[Link] 'Hire a hit man': Two charged in US over plot to kill Myanmar's UN ambassador

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

US prosecutors have charged two Myanmar citizens over an alleged plot to attack the Asian country's UN ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun.

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[Link] WHO chief says push to discount lab leak theory was ‘premature’

Read: 16/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

The head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the Covid-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and said he was asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus.

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[Link] UN urges ‘verifiable withdrawal’ of Eritrean troops from Tigray

Read: 14/7/2021 www.aljazeera.com

Human Rights Council approves resolution calling for ‘swift and verifiable withdrawal of Eritrean troops’ from conflict-torn Ethiopian region.

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