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U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes air-launched rockets

The United States said Wednesday it would send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, including for the first time the Hydra-70 short-range. air-launched rocket, taken from U.S. excess stocks.

Reuters

Adani proposed coal ventures to sanctioned Myanmar military despite public vow to cut ties, leaked documents show

International pressure led to Adani vowing to cut ties with Myanmar's military junta in 2021. Now, leaked documents reveal how the resources giant had been privately negotiating coal ventures with the sanctioned regime leaders.

ABC News

Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after quake

Aid officials say that three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

The Independent UK

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Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

Six trucks of humanitarian supplies looted while airstrikes in Khartoum undermine ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

This new Counter-Strike map was created to smuggle the truth about the Ukraine war into Russia

The Finnish newspaper Helsinin Sanomat has created a CS:GO map with a secret press room detailing the war in Ukraine.

PC Gamer

MSD offers abuse victims 'full and final' settlement, despite Royal Commission report

Lawyer says victims of state abuse are waiving their legal rights if they sign, which may include access to other forms of redress that become available, reports Aaron Smale

Newsroom.co.nz

Analysis-Why Republican presidential hopefuls are keeping out of US debt-ceiling squabble

It is the one topic that everyone on Capitol Hill is talking about and yet hundreds of miles away, on the plains of Iowa and the hills of New Hampshire, none of the Republicans vying for the 2024 presidential nomination have even mentioned it.

Reuters

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Aid Officials Say Syria Conditions Dire, Months after Quake

Three months after a massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria's opposition-held northwest, aid officials who visited the region said Wednesday. The Feb. 6, earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, including over 6,000 in Syria, according to the United Nations, and displaced hundreds of thousands…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Knights of Malta get their 1st non-aristocratic head

A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Romania's grain crop rebound may limit Ukraine's room at Constanta port

A rebound in Romania's grain output this year may limit room for Ukrainian shipments through the Black Sea port of Constanta, a major transit hub for Kiev particularly since the Russian invasion, port operator Comvex said.

Reuters

UN warns of new heat records as El Nino expected to return

Forecasters from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) say the chances of an El Nino global weather event happening by the end of the summer have risen, bringing with it the risk of new record-breaking temperatures.

Radio France Internationale

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

A report says more than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year

The Independent UK

Which countries have the most and least press freedom?

Freedom of the press is under attack in “every corner of the globe”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has declared in a speech to mark World Press Freedom Day.

The Week

Exclusive-JPMorgan could process another 40 Russian grain export payments - sources

U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase Co could process another 40 Russian grain export payments, two sources said, as the United Nations seeks to save a deal allowing safe Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain that Moscow has threatened to quit on May 18.

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Al Jazeera

Clashes rock Sudan ceasefire as UN official seeks aid protection

Martin Griffiths, in visit to the country, seeks pledges from warring sides to allow movement of staff and supplies.

The Independent UK

Fossils or not? Nations split on how to meet climate goals

Senior officials from dozens of nations meeting in Berlin remain divided on how to meet international climate goals

Reuters

Cate Blanchett calls for more support for refugee host countries

Actor Cate Blanchett, a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency, has called for more support for countries hosting people forcibly displaced from their homes to prevent "a forgotten crisis."

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The right to clean air must not be delayed or denied

Air pollution continues to blight our city and cost lives — toxic air is linked with cancers, circulatory diseases and strokes. And, according to a new survey, four in 10 Londoners are considering moving out of the capital because of it, representing the highest figure in the country.

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France 24

African, international news outlets appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso

FRANCE 24 and its sister radio RFI have joined a group of 30 African and international news organisations and monitors in an appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso. The news outlets and rights groups call on the authorities of these two countries and the international community to…

The Conversation

What the Iraq War can teach the US about avoiding a quagmire in Ukraine -- 3 key lessons

Leaked Pentagon papers showed in early April 2023 that the U.S. is allegedly following the inner workings of Russia’s intelligence operations and is also spying on Ukraine, adding a new dimension to the United States’ involvement in the Ukraine war.

Reuters

UN aid chief seeks pledges from warring sides in Sudan to protect aid

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Wednesday he was working on obtaining commitments by the warring parties in Sudan to protecting humanitarian assistance to ensure it can be delivered to those in need.

Reuters

German troops start withdrawal from Mali - commander

German troops have started to withdraw from Mali as Berlin aims to wind up by May next year a mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces.

The Independent UK

Outrage as Uganda parliament passes bill punishing ‘aggravated homosexuality’ with death

New law retains many of its harshest anti-LGBT+ elements despite four rounds of amendments

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: media freedom in dire state in record number of countries

World Press Freedom Index report warns disinformation and AI pose mounting threats to journalism. Plus, the shocking history of British royal crowns

The Guardian - US

Ilhan Omar condemns US’s failure to act since George Floyd: ‘A broken system’

Exclusive: three years after the murder, the Minnesota congresswoman talks prison abuse and her new police violence resolution

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