Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemns “pseudo-referendums” as Kremlin proxies began voting on annexation by Russia in Moscow-held areas of Ukraine. “The world will react absolutely justly to pseudo-referendums — they will be unequivocally condemned,” Zelensky says in his daily address to the nation.
Le Bourget (France) (AFP) – Activists from Attac and Extinction Rebellion block a terminal at Le Bourget business airport near Paris for about an hour to protest the use of private jets.
Assisi (Italy) (AFP) – On a visit to Assisi, in central Italy, Pope Francis calls for greater immediate action on the climate, as “the earth burns today, and today we must change, at all levels.”
New York (AFP) – At a rally in New York, Indigenous leaders regret that despite the reality of the climate crisis, countries and companies continue to destroy the Amazon and do not resort to the ancestral knowledge of the native communities to save the planet.
Ambulances carrying the bodies of Lebanese migrants who drowned when a boat they boarded sank off Syria’s coast cross into Lebanon at the northern Arida Border Crossing. Around 150 people, mostly Lebanese and Syrians, were on board the small boat.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – In Argentina and across football-mad South America, many shops have sold out of 2022 World Cup stickers, as supply fails to meet the huge demand for the collectable items.
Frankie The Dino roars in New York’s Times Square to urge world economies to shift away from fossil fuel subsidies, as part of a campaign launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“Why are my people paying the price of such high global warming through no fault of ours? We have no contribution in this,” Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tells the United Nations General Assembly after historic floods struck Pakistan.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas says that Israel is deliberately impeding progress towards a two-state solution and can no longer be considered a reliable “partner in the peace process”, during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Pacific nation of Vanautu calls for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at the United Nations General Assembly, adding to a call that has been backed by the World Health Organization, Vatican and NGOs. “We call for the development of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to phase down coal, oil and gas production in line with 1.5C, and enable a global just transition for every worker, community and nation with fossil fuel dependence,” says President Nikenike Vurobaravu.
