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Climate and Gaza crises share spotlight as world leaders attend COP28
Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)
The COP28 conference kicked off on Thursday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries devastated by na...
COP28 opens with 'historic' launch of loss and damage fund
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
The landmark announcement came as the Emirati host of the COP28 talks declared that fossil fuels must be part of any final climate deal negotiated over the next...
Gazans in midst of 'epic humanitarian catastrophe': UN chief
Nov 29, 2023 (AFP)
"Intense negotiations are taking place to prolong the truce -- which we strongly welcome -- but we believe we need a true humanitarian ceasefire," he said at a ...
Climate crises drove 27 mn children into hunger in 2022: charity
Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)
The figure represented a sharp 135 percent increase over 2021, the UK-based charity said in an analysis ahead of the COP28 climate summit opening in Dubai on Th...
COP28 host UAE ready for rising heat risk, says minister
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
Long experience of the harsh desert summers has taught the country to live with temperatures that regularly flirt with 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenhei...
French navy ship arrives in Egypt to treat Gaza wounded: port source
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
The Dixmude is expected to have two operating rooms and 40 beds. Hundreds of critically wounded Palestinians have crossed into Egypt in recent weeks with specia...
India tunnel collapse 'wake-up call' for Modi's infrastructure drive
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
The partial cave-in of the under-construction Silkyara road tunnel in northern Uttarakhand state nearly two weeks ago -- with the desperate men still awaiting r...
Indian rescuers drill two-thirds of way to 41 trapped workers
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
Engineers are working to drive a steel pipe through at least 57 metres (187 feet) of the tonnes of earth, concrete and rubble that has divided the trapped men f...
UN chief calls for 'dramatic' action to limit climate change
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
The UN chief issued his rallying call as the global body warned in a new report that countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming fa...
Climate threatening UK historic heritage: charity
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
The National Trust said it was already experiencing first-hand the consequences of more frequent extreme weather events -- such as drought, heavy rain and wildf...
China FM says 'urgent' steps needed to ease Gaza crisis
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
A delegation of foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are in Beijing this week for talks aimed at a "de-esca...
'We won't need bullets': Taser boss says electric gun saves lives
Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)
The weeklong conference in Villepinte ending Friday featured rows of firearms and tactical gear used by police forces. But Smith believes Tasers, which send out...
Israel army withdraws from inside Gaza hospital, journalist tells AFP
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Israeli forces had pushed into Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital in the early hours of the morning, raising fears for the safety of thousands of patients, staff and...
Israel strike destroys Al-Shifa hospital cardiac ward: Hamas; MSF warns of 'inhuman' conditions
Nov 12, 2023 (AFP)
"The occupier (Israel) completely destroyed the cardiac department of Al-Shifa hospital... The two-storey building has been completely destroyed in an air strik...
Climate migration new diplomatic 'bargaining chip': expert
Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)
Gemenne, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was speaking after Australia announced it would offer refuge to the 11,000 residents ...
Amid shortages in war-torn Gaza, doctors perform surgery with no anesthesia
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
In addition to crucial medical supplies, officials report that food, water and fuel are critically short, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, where little ai...
US Supreme Court weighs whether abusers have right to own guns
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
The case is the first involving gun rights to come before the court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority, since a major ruling it issued last year loosening...
G7 foreign ministers call for 'urgent' humanitarian pause in Gaza
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
The communique stressed that urgent action was necessary to address what the leaders, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secre...
U.N. pleads for Gaza access; Netanyahu offers 'tactical little pauses' but no cease-fire
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
The death toll in Gaza surpassed 10,000 ahead of the one-month mark, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the United Nations said Tuesday that 160 c...
10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
Fierce winds tore apart houses and toppled trees as tsunami-like waves whipped up by the storm obliterated mostly poor coastal communities on November 8, 2013. ...
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