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Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief
PRISTINA — Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Pristina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border between the two countries in early August."We have a deal," Josep Borrell said in a tweet on Saturday. "Under the EU-facilitated Dialogue, Serbia agreed to abolish entry/exit documents for Kosovo ID holders and Kosovo agreed to not introduce them for Serbian ID holders.""Kosovo Serbs, as well as all other citizens, will be able to travel freely between Kosovo and Serbia using their ID cards. The EU just received guarantees from PM (Albin) Kurti to this end," he wrote.Borrell also thanked the US envoy for the...
August 27, 2022

Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief

Pope Francis is creating 20 new cardinals on Saturday, a further step in the preparation of his succession.
Pope Francis to create 20 new cardinals who may choose his successor
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is creating 20 new cardinals on Saturday, a further step in the preparation of his succession.The consistory, the eighth of Francis' pontificate since his election in 2013, comes against a backdrop of speculation that the 85-year-old pope, who has been forced to use a wheelchair for several months due to knee pain, might step down one day.At 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Saturday, under the gilding of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Pope will create 20 new cardinals, among whom 16 “electors” — those under the age of 80 — will be able to participate in the future conclave.The appointment of these senior prelates to assist the pope is being scrutinized by observers as an indication of the future spiritual leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics.Sensitive to...
August 27, 2022

Pope Francis to create 20 new cardinals who may choose his successor

Participants in the review conference met at UN headquarters in New York, starting on Aug. 1.
Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference
NEW YORK — Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament.The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.Russia objected to a draft text citing "grave concern" over military activities around Ukraine's nuclear plants, in particular Zaporizhzhia.Participants in the last review in 2015 also failed to reach an agreement.The 2022 meeting, which had been due in 2020, was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The failure to agree a joint declaration followed a four-week conference in New York.Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was "deeply disappointed" at the lack of agreement."Russia...
August 27, 2022

Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement over Ukraine reference

Hundreds of people receive food items from WFP, OCHA and local partners in Dnipro, Ukraine. — courtesy WFP/Viktor Pesenti
Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line
KHARKIV — Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary” relief items across the contact line.“Winter is coming,...[and] all we want to do [is] provide insulin to the hospitals, provide blankets, provide mattresses...it's not complicated”, said Denise Brown, the Resident Coordinator for the UN in Ukraine.She is currently on a three-day mission to eastern and central Ukraine (Kryivyi Rih, Kharkiv and Dnipro) to assess the humanitarian situation first-hand.‘Constant’ negotiations Brown told reporters in Geneva that the UN was “constantly...
August 27, 2022

Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line

Ukraine is suffering heavy damage to infrastructure that will be costly to repair or rebuild.
Russia’s war with Ukraine needs to end, UN rights chief tells Putin
GENEVA — UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to end the country’s war against Ukraine, while also calling for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be immediately demilitarized.Speaking to journalists in Geneva just days before her term as High Commissioner for Human Rights comes to an end, Ms. Bachelet also said that she was still “trying very hard” to finalize the publication of her Office’s long-awaited report on the situation of the mainly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang province.“We’re working on the report, I had fully intended for it to be released before the end of my mandate and I will try,” she said. “We have received substantial input from the Government that we will need to...
August 26, 2022

Russia’s war with Ukraine needs to end, UN rights chief tells Putin

A man walks in front of a crater left by an explosion during escalating conflict in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety
GENEVA — On Thursday, the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Monitor civil society group, released their 2022 Cluster Munition Monitor report, on the risk these weapons pose to civilians. Cluster bombs are weapons designed to be scattered over large areas, containing several hundred “mini-bombs” called sub-munitions. As they make no distinction between civilians, civilian property and military targets, cluster bombs violate the rules of international humanitarian law.Cluster munitions are not only dangerous in the short-term, but pose severe long-term risks to local communities.It is reported that up to 40 percent of cluster munitions do not explode on impact, allowing for decades of intermittent detonations and prolonged disruptions. Of the 149 new cluster bomb casualties in 2021, all...
August 26, 2022

Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety

The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant pictured on Monday.
World narrowly avoided radiation accident: Zelensky
KYIV — Europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from Ukraine's power grid, President Volodomyr Zelensky has said.It was only due to back-up electricity kicking in that the Zaporizhzhia plant was able to operate safely, he added.Fires had earlier damaged overhead power lines, cutting the plant off.There is growing concern over fighting near the complex, which is the largest nuclear plant in Europe."If the diesel generators hadn't turned on, if the automation and our staff of the plant had not reacted after the blackout, then we would already be forced to overcome the consequences of the radiation accident," President Zelensky warned on Thursday night.The damage was caused by fires which...
August 26, 2022

World narrowly avoided radiation accident: Zelensky

A colorized version of this satellite image captures infrared radiation from the burning of gas at the Portovaya plant.
Russia burning huge amounts of gas, puzzling experts
LONDON — As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News.Experts say the gas would previously have been exported to Germany.They say the plant near the border with Finland, is burning an estimated $10m (£8.4m) worth of gas every day.Scientists are concerned about the large volumes of carbon dioxide and soot it is creating, which could exacerbate the melting of Arctic ice.The analysis by Rystad Energy indicates that around 4.34 million cubic meters of gas are being burned by the flare every day.It is coming from a new liquified natural gas (LNG) plant at Portovaya, northwest of St Petersburg. The first signs that something was awry came from Finnish citizens over the nearby border who spotted a large...
August 26, 2022

Russia burning huge amounts of gas, puzzling experts

In this photo provided by the Bulgarian News Agency, a police man stands near the scene of an incident, in the Black Sea city of Burgas, Bulgaria, Thursday.
Two police officers dead after migrant bus plows through roadblock in Bulgaria
SOFIA — Two Bulgarian police officers were killed early Thursday as they tried to stop a bus containing migrants who had entered the country illegally, a senior interior ministry official said.The incident occurred at 5 am (4 am CEST) in the Black Sea city of Burgas after the bus refused to stop at two consecutive border police checkpoints, Stanimir Stanev told reporters.The bus with Turkish registration plates was carrying 47 migrants whose nationality has not been disclosed.The bus had entered a residential area when the police officers halted their car across the road in front of it. The bus rammed the police vehicle and then drove over the top of it before smashing into a bus stop.The two officers in the car were killed instantly. No other injuries were reported and an investigation...
August 25, 2022

Two police officers dead after migrant bus plows through roadblock in Bulgaria

A file photo shows untreated sewage flowing into a river
Sewage in sea: French appeal to EU over UK discharges of waste
PARIS — The UK is threatening health and marine life on the French coast by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and North Sea, say three Euro MPs.Pollution warnings have been issued for almost 50 beaches in England and Wales, after heavy rain caused sewage overflow to be diverted into rivers and the sea.The French MEPs accuse the UK of neglecting environmental commitments and risking marine life and fishing.British water companies have said they are investing in solving the problem.Since its departure from the European Union, the United Kingdom had neglected its environmental commitments, the MEPs said in a letter calling for legal or political action from the European Commission.A UK government spokesperson said their allegation was "simply not true".Despite no...
August 25, 2022

Sewage in sea: French appeal to EU over UK discharges of waste

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