COP29 negotiators seek climate finance deal as deadline looms
Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with damage from climate change and to adapt to that change.
What does the change in Russia’s nuclear policy mean for global security?
President Vladimir Putin paves the way for broader use of atomic weapons.
Hamas: No hostages-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless Gaza war ends – Reuters
Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
Republicans have pushed an effort barring first federal transgender lawmaker from women's restrooms in the US Capitol.
Palestinian UN ambassador calls out Security Council inaction
“The wrong nationality, the wrong faith, the wrong skin colour.”
US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza because there’s no link to a hostage release – The Associated Press
- US vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza because there's no link to a hostage release The Associated Press
- US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN as it didn’t condition truce on hostages’ release The Times of Israel
- US vetoes Gaza resolution at UN again, drawing harsh criticism Global Times
- U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution The New York Times
- Israel bombards Gaza as the US blocks another ceasefire Al Jazeera English
Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You’ll die alone
Tensions burst into the open in court when Dominique Pelicot is accused by his daughter of lying.
Spain to grant residency, work permits to hundreds of thousands of migrants in the country illegally – The Associated Press
Document: Right-wing majorities in European Parliament will still be allowed – POLITICO Europe
- Document: Right-wing majorities in European Parliament will still be allowed POLITICO Europe
- EU party chiefs reach deal on von der Leyen's Commission nominees Reuters
- For the first time in its history, we could be looking at a genuinely rightwing European Union The Guardian
- European Parliament’s centrist groups agree to approve Commissioners Euronews
- EU lawmakers seal a deal to rubber-stamp one of the bloc's most right-leaning executives ABC News
Swedish police focus on Chinese ship after suspected undersea cable sabotage
Investigators gather evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing Chinese cargo ship
Swedish police investigating the believed sabotage of two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea have said a Chinese ship off the coast of Denmark was “of interest” as Danish officials said its navy was shadowing a Chinese-registered cargo ship.
The ship, identified by Denmark as the Yi Peng 3, passed the two cables on Sunday and Monday about the time it is believed they were severed in a suspected malicious attack. The ship has been shadowed by a Danish navy vessel since it was located in waters between Sweden and Denmark.
Continue reading...Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines – The New York Times
- Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines The New York Times
- Biden makes another Ukraine policy shift with approval of sending anti-personnel mines Fox News
- The US is sending antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine. Here’s what it means The Associated Press
- US approves landmine shipment for Ukraine after refusing for years Al Jazeera English
- Ukrainian civilians will pay for Biden's landmine flip-flop Responsible Statecraft
US nursing student Laken Riley’s killer sentenced to life
Jose Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, was found guilty by a Georgia judge.
Rust premieres at low-key film festival three years after shooting
The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the screening.
US envoy heads to Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefire
After a second day of talks in Lebanon, Amos Hochstein says he will “to try to bring this to a close”.
Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen
Presidents of China and Brazil hail 'new phase' in relations between two countries, which are major trading partners.
Thai woman sentenced to death for cyanide poisoning in first of 14 murder trials
Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn is accused of swindling thousands from victims before killing them
A Thai woman alleged to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom’s history has been convicted and sentenced to death for poisoning a friend with cyanide, in the first of 14 murder trials.
Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, described as an online gambling addict, is accused of swindling thousands of dollars from her victims before killing them with the chemical.
Continue reading...Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles
Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region
The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in bureaucratic standstill after its members refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to King Charles, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region.
The standoff, which threatens to cost them their seats, reflects a complicated view of the country’s head of state, who lives thousands of miles away, and increasingly serves as a reminder to a history of violence and broken promises
Continue reading...Israeli strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kills 36, state media say – BBC.com
- Israeli strikes on Syria's Palmyra kills 36, state media say BBC.com
- At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media Al Jazeera English
- Israel strikes residential buildings, industrial zone in Palmyra, Syria, state media says The Jerusalem Post
- Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, Syrian state media say CNN
- Israeli regime hits Syria's Palmyra Mehr News Agency - English Version
Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants powers over schools’ Indigenous history curriculum
Co-chair says treaty will not outline specific changes to syllabus but is ‘more about saying this is the role that First Peoples will play’
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Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly wants decision-making powers over how the state’s Indigenous history is taught in schools but says a treaty will not outline specific changes to the curriculum.
The assembly – the state’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin nation-first treaty talks with the Allan government in the coming days. A state-wide treaty – the first of its kind in Australia – will tackle problems affecting First Nations Victorians.
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Continue reading...Thousands eager to escape Trump keen to snap up €1 Sardinian home, says mayor
American applications would be fast-tracked although scheme is open to other nationalities, says mayor of Ollolai
The mayor of a small town in Sardinia has said thousands of Americans keen to escape Donald Trump have expressed an interest in moving there after he offered homes to them for as little as €1.
Francesco Columbu, the mayor of Ollolai, has staged similarly enticing initiatives in the past as a way to combat depopulation. He released more homes for sale after sensing he was on to a winner when Trump clinched a second term as US president in elections earlier this month.
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