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The UN secretary general warned on Thursday that "the perils of weaponising digital technologies are growing by the year". "The misuse of digital technology is becoming more sophisticated and stealthy, malware, wipers and trojans are proliferating” and cyber operations enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) are multiplying the threat, António Guterres added. He also warned the UN Security Council that “quantum computing could break down entire systems with its ability to breach encryption". But Guterres said that digital technology advances are also "revolutionising" society, not only bringin...
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Around 80 per cent of Italians want their country to focus on protecting and restoring nature - yet the government was among a handful to vote against the EU's landmark Nature Restoration Law on Monday. That's just one small insight from the People’s Climate Vote, the biggest ever standalone public opinion survey on climate change, which was released today. Respondents from around the world echoed this call for governments to do more, with 80 per cent saying they want stronger action on climate change. An even higher number - 86 per cent - want their countries to set aside geopolitical differe...
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The Sudanese government on Tuesday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of fueling the 14-month war in the African country by providing weapons to a rival paramilitary force. The UAE dismissed the allegation as "ludicrous," calling it "a shameful abuse by one of the warring parties." The clash came during a UN Security Council meeting at which Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee warned that atrocities are being committed along ethnic lines in Sudan's western Darfur region. She urged an immediate cease-fire in the North Darfur capital, El Fasher, which is besieged by the paramilitary Rap...
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Families forced to burn plastic to cook food. Raw sewage spilling onto beaches, and over 107 kilograms of debris for every square metre. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s first assessment of the war in Gaza details the “unprecedented” environmental impacts of Israel’s onslaught over the past eight months. Published yesterday, the preliminary assessment responds to an official request from the State of Palestine in December last year. “Not only are the people of Gaza dealing with untold suffering from the ongoing war, the significant and growing environmental damage in Gaza risks locking it...
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The second and final day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin concluded with a pledge to support Ukraine's critical infrastructure ahead of a cold winter. During his speech and at a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the first day of the conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to his Western counterparts to help Ukraine rebuild and decentralise its energy infrastructure. Increased Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy networks and power plants have forced the government to introduce rolling blackouts in all major cities for several hours a day and...
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Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said on Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also have been taken. The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen's capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly after, have been targeting shipping throughout the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. But while gaining more attention internationally, ...
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At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said on Friday. The detentions come as the rebels are facing increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition. The Houthis, who seized Yemen's capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly after, have been targeting shipping throughout the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Regional officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the UN detentions. Those hel...
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The United Nations humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has said that leaders in war-torn countries are prioritising political rivalries and power over the end of fighting. In an interview with the Associated Press, he added that humanitarian workers in conflict zones see the results of political failures in their everyday work. Griffiths comments come as reports say 200 relief workers have been killed in Gaza over the duration of the eighth-month conflict. One high-profile incident in April saw an Israeli strike killed seven workers from the charity World Central Kitchen who were delivering ...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for advertising agencies and PR companies to stop working with fossil fuel companies. “Many in the fossil fuel industry have shamelessly greenwashed, even as they have sought to delay climate action – with lobbying, legal threats, and massive ad campaigns,” he said. “They have been aided and abetted by advertising and PR companies – Mad Men fuelling the madness.” During a speech to mark World Environment Day in New York on Wednesday, Guterres declared that fossil fuel advertising should be banned in the same way that tobacco ads were banned beca...
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The Israeli military said it has started "operational activity” in two areas of central Gaza on Wednesday in a possible broadening of its offensive against Hamas. It said its forces were operating “both above and below ground” in eastern parts of Deir al-Balah and Bureij, a long-established Palestinian refugee camp. The operation began with airstrikes on what is described as “militant infrastructure”, after which troops began a “targeted daylight operation” in both areas. Residents said Israel sent tanks into Bureij while planes and tanks pounded the nearby settlements of Al-Maghazi and Al-Nus...
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