#Nations begin 3 weeks of grueling climate talks online

#Nations begin 3 weeks of grueling climate talks online

“#Nations begin 3 weeks of grueling climate talks online” BERLIN — Officials from around the globe begin three weeks of grueling climate talks Monday that will involve grappling with a number of thorny political issues without the benefit of face-to-face meetings, due to pandemic restrictions. The U.N. climate office in Bonn, Germany, has designed a…

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#Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis

#Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis

“#Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis” UNITED NATIONS — The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq announced Monday it has found “clear and compelling evidence” that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014 and said the militant group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas. Karim Khan…

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#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade

#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade

“#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade” ​Pakistan’s prime minister is urging Muslim-majority countries to join together and launch a trade boycott of Western governments, in an effort to pressure them into criminalizing insults against the Prophet Muhammad. “My way is to take heads of all Muslim countries into confidence. Together, we should ask…

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#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary

#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary

“#Two police shootings, two different outcomes and other commentary” Centrist: Two Police Shootings, Two Outcomes  The charging decisions in the police shootings of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and Ashli Babbitt in DC were announced within an hour of each other “with strikingly different conclusions,” observes Jonathan Turley at USA Today. While Babbitt was “at the…

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#Greta Thunberg to skip UN climate conference over COVID vaccine inequality

#Greta Thunberg to skip UN climate conference over COVID vaccine inequality

“#Greta Thunberg to skip UN climate conference over COVID vaccine inequality” Swedish teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg said she is skipping the United Nation’s climate conference in Scotland over concerns about the inequality in COVID-19 vaccine access. “Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow #COP26,” Thunberg said on Twitter. “But not unless everyone…

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#Too much prejudice against old and young in world

#Too much prejudice against old and young in world

“#Too much prejudice against old and young in world” UNITED NATIONS — Prejudice and discrimination based on age is widespread around the world, affecting millions of older and younger people trying to work and get health care, denying their human rights and costing society billions of dollars, a UN report said Thursday. “Its main message…

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#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN

#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN

“#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN” UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations warned Tuesday that an offensive by Houthi rebels in Yemen has escalated the nearly six-year conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation as it “speeds towards a massive famine.” U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths and U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock…

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