Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, but environmental groups have called it a “smokescreen”. Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the United Nations climate summit (COP28) held in Dubai this year, made…

Legia Warsaw fans appear in UK court over violence before Aston Villa match | Football News

Legia Warsaw fans appear in UK court over violence before Aston Villa match | Football News

Police file charges against 46 people over unrest outside the stadium as Villa and Legia trade blame. British police say 46 men have been charged after “serious disorder outside” Villa Park in the build-up to a Europa Conference League football match in which authorities said five officers were injured. “Of…

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Aid organisations say they face difficulties operating as Israel resumes its bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza. A limited number of aid trucks has managed to enter the besieged Gaza Strip through Egypt after being forced into a holding pattern since a weeklong truce ended and Israel started bombing the enclave…

Heavy snowfall shuts down air, rail links in southern Germany | News

Heavy snowfall shuts down air, rail links in southern Germany | News

Flights grounded at Munich airport, Bayern Munich’s home match against Union Berlin also called off. Heavy snowfall overnight has paralysed air and rail connections in the southern German state of Bavaria, leaving thousands of travellers stranded. All flights were grounded at Munich Airport, a key regional and international hub, until…

Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Police raid Moscow gay bars after top court’s LGBTQ ‘extremist’ designation | LGBTQ News

Russia’s Supreme Court ruling has been the most drastic step against the LGBTQ movement under Putin’s rule. Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow shortly after a ruling by the country’s top court that designated the LGBTQ movement as “extremist”. Police officers searched venues across the…

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Following the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has been clamping down on pro-Palestinian sentiment within its borders, including passing an amendment to its counterterrorism law that has been criticised for violating civil and human rights. Much has changed for Jews and Palestinians living inside Israel since the Hamas attack, which…

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells. The United States has given so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs and an array of other munitions to Israel for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Washington has…

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s…

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Inexplicable. That is how advocates are describing the actions of some Democratic officials who seem to be not only alienating but actively antagonising members of their own party over differing views on the war in Gaza. Many prominent Democrats, including United States President Joe Biden, have voiced “unwavering”…

Inmate charged with stabbing George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 22 times | Crime News

Inmate charged with stabbing George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 22 times | Crime News

Former gang member John Turscak charged with attempted murder and other charges following attack. A prison inmate in the United States has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin was attacked last month in the law…