

A Palestinian describes 15 minutes of terror trying to get food in the new Gaza distribution system

Shehada Hijazi started walking at dawn for the miles-long trek to a new food distribution site in south Gaza

The Independent UK

Europe and Asia should form ‘positive new alliance’, says Macron in Singapore

French president espouses shared principles and cooperation on security and trade to counteract superpowers

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The Independent UK

What is a famine and who declares one?

For months, experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine

The Independent UK

‘Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth’: UN’s stark warning as Israel accused of drip-feeding aid

The ‘catastrophic’ aid situation comes as hopes for a 60-day ceasefire proposed by the US hang in the balance

The Guardian - UK

One afternoon in Gaza, two family tragedies: the childhoods cut short by Israeli airstrikes

Relatives’ trauma over events of 23 May reflects a daily reality in Gaza: the killing and maiming of its youngest citizens

Euronews

Nuclear power on the rise except in UN watchdog's home, Austria

In Austria - the home of the IAEA - the public rejected nuclear power in a referendum in the 1970s leaving a gigantic power plant that cost 1 billion euro to build to become the biggest training hub in Europe to study nuclear power.

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Euronews

Russia and North Korea are violating UN sanctions in Ukraine, Western allies report says

The findings follow Russia’s 2024 veto of continued UN monitoring and include images of North Korean arms found in Ukraine.

Euronews

Spain wants to ban people from flushing wet wipes and make manufacturers pay for the clean up

Wet wipes and balloons are among the 10 most common single-use plastic items found littering European beaches.

Euronews

Russia accuses Serbia of arming Ukraine and 'stabbing Moscow in the back'

After Russia claimed Serbia was supplying ammunition to Ukraine, Belgrade denied all the allegations, with President Aleksandar Vučić stating that he was willing to investigate the claims in conjunction with Moscow.

The Guardian - UK

Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike

Laila Soueif continues protest against detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo

The Guardian - UK

Hamas ‘thoroughly reviewing’ Israel’s response to US ceasefire proposal

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza when deal signed off

Evening Standard

Ireland to lodge letter of objection to Israel over shots fired close to patrol

Minister for Defence Simon Harris described the incident in southern Lebanon on Thursday as ‘reckless, intimidatory, totally unacceptable’.

Evening Standard

Mother of jailed British activist admitted to hospital while on hunger strike

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 242 days in protest against the imprisonment of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

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