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Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. — courtesy UN Photo/Cia Pak
Reforms vital to build confidence, Japanese leader tells UN Assembly
NEW YORK — The Prime Minister of Japan said on Tuesday that he is open to meeting President Kim Jong-Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at any time and without any conditions “to open up a new era together” between the countries.Addressing the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate Fumio Kishida urged reforms of the Security Council, including increased representation of Africa and expanding both its permanent and non-permanent membership, to restore confidence.“The world is changing dramatically. We need a Security Council that reflects the world today,” he said, noting that efforts to limit the use of the veto, which exacerbates division and confrontation in the UN, will strengthen and restore confidence in the body.The Japanese leader said that his...
September 20, 2023

Reforms vital to build confidence, Japanese leader tells UN Assembly

UK easing transition to electric vehicles — Sunak
Sunak delays petrol car ban in major shift on green policies
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has delayed a ban on new petrol and diesel cars in a major change to the government’s approach to achieving net zero by 2050.The prime minister announced exemptions and delays to several key green policies, alongside a 50% increase in cash incentives to replace gas boilers.The government could not impose “unacceptable costs” linked to reducing emissions on British families, he said. Sunak denied he was “watering down” the government’s net zero commitments.The changes come as Sunak seeks to create dividing lines with opposition parties ahead of a general election, expected next year.Framing the changes as “pragmatic and proportionate”, the prime minister has unpicked several of Boris Johnson’s key policies, many of them...
September 20, 2023

Sunak delays petrol car ban in major shift on green policies

A growing number of women and girls have stopped covering their hair in public in recent months. — courtesy EPA
Iran hijab bill: Women face 10 years in jail for ‘inappropriate’ dress
TEHRAN — Iran’s parliament has passed a controversial bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break its strict dress code.Those dressed “inappropriately” face up to 10 years in jail under the bill, for which a three-year “trial” was agreed.It still needs to be approved by the Guardian Council to become law.The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was held by morality police for an allegedly improper hijab.Women burnt their headscarves or waved them in the air at the nationwide demonstrations against the clerical establishment, during which hundreds of people were reportedly killed in a crackdown by security forces.A growing number of women and girls have stopped covering their hair in public...
September 20, 2023

Iran hijab bill: Women face 10 years in jail for ‘inappropriate’ dress

Ariane Lavrilleux. — courtesy CPJ
French police arrest reporter over leaked secrets
PARIS — A French journalist has been detained by French police in connection with a 2021 report which alleged that French intelligence was used by Egypt to target and kill civilians.Police reportedly searched Ariane Lavrilleux’s house on Sept. 19 and later took her into custody.Her lawyer said Lavrilleux was being questioned as part of an investigation into compromising national security. Amnesty International France has condemned the arrest.“We’re very worried,” said Amnesty’s Katia Roux. “To put in police custody a journalist for doing her job, moreover for revealing information of public interest, could be a threat to freedom of the press and confidentiality of sources.”Lavrilleux is reportedly being questioned by police officers from the French intelligence service —...
September 20, 2023

French police arrest reporter over leaked secrets

Leaders of states, business and civil society gathered in New York for the Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UN Secretary-General. — courtesy UN News/Anton Upensky
Humanity has opened the gates to hell, warns Guterres as climate coalition demands action
NEW YORK — “Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects”, the UN chief declared on Wednesday, as a broad global coalition of “movers and doers” politicians, business and civil society gathered in New York for the first ever Climate Ambition Summit.Front and center was an urgent call to action, to prevent cascading climate disasters through a just and equitable energy transition — before it’s too late.In his impassioned address on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to politicians, business, activists and civil society leaders, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark warning about the dire consequences of inaction.With extreme weather events accelerating, “humanity has opened the gates to hell,” said the Secretary-General, describing distressing scenes of...
September 20, 2023

Humanity has opened the gates to hell, warns Guterres as climate coalition demands action

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi seen in this file photo in New Delhi.
India warns citizens in Canada to be cautious
NEW DELHI — India has urged its citizens traveling to or living in Canada to “exercise utmost caution”.The advisory comes a day after tensions escalated between the countries with each expelling a diplomat from the other side.Canada said it was investigating “credible allegations” linking the Indian state with the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.India strongly denied this, calling the allegations “absurd”.Analysts say relations between the countries, which have been strained for months, are now at an all-time low.On Wednesday, India’s Foreign Ministry said it issued the advisory “in view of growing anti-India activities and politically-condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in Canada”.The Indian government has often reacted sharply to demands by Sikh separatists...
September 20, 2023

India warns citizens in Canada to be cautious

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. — courtesy UN Photo/Cia Pak
Courage needed to mend today’s global rifts, German leader tells UN Assembly
NEW YORK — Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that in an increasingly interdependent world, “a policy for peace must not stop on our own doorstep.”He stated, therefore, that the order of the day is not less but more cooperation among countries.“Today — especially today — we need the courage, creative energy and will to fill in the rifts. Rifts which are deeper than ever.”Chancellor Scholz stated that the modern world no longer revolves around just two superpowers, as in the Cold War era, but features multiple centers of power and influence.“Multipolarity is not a normative category but a description of today’s reality,” he said.Highlighting the importance of the United Nations in navigating this...
September 20, 2023

Courage needed to mend today’s global rifts, German leader tells UN Assembly

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. — courtesy UN Photo/Cia Pak
Iranian president denounces West’s meddling in affairs of Middle East countries
NEW YORK — Speaking at the annual debate of the UN General Assembly in New York, Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi discussed the emergence of non-Western powers, encouraged regional economic and security partnerships, and lamented the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.The world is reaching a “critical junction” point as an emerging order of non-Western states looks to pursue closer economic and political ties with one another, according to Raisi.“The global landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift towards an emerging international order, a trajectory that is not reversible,” he said.“As non-Western powers have emerged, there is a collective hope for a novel and equitable world order. The Islamic Republic of Iran advocates maximum economic and political...
September 20, 2023

Iranian president denounces West’s meddling in affairs of Middle East countries

President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. — courtesy UN Photo/Cia Pak
We have a duty to leave no one behind, South African president tells world leaders
NEW YORK — The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, stating that while every human effort should be directed towards realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “our energies have once again been diverted by the scourge of war.”“Over millennia, the human race has demonstrated an enormous capacity for resilience, adaptation, innovation, compassion and solidarity ... these qualities must be evident in how we work together as a global community and as nations of the world to end war and conflict,” he said.He urged the international community to invest in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, and supported Secretary-General António Guterres’ call for sustainable and predictable financing for peacebuilding efforts.He...
September 20, 2023

We have a duty to leave no one behind, South African president tells world leaders

President Gustavo Petro Urrego of Colombia addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. — courtesy UN Photo/Cia Pak
Addicted to war, power and greed, humanity is ‘killing itself’, warns Colombian president
NEW YORK — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called at the UN General Assembly for peace summits to resolve conflicts in Ukraine and between Israel and the Palestinians, so the international community could focus instead on addressing climate change, which he said was “the mother of all crises”.“It would seem as though the global leadership has made enemies with life,” he said in his address to the Assembly’s annual general debate, stressing that the past year of climate catastrophes and conflict had been a “terrifying indicator” that humanity is running headlong towards “extinction.”President Petro proposed two UN-backed peace conferences to resolve both conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, not because there are no other wars in the world, but because...
September 20, 2023

Addicted to war, power and greed, humanity is ‘killing itself’, warns Colombian president

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