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UN chief calls for action on escalating climate crisis, conflicts in Africa 2024-05-10
Xinhua

NAIROBI, May 10 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday renewed a call for the global community to support action on the climate crisis and civil strife undermining the quest for peace, stability, and sustainable growth in Africa. Guterres said at a briefing on the...

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Russia attempts ground offensive into Ukraine’s Kharkiv 2024-05-10
Al Jazeera

Russian forces attempted an armoured ground invasion of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region with artillery and guided aerial bombs, Ukrainian officials have said. On Friday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence said that Russian forces tried to breach Ukrainian defences near the town of Vovchansk with...

photo: AP / Evgeniy Maloletka

Police disband pro-Palestinian student encampments across the US 2024-05-10
AOL

Police moved in to disband several pro-Palestinian student encampments on US campuses on Friday morning as the foment over protests against academic ties with Israel over the war in Gaza continued to roil academia. Tent encampments at the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of...

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Ukraine says it repulsed Russian bid to cross border 2024-05-10
Saudi Gazette

KYIV — Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armored attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the border and sought to break through defensive ......

photo: AP / Andrii Marienko, File

No more bear hugs: Biden gives up on Netanyahu embrace 2024-05-10
Raw Story

Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president's long, if not uncomplicated, relationship with the prime minister. Seven months into the devastating...

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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference 2024-05-10
ProPublica

by Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When I registered to attend last month’s United Nations conference in Canada, organizers insisted it would be a “plastic free meeting.” I wouldn’t...

photo: AP / Ben Curtis, File

Iranians vote in parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate initial balloting 2024-05-10
Wtop

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. People in 22 constituencies across the country...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership 2024-05-10
Philenews

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending the application back to the U.N. Security Council to “reconsider the matter favorably.” The Palestinians are reviving their bid...

photo: UN / Mark Garten

Key takeaways from Xi Jinping’s European tour to France, Serbia and Hungary 2024-05-10
Al Jazeera

Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded a five-day tour of Europe, after visiting France, Serbia and Hungary, where he touted Beijing’s vision of a multipolar world and held talks on trade, investments and Russia’s war in Ukraine. In France, President Emmanuel Macron feted Xi with gifts of luxury...

photo: OSCE

Iran’s Khamenei urges people to vote in parliamentary run-off amid apathy 2024-05-10
Al Jazeera

Iranians are voting in a run-off for the remaining seats in Parliament after conservative candidates dominated the elections in March. Shortly after polling stations opened on Friday, state TV showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casting his vote.Keep reading list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Low...

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