|
World
-
Region
12/6/2023 1:29:28 PM
After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine.
|
|
World
-
Region
12/6/2023 10:31:03 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will visit both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as Dubai hosts the United Nations' COP28 climate talks — despite facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over the war in Ukraine.
|
|
World
-
Region
12/6/2023 10:02:26 AM
From meditation to spiritual guidance to indigenous hymns, the vibe in the "faith pavilion" at COP28 is a little different from elsewhere at the high-stakes UN climate talks in Dubai.
|
|
World
-
International
12/3/2023 11:15:21 PM
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Brussels on Sunday to demand urgent action against climate change as world leaders gathered for crunch COP28 talks in the United Arab Emirates.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
12/2/2023 9:37:31 PM
At almost exactly the same time Israeli negotiators pulled out of deadlocked truce talks in Qatar on Saturday, Israeli jets sent a Doha-funded housing development in the Gaza Strip up in smoke.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
12/2/2023 12:58:12 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a blunt message to Western leaders and declared at an international security conference that his government was not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine.
|
|
World
-
Region
12/2/2023 11:49:03 AM
The COP28 climate talks in Dubai have kicked off with a flurry of financial commitments for action on global warming, led by its big-spending, oil-rich host the United Arab Emirates.
|
|
World
-
Region
12/2/2023 9:41:30 AM
More than 20 countries called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity at UN climate talks on Saturday as part of efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
12/1/2023 2:42:58 PM
Hamas said that Israel is to blame for the resumption of violence in Gaza , however a senior Hamas leader said Friday that his group is ready for immediate talks on the release of additional civilian captives in return for a renewed truce.
|
|
World
-
International
12/1/2023 1:48:31 PM
World leaders take center stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israeli war on Gaza casts a shadow over the summit.
|
|
World
-
International
12/1/2023 1:37:41 PM
King Charles III told world leaders on Friday that the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai must be a "critical turning point" in the fight against climate change, with "genuine transformational action".
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
12/1/2023 12:25:21 PM
Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli bombardment of the territory at the end of a truce which the Gulf emirate mediated.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
11/30/2023 11:03:01 PM
The Israeli war on Gaza pushed its way to center stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Thursday, with campaigners calling for a ceasefire and Israel taking the opportunity to discuss captive releases.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
11/30/2023 9:24:37 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met his Emirati counterpart on the sidelines of UN climate talks on Thursday as part of a diplomatic push to release captives held by Hamas.
|
|
World
-
Region
11/30/2023 6:44:56 PM
The launch of a climate "loss and damage" fund drew praise and hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges at the UN's COP28 talks on Thursday but also warnings that much more is needed to help vulnerable nations.
|
|
World
-
Region
11/30/2023 4:38:42 PM
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the UN climate conference, as the talks opened in Dubai.
|
|
War on Gaza
-
War on Gaza
11/30/2023 4:10:00 PM
After intensive and marathon talks with mediators in Doha all day and deep into the night on Wednesday, Israel and Hamas announced the extension of the six-day-old truce in the war in Gaza for one more day.
|
|
Business
-
Economy
11/30/2023 2:08:17 PM
Uncertainty hovered over what major oil-producing nations -- collectively known as OPEC+ -- will decide on output policy as they headed into virtual meetings Thursday in a bid to halt a continuous slump in prices.
|
|
World
-
Region
11/30/2023 1:37:42 PM
The UN climate conference opened Thursday with nations urged to make faster cuts to planet-warming emissions and phase out fossil fuels.
|
|
Business
-
Energy
11/29/2023 1:18:27 PM
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin.
|