UN climate talks in disarray as developing nations stage walkout | Climate Crisis News

UN climate talks in disarray as developing nations stage walkout | Climate Crisis News

Negotiators from small island states and the least-developed nations have walked out of negotiations during overtime United Nations climate talks, saying their climate finance interests were being ignored. Nerves frayed on Saturday as negotiators from rich and poor nations huddled in a room at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to try…

Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed | Politics News

Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed | Politics News

The president’s security has been boosted after his deputy’s ‘active threat’ that were ‘made so brazenly in public’. Security agencies in the Philippines have stepped up safety protocols after Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she was killed. Duterte, an ally of Marcos…

Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan’s Kurram | Religion News

Dozens killed as sectarian violence flares up in Pakistan’s Kurram | Religion News

Renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups latest in a string of attacks to hit parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, officials say. The violence overnight on Saturday…

Laos pledges justice after suspected tainted alcohol kills tourists | News

Laos pledges justice after suspected tainted alcohol kills tourists | News

Australia presses Laotian authorities for a full and transparent probe after the deaths of two 19-year-old backpackers. The Laos government has pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice following the deaths of several foreign tourists from consuming tainted alcohol. An investigation was under way into the suspected methanol poisoning, the…

IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka’s .9bn bailout, but warns of risks | Business and Economy News

IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9bn bailout, but warns of risks | Business and Economy News

Global lender says it will release about $333m to crisis-hit nation as signs of economic recovery emerge. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9bn bailout but warned that the South Asian island nation’s economy remains vulnerable. The global lender said on Saturday that…

Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were severed on Sunday and Monday, raising suspicions over a Chinese cargo vessel, which the Danish navy is currently shadowing through the Kattegat strait between Denmark and Sweden. The Chinese vessel, which departed Ust-Luga port in Russia on Friday last week and…

At least 20 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut | Israel attacks Lebanon News

At least 20 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut | Israel attacks Lebanon News

At least 20 people have been killed in the attack on the Basta neighbourhood, according to the Health Ministry. An Israeli air strike has killed 20 people in central Beirut and 13 others in attacks in eastern Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Public Health, as Israel presses its offensive…

Trump picks billionaire investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary | Donald Trump News

Trump picks billionaire investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary | Donald Trump News

The hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffs. US President-elect Donald Trump has picked hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary in a blitz of announcements after his choice for attorney general said he was withdrawing. The 62-year-old…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,003 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,003 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These were the key developments on the 1,003rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Saturday, November 23: Military Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile – the Oreshnik – which was launched at Ukraine on Thursday. Ukraine is seeking…