DUBAI (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Saturday called on the U.N. climate summit to strive for a essential breakthrough agreement to stem global warming that includes the elimination of fossil fuels, saying climate had “run amok”. The 86-year-old pope had planned to attend the conference but a lung inflammation forced him to remain in the Vatican. …
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By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and David Stanway DUBAI (Reuters) -Governments lined up a slew of energy announcements on Saturday at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, where countries are under pressure to come up with plans to halt the non-stop rise in planet-warming emissions. A pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by …
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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – The Belgian prime minister on Saturday said that he had spoken with Israel’s president following the resumption of fighting in Gaza and told him there could be no more killing of civilians. A week-old temporary truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed on Friday after mediators were unable to extend …
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Feeding the world is a big job, and the effort produces billions of mets of emissions of greenhouse gases each year – around a third of the global total. Despite the fact that food is a big climate problem, very little has been done so far to address it. This …
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(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that changes were needed to improve Ukraine’s system of mobilisation as part of an overall strategy to improve the country’s military position in the 21-month-old war against Russia. The issue of fine-tuning the process of mobilisation and recruitment has been under public discussion for some time. Questions of …
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By Valerie Volcovici, William James and Elizabeth Piper DUBAI (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders at the COP28 climate summit on Friday to plan for a future without fossil fuels, saying there was no other way to curb global warming. Speaking a day after COP28 president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber proposed embracing the …
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By Suhaib Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Israel’s warplanes pounded Gaza on Friday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed, sending wounded and dead Palestinians into hospitals and forcing hundreds to flee in the streets. Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intense bombardment as the deadline lapsed …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the maximum number of servicemen in the Russian armed forces by 170,000 people, the Kremlin and the Defence Ministry said on Friday. According to the document, the regular strength of the armed forces is now set at 1,320,000 servicemen. “The increase in the …
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By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -Last week, as world leaders feted Qatar for brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas, its negotiators secretly doubled down on their mediation efforts, fearful the ceasefire would to collapse before it even started. Working through the night, Qatari officials helped clinch the vital final details of a truce that …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israel has told the United Nations it will not renew a visa for the top U.N. humanitarian aid official for the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Canadian-born Lynn Hastings, a veteran U.N. official, has served as the deputy special coordinator for the …
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