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31 August 2022, 08:15
Preview The EU is stocking up on energy reserves with surplus LNG that China has been reselling due to weak demand at home, Financial Times reports
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31 August 2022, 08:15

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to a statement issued on Tuesday. 

Read the full story, “Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15
Preview European gas prices jumped 5.5% after Russia’s Gazprom shut down supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline
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31 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Elena Rybakina followed her Wimbledon success with a first-round exit at the US Open in a shock defeat to French qualifier Clara Burel
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31 August 2022, 08:15

Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday.

Read the full story, “Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

The Secretary-General has paid warm tribute to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose death aged 91 was announced on Tuesday, describing him as the person who “more than any other” brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War, which had dominated international relations since the 1940s.

Read the full story, “Mikhail Gorbachev: UN chief hails ‘one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history’”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

Copenhagen, Aug 30 (IPS) - Hiding in basements during bombings, fleeing their homes, going hungry, and facing the devastating and life-transformative traumas of losing their loved ones as their childhoods go up in flames of war. These are the lived experiences of crisis-impacted children and adolescents.

Read the full story, “Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday. 

Read the full story, “Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.

Read the full story, “LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

KARACHI, Aug 30 (IPS) - The heavy and incessant monsoon downpours across Pakistan in the last two months have triggered floods wreaking havoc across the country, submerging entire villages and vast tracts of land and entrapping people. Anything coming in the way of the relentless water is being destroyed, including roads, bridges, and standing crops.

Read the full story, “Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds With Pakistan in the Eye of Fiercest Climate Change Storm”, on globalissues.org