By William James and Nandita Bose SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised the United States would meet its targets for fighting it. His speech was intended pump up global ambition to …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as “Bloody Friday” as the country’s clerical rulers battled persistent nationwide unrest. Amnesty International said security forces unlawfully killed at least 66 people in September after firing at protesters in Zahedan, capital of …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran later this month, a document showed. The request called for the session “to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic …
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By Jonathan Landay BLAHODATNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February. “Today is a historic day. We are getting the south of the country back, we are getting Kherson back,” Ukrainian …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that a meeting of the Russia-U.S. bilateral advisory commission on the New START nuclear arms treaty would be held in late November-early December in Cairo, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. (Reporting by Reuters)
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – The recovery of a Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile after a recent North Korean launch shows the age of the nuclear-armed country’s air defences – systems and aircraft Pyongyang has been working to modernize alongside the rest of its arsenal. Although North Korea’s ballistic missiles get most of the attention, the …
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Far-rightist Itamar Ben-Gvir, a likely senior partner in Israel’s next government, drew U.S. condemnation on Thursday for attending a memorial service for Meir Kahane, despite his having been booed at the event for disavowing the late militant leader’s call for mass expulsion of Arabs. A former member of Kahane’s outlawed …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -The party of Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, recently defeated by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be the main opposition to Lula when he takes office on Jan. 1, its leader, Valdemar Costa Neto, said on Tuesday. The right-wing Liberal Party (PL) emerged from elections last month as the largest …
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(Reuters) – U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 because of increasing economic activity and hotter summer weather, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will climb to 4,036 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2022, from 3,930 billion kWh in …
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By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – The U.N. climate conference taking place in Egypt until Nov. 18 has much to discuss, from financing the transition to clean energy to protecting the world’s forests and future-proofing cities. Here are some of the most-watched topics on the agenda in the sun-baked resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where forecasters have …
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