Thousands of people sought shelter, ports were shut down and landslides blocked mountain roads in the Philippines on Monday, as the disaster-weary nation was struck by a fourth cyclone in less than a month.Typhoon Toraji hit near Dilasag town, about 220 kilometres (140 miles) northeast of the capital in the morning, the national weather agency …
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The Paris climate agreement’s goals “are in great peril” and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.The period from 2015 to 2024 will also be the warmest decade ever recorded, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report based …
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The Kremlin on Monday denied a US media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US president-elect Donald Trump shared a call about the Ukraine conflict.The Washington Post reported Sunday that Trump had urged the Russian leader not to escalate the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that the report was “simply false …
China said Monday it will impose “temporary anti-dumping measures” on brandy imported from the European Union, deepening a trade standoff between Beijing and Brussels after similar measures last month.China announced provisional tariffs on EU brandy imports last month, saying the alleged “dumping” threatened “substantial damage” to the domestic industry.And Beijing’s commerce ministry said in a …
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Incumbent Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr claimed victory Monday in national elections, keeping the pro-US leader in power as China seeks greater influence across the Pacific. Over his four years in office, Baltimore-born Whipps has overseen the swift expansion of US military interests across the Palauan archipelago. The Melanesian microstate of around 20,000 people is one of …
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The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not “down for the count”, as Donald Trump’s re-election hangs over the key discussions.Countries come to Baku after new warnings that 2024 is on track to break temperature records, adding urgency to a fractious debate over funding for climate …
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Mauritians are set to find out Monday who will govern their Indian Ocean island nation for the next five years after a hotly disputed election race.Both the incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and his main rival Navin Ramgoolam claimed their political blocs had triumphed in Sunday’s legislative poll, but appealed for calm after several incidents …
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba kept his job in a parliamentary vote on Monday, despite having led the ruling coalition to its worst general election result in 15 years.Lawmakers appointed former defence minister Ishiba head of a minority government — meaning he may face political gridlock, or need to compromise to pass new bills.Ishiba took …
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Air alerts wailed across Ukraine early Monday as Russian strikes killed at least six people, a day after record drone attacks by both sides and US president-elect Donald Trump reportedly urging Russia’s Vladimir Putin not to escalate the conflict.Trump’s election to the White House has the potential to upend the almost three-year conflict and has …
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US president-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the country’s borders in the incoming administration.The 78-year-old Republican tycoon has pledged to launch — on day one of his presidency — the largest deportation operation of undocumented immigrants in US history.”I am pleased to announce that …
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