DUBAI (Reuters) – Monday is finance day at COP28, which means more funding is likely to be announced for the climate cause. If that sounds familiar, that is because world leaders and the private sector have spent much of the first few days of this year’s U.N. climate summit talking about boosting finance for climate …
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will no longer fly to Dubai for the COP28 climate conference because he was needed in Germany to carry on negotiations over the 2024 budget, a government spokesperson said on Sunday. Habeck was due to fly on Monday evening to attend COP28 and then travel to Oman, …
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By Arafat Barbakh and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military said its ground forces were active across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces bombed swathes of the besieged enclave on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as civilians sought shelter in a shrinking area of the south. The Hamas Palestinian militant group said …
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By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -The Pentagon said it was aware of reports regarding attacks on an American warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea on Sunday, as Yemen’s Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area. “We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney …
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By Farah Salhi BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police said about 20,000 people protested in the Belgian capital on Sunday to demand more action to fight global warming as delegates from some 200 countries met in Dubai for the United Nation’s COP28 climate conference. Marching to the beat of drums, protesters waved banners saying “ACT NOW” – …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -European far-right parties met in Italy on Sunday vowing to reshape the European Union after next year’s European Parliament elections, toughening the bloc’s approach on immigration and softening its climate policies to protect jobs and industry. Parties from around a dozen countries gathered in Florence, galvanised by last month’s general …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Some 190 migrants have been rescued off the Calais coast in northern France since Friday night while trying to cross the English Channel on dinghies to reach Britain, local French authorities said on Saturday, without specifying from where those migrants had come. The Channel is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes …
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(Reuters) -Russia launched 12 drones and a cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, with Ukraine’s air defence systems destroying 10 drones before they reached their targets, Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday. The cruise missile was not destroyed but did not reach its target, the air force said, without giving further details. It did not say …
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By Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to land in Berlin on Sunday for the first Brazilian-German government consultations in eight years as Latin America and Europe’s largest economies seek to revive ties. Lula has jetted across the globe since returning to office in …
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By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) -A barge planned for use building a controversial judging tower for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti snagged on a reef and damaged coral near the contest site on Friday, local opponents said. Residents of Teahupo’o in October protested plans by Games organisers to build the 14-metre (45-foot) aluminium …
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