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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview Traffic on Russia’s Crimean Bridge has been stopped due to an “emergency,” a top regional official has said
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview Documents to be signed at the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit will reportedly include security agreements
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview The real problem in the way of pan-Asianism is not ideology, but nationalism
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview A clip shared by local media shows a partially collapsed section of the Crimean bridge, with its supports intact
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview The Crimean Bridge was attacked by two Ukrainian sea drones, resulting in two people dead and one child injured, Moscow has said
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview The Crimean Bridge was reportedly damaged in a Ukrainian “special operation” involving sea drones
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17 July 2023, 08:15
Preview Riyadh’s crude output should slip below Moscow’s in the OPEC+ following its voluntary production cut, the IEA says  
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17 July 2023, 08:15

WASHINGTON DC, Jul 17 (IPS) - Less than half of United Nations agencies have access to information policies, according to a survey by Eye on Global Transparency.

Of 27 UN bodies surveyed, 13 have access policies. So, 14 UN agencies lack access policies. Setting a poor example, the UN Secretariat still lacks an access to information policy.

Read the full story, “Most UN Agencies Lack Access to Information Policies, Survey Finds”, on globalissues.org

17 July 2023, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (IPS) - Just after a band of mercenaries tried to oust the government in the Maldives back in 1988, I asked a Maldivian diplomat, using a familiar military catch phrase, about the strength of his country's “standing army.”

"Standing army?", the diplomat asked with mock surprise, and remarked perhaps half-jokingly, "We don't even have a sitting army."

Read the full story, “Guns for Hire? A Season for Mercenaries”, on globalissues.org

17 July 2023, 08:15

For 96 hours, the orders kept coming. By the end, 287 people were dead, 387 women and children had been raped, and 13 villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had been robbed of any sense of normalcy.

Read the full story, “Bringing a war criminal to justice”, on globalissues.org