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- Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World news
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a se…
- Benjamin Netanyahu, British empire, India, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Israel-Gaza war, Ukraine, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, War crimes, World news
Global moral consensus is just wishful thinking | Letters
Alex Watson writes that moralising over Putin and Netanyahu is nothing without enforceable law, while Ravishan…
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Cambodia and Thailand continue fighting despite Trump claim of ‘immediate’ ceasefire talks
Both sides launch fresh attacks but Thai and Cambodian leaders said to be meeting in Malaysia on Monday for ta…
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Why has ceasefire collapsed between Thailand and Cambodia?
The long-simmering border conflict has erupted again with each side accusing the other of breaching Trump-brok…
- Foreign policy, Iran, Iran's nuclear programme, Iraq, Japan, Middle East and North Africa, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, World news
Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diploma…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, Business, Donald Trump, Economics, Global economy, Laos, Mauritius, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, Tariffs, Trump tariffs, Unctad, United Nations, US news, US politics, World news
UN calls on Trump to exempt poorest countries from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
Unctad says many countries targeted with high tariff rates are unlikely to be a threat to USBusiness live – la…
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Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims
Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found evidence that at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had emp…
- Aung San Suu Kyi, China, Donald Trump, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, United Nations, US politics, World news
The Guardian view on Myanmar, four years on: the army unleashed terror, but the people are defiant | Editorial
The junta’s brutality has failed to secure victory in the civil war, but is devastating the countryMyanmar’s c…
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North Korea learning from fighting with Russia against Ukraine, US warns
Diplomatic and military ties with Moscow making Pyongyang ‘more capable of waging war’, official saysNorth Kor…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Culture, Food & drink industry, Heritage, Japan, Unesco, United Nations, World news
Sake: Japan’s ‘divine gift’ given special status by Unesco
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-fa…
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2 million at risk of starvation in Myanmar state amid ‘total economic collapse’
Exclusive: a UN report will accuse the military of imposing ‘collective punishment’ on Rakhine state, more tha…
- Asia Pacific, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, US news, Vladimir Putin, World news
North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states…
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UK urged to break with France, North Korea and Russia on UN nuclear war resolution
Non-proliferation groups call on government not to oppose creation of a study into effects of nuclear conflict…
- Afghanistan, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Iran, Law, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
What is gender apartheid – and can anything be done to stop it?
Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls…
- Afghanistan, Child rights, Children, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women fight to hold Taliban to account over gender apartheid
What women face in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity, say activists pushing for recognition by UN Explai…