By Leah Douglas and Simon Jessop (Reuters) – Funding for a joint effort by the United States and United Arab Emirates to advance climate-friendly farming around the world has grown to more than $17 billion, the countries announced on Friday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for …
COP28: US-UAE climate-friendly farming effort grows to $17 billion Read More »
By Kate Abnett, Maha El Dahan and Jake Spring DUBAI (Reuters) -OPEC is rallying its members and oil producing allies to veto a proposed deal to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 climate summit, highlighting deep divisions over the future of oil and gas. At least 80 countries are demanding a COP28 deal that …
COP28 considers end to fossil fuels in move opposed by OPEC Read More »
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel’s Merkava tanks for use in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to a U.S. official and a former U.S. official. The request is being made even as concerns grow about the use of …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Friday vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, diplomatically isolating Washington as it shields its ally. Thirteen members voted in favor of a brief draft resolution, put forward …
US blocks UN Security Council demand for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza Read More »
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s top electoral court does not intend to hold a repeat of this year’s general election after federal prosecutors said they considered the first-round vote null, the court’s president said on Friday. “At this time there is no way the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is going to repeat the elections,” …
(This Dec 6. story has been refiled to correct the typo in ‘Greta’ in paragraph 8) By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – After launching a record-shattering global tour and becoming the world’s most-streamed musical artist in 2023, Taylor Swift notched yet another accolade on Wednesday when Time magazine named the mega pop star as its “Person …
Taylor Swift named Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ capping her record-breaking 2023 Read More »
By Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Approximately seven mortar rounds landed in the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad during an attack early on Friday, a U.S. military official told Reuters, in what appeared to be the largest attack of its kind in recent memory. U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria were …
US embassy in Baghdad struck with 7 mortars as attacks escalate Read More »
By Humeyra Pamuk, Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not given Israel a firm deadline to end major combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, and if the war ended now, the Islamist group would continue to pose a threat, White House national security aide Jon Finer said on Thursday. …
US has not given Israel firm deadline to end Gaza operation -White House aide Read More »
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State nominee Kurt Campbell said in a Senate hearing on Thursday that he is currently not in favor of making American support for Israel conditional, amid calls for the United States to use the aid as leverage to force Israel to do …
US nominee Campbell says he’s not in favor of making support for Israel conditional Read More »
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on Thursday elected Manitoba regional chief Cindy Woodhouse as its new leader, replacing the previous national chief who was removed by the Indigenous advocacy group in June after leadership complaints. Woodhouse, who was born and raised in an Anishinaabe community in Manitoba and graduated from the …
Canada’s Assembly of First Nations elects new leader Read More »
