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New Zealand's Ardern decries UN 'failure' over Ukraine war
New Zealand's Ardern decries UN 'failure' over Ukraine war
by  AFP

The UN Security Council has failed in its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday, describing Moscow's role as "morally bankrupt." Russia had used its place on the council to take a "morally bankrupt position in the wake of a morally bankrupt and illegal war", Ardern said.

Singapore conducts two more executions: activists
Singapore conducts two more executions: activists
by  AFP

Singapore hanged two drug traffickers Thursday in what campaigners condemned as a "shameful and inhuman punishment", taking to four the number of executions in the city-state since March. After a hiatus of over two years, Singapore resumed executions in March with the hanging of a Singaporean drug trafficker, and activists fear more will be conducted in the coming months.

'In the mouth of dragons': Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan's north
'In the mouth of dragons': Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan's north
by  AFP

As dawn broke over Javed Rahi's Pakistani mountain village, a loud boom shattered the silence and a torrent of water came cascading down from the melting glacier nearby, followed by a thick cloud of smoke. After disaster struck Hassanabad, Rahi and fellow villagers who lost their homes had to move to a nearby camp for displaced people.

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