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• Australia urges global cooperation on climate, AI checks and international law

  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese underlined the need for countries to work together to address the climate crisis, emerging technologies such as AI, and the breakdown of international rules, at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. 

• The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 3

  As the high-level debate enters a fourth day, The Takeaway looks back at key highlights on Thursday, with Israeli and Palestinian leaders presenting divergent views on the Middle East conflict and their counterparts from across the world weighing in on the far-reaching impacts of the ongoing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. 

• ‘Turn what we know into what we do,’ Barbados PM Mottley urges world leaders at UN

  Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on world leaders on Thursday to turn knowledge into action, reform international institutions and ensure that new technologies and global wealth benefit everyone.

• Yemen’s path to stability depends on restoring the state, Leadership Council vice-president tells UN

  The Vice-President of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazir, told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that his Government had engaged “responsibly and positively” with regional and international peace initiatives and made significant concessions to end the suffering of the Yemeni people.

• Israeli leader at UN: ‘We’re going to win. We have no other choice’

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN General Assembly to defend Israel’s strikes against Iran as a matter of national survival and described the violence in the West Bank as the work of a few “juvenile delinquents” and rejected accusations of genocide in Gaza as “the greatest lie of the century.”

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Christian Today

• First segments of Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer near Birmingham completed

  A 20-year vision is finally becoming concrete.

• Cautious welcome as 15 men sentenced over Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings

  Christian groups welcomed the convictions but say questions remain about who was involved.

• Catholicism in France has 'collapsed'

  A new report on Catholicism in France comes days ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit.

• Edinburgh University ends divinity programmes as theology faces a changing future

  It marks a significant change for an institution whose history has been closely intertwined with theological education for centuries.

• Lib Dems to investigate treatment of the faithful as Campanale case rumbles on

  The Liberal Democrats have begun a review into how it treats people of faith within the party.

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World News

• Markets digest bank earnings after recent turmoil

• Still haven't filed your taxes? Here's what you need to know

  So far this tax season, the IRS has received more than 90 million income tax returns for 2022.

• Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back

  Spending at US retailers fell in March as consumers pulled back amid recessionary fears fueled by the banking crisis.

• Analysis: Fox News is about to enter the true No Spin Zone

  This is it.

• Silicon Valley Bank collapse renews calls to address disparities impacting entrepreneurs of color

  When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds.

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World Sports

• UFC president Dana White does not expect punishment for domestic violence incident

• Lionel Messi scores for Paris Saint-Germain in first game back since World Cup triumph

• Zach Johnson isn't discounting Tiger Woods for the Ryder Cup

• Australian Open draw: Rafael Nadal begins title defense with tough test in opening round

• The Boston Celtics become the first team to hit 30 wins this season with victory over the New Orleans Pelicans

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