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Published by AFP Glasgow (AFP) – COP26’s first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment. But observers say there is a gulf between host Britain’s proclamations and the emissions cuts that must be achieved. Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate think tank Power Shift Africa, […]

Published by Al-Araby The Iraqi army and security services carried out large-scale deployments across the centre of Baghdad on Sunday morning, in the aftermath of a failed assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. Military helicopters, infantry units and armoured forces deployed around the Green Zone, a high security neighbourhood in the Iraqi capital

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Australia’s largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said. Although limited to people who are fully inoculated, the relaxation

Published by DPA German virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit has warned people not to overestimate the effect of the rules that allow only the vaccinated and those recovered from Covid-19 to attend events, making the case for widespread testing to continue. The rule, known in Germany as the 2G rule after the first letter of the words

Published by Kyodo News A snow crab fetched 800,000 yen ($7,050) at a fishing port auction in Fukui Prefecture on Saturday, as the fishing season began the same day in the Sea of Japan for the winter delicacy. The price was a record for a prime male crab marketed by the prefectural government under the

Published by Al-Araby Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday mourned the killing of Mohammed Daadas, 13, who was shot by the Israeli forces in Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank city of Nablus city. The mourners carried Palestinian flags and banners with slogans highlighting “Israeli crimes”. Daadas’ father and relatives called on the international community to

Published by DPA Three people were seriously injured in a knife attack on a German high-speed train on Saturday, the Red Cross said. The stabbings occurred in the morning on an InterCity Express (ICE) train between the Bavarian cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg. Police said the sole suspected perpetrator had been arrested and there was

Published by AFP Glasgow (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II on Monday called on world leaders to act together to tackle climate change at the end of the first day of the COP26 summit in Glasgow. In a video message sent to the conference, she added her voice to a succession of world leaders stressing the

Published by Reuters By Elizabeth Piper and William James GLASGOW (Reuters) – A crucial U.N. conference https://www.reuters.com/business/cop heard calls on its first day for the world’s major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental