The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said the draft migrant legislation proposed by the United Kingdom Government will result in a de facto “asylum ban”.

Mexican authorities said they found 343 migrants, including more than 100 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned lorry in the south-eastern state of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico.

German project developer Conjuncta said it signed a $34 billion green hydrogen contract with Mauritania, Egypt’s energy provider Infinity, and the United Arab Emirates Masdar.

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has called for peace talks on the war in Ukraine to be promptly resumed, as he blamed an “invisible hand” for the protraction and escalation of the year-old conflict.

The Executive Director of, the African Union Scientific and Technical Research Commission (AUSTRC), Dr. Ahmed Hamdy, has called on the African Academy of Sciences and Research Councils for continued support in advancing science and technology in Africa.

One in four children in the European Union countries is at risk of poverty, according to the aid organization Save the Children.