US President Joe Biden arrived at a Lima hotel Saturday for his final encounter with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a day after both leaders warned of turbulent times ahead as Donald Trump returns to the White House.Biden’s motorcade arrived shortly before 4:00 pm (2100 GMT) at Xi’s hotel in the Peruvian capital, where both had …
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Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout natural gas and nuclear energy, but they tiptoed around the elephant in the room: a looming US withdrawal from the Paris agreement.President Joe Biden’s climate envoys have sought to reassure delegates in Baku this week, telling them that Trump’s planned pullout …
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Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation.The estimated 860,000 registered voters have faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to make …
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Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Lebanese officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.An Israeli strike on neighbouring Syria earlier this week killed two senior figures in Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian militant group which has fought alongside Hamas in …
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold their last meeting Saturday, a day after both leaders warned of turbulent times ahead as Donald Trump returns to the White House.Both men arrived Saturday morning for the second and final day of an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Peru overshadowed by the prospect of …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means”, as both countries prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.February 2025 would mark the third anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Russia’s troops gaining ground in recent months against Kyiv’s outmanned …
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Super Typhoon Man-yi battered the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening” impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago’s coastline.More than 650,000 people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi, which is the sixth major storm to hit the disaster-weary country in the past month.Man-yi brought maximum wind …
Hundreds of protesters marched in support of Palestinians in Rio on Saturday, in a demonstration aimed at world leaders about to converge on the city for a G20 summit.The march, held peacefully under constant rain along Copacabana Beach, was watched by dozens of police and soldiers deployed as security for the summit to be held …
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French President Emmanuel Macron will stress the importance of international action on climate change at talks Saturday with his right-wing Argentine counterpart Javier Milei who pulled his country out of the COP29 climate talks.Argentina’s climate skeptic president, a fervent admirer of Donald Trump, caused fears for the future of the 2015 Paris accord on global warming …
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Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government’s decision to change inheritance tax rules for farms. Finance minister Rachel Reeves announced last month that farming assets worth more than £1.0 million ($1.26 million) will be liable for 20-percent inheritance tax from next …
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