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US announces sanctions against Assad cousins over drug trade

US Treasury officials say that the Assad government has used drug trafficking as a source of illicit revenue.

Al Jazeera

Deadly fire highlights immigration pressures on Mexico

The fire that killed at least 40 people at an immigration detention center in Mexico happened as Western hemisphere countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes

The Independent UK

Why is Canada rejecting evidence of Israeli apartheid against Palestinians?

For the past two months, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have been demonstrating against proposed judicial reforms by the country’s new far right-wing government that could seriously threaten their human rights.

The Conversation

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Space Activists Take Action At United Nations Conference To Reduce Lunar Tensions

A group of researchers and non-profits have released an open document asking leaders to urgently fill the void in lunar policy.

Zenger

Ukraine: reporter's notes from WWII shows how Russia used claims of fascism to stem independence

Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his supporters of crimes against the people of Ukraine.

The Conversation

Four global problems that will be aggravated by the UK's recent cuts to international aid

UK economic forecasts have improved markedly since the September 2022 mini-budget. The economic recession may now be more shallow and public borrowing lower than previously expected.

The Conversation

UN hears Africa, its Sahel region, are new terrorism targets

African nations are calling on the world to pay attention to how terrorism is targeting their continent, particularly its Sahel region

The Independent UK

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'I set the record for most countries visited in a wheelchair in a single year'

Renee Bruns from Atlanta, Georgia visited a Guinness World Record breaking 55 countries in a single year, and has plans to make trips to Argentina and Madagascar soon

Daily Mirror

WHO Revises COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations for Omicron-Era

The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. The UN agency said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Will an Oasis reunion finally happen – and do we really need it?

Recent proclamations by the Gallagher brothers have convinced some that re-forming is no longer unthinkable. Here we present the case for and against

The Guardian - UK

Plea for Glasgow councillors to support treaty to protect marine wildlife

The international treaty would make it easier to establish marine protected areas on the high seas.

Glasgow Live

UN nuclear boss seeks breakthrough to protect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday his attempt to broker a deal to protect Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was still alive, and that he was adjusting the proposals to seek a breakthrough.

Reuters

An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

WEKU

Global Population Could Peak Below 9 Billion Within 30 Years

The analysis uses 10 world regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, China and the United States as the global population could peak

Zenger

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The Independent UK

EU defends its Libya migrant record over UN team allegations

The European Union is defending its record on helping relieve migrant suffering in Libya after U.N.-backed investigators accused the bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes there

Daily Mirror

'Extreme risk' of nuclear disaster surges as Russia's war with Ukraine escalates

Vladimir Putin's soldiers continue to launch artillery around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - which is the largest facility of its kind in Europe - and could infect the entire continent with radiation in the event of a disaster

The Independent UK

Kremlin claims UN trying to ‘whitewash’ Nord Stream explosions after resolution fails

UNSC rejects Russia’s resolution to demand investigation into nord stream explosion

The Independent UK

IAEA head: Increased combat around Ukrainian nuclear plant

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says fighting has intensified near a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is Europe's largest

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Amnesty says West's response to Ukraine reveals 'double standards' on rights

In its annual report for 2022, rights group Amnesty International criticises the West for double standards regarding human rights abuses around the world. Amnesty underlines the silence of western governments on Saudi Arabia's rights record, widespread repression in Egypt, and Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Evening Standard

Greta Thunberg coming to the Southbank... with a forest of 390 trees

Greta Thunberg will join fellow campaigners including Malala Yousafzai for the Planet Summer events

The Conversation

Uganda's new anti-LGBTQ+ law could lead to death penalty for same-sex 'offences'

People in same-sex relationships in Uganda now face the possibility of life in prison after the country’s parliament unanimously passed its 2023 anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation, which Amnesty International has called “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”, establishes a range of harsh penalties for same-sex “offences” – including the death penalty…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Child Casualties from Houthi Landmines Increase Eight-Fold in Yemen

Children remain the greatest casualties of mines planted arbitrarily by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in residential areas in Yemen. A child is wounded or killed by a landmine once every two days, found a recent study by Save the Children. The number of victims has risen eight-fold from 2018 to…

The Independent UK

UN says Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul

The United Nations says an Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Parties Agree to Continue Efforts to Unify Army, Form Unified Govt

The 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC), in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya, organized in Tripoli on Sunday a meeting between commanders of the military and security units in the western, eastern, and southern regions.  The meeting was the largest of its kind in Libya in…

The Guardian - UK

Disabled people are ‘lost and excluded’ when disasters hit, says UN advocate

Lack of data and fallout from Covid both hamper equal rights, and women suffer worst, says new chair of UN disability rights committee

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