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26 August 2022, 08:15
Preview The Dutch city of The Hague has said it will ask the EU for a temporary sanctions exemption, to be able to buy Russian gas from Gazprom
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26 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Russian midfielder Arsen Zakharyan is 'close' to a move to Chelsea after the Londoners made Dynamo Moscow an offer, reports claim
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26 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Colin Kahl, a senior Pentagon official, has explained why long-range ATACMS missiles are not being supplied to Ukraine
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26 August 2022, 08:15

Groundwater, which sustains drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, farms, industries and ecosystems, is being overused, polluted and neglected, speakers warned at a World Water Week event on Thursday.

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26 August 2022, 08:15

There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported on Thursday. 

Read the full story, “World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022”, on globalissues.org

26 August 2022, 08:15

The robbery of over half a million tonnes of fuel from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region will make it impossible to continue operations that support millions of hungry people, the UN agency said on Thursday.

Read the full story, “Ethiopia: Massive fuel theft puts WFP operations in Tigray at risk”, on globalissues.org

26 August 2022, 08:15

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to end the country’s war against Ukraine, while also calling for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be immediately demilitarized.

Read the full story, “Russia’s war with Ukraine needs to end, UN’s Bachelet urges Vladimir Putin”, on globalissues.org

26 August 2022, 08:15
Preview English Premier League football clubs have spent a record $1.8 billion on transfers this summer, with the window still open for a week
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26 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Kiev summons the Vatican’s representative in Ukraine to lodge a complaint after the Pope condemned the murder of a Russian journalist
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26 August 2022, 08:15

GENEVA, Aug 26 (IPS) - As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. The world has changed fundamentally over the course of my mandate.

Read the full story, “The Journey to Defend Human Rights Never Ends”, on globalissues.org