DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A critical climate conference that began with world leaders acknowledging an Earth in crisis was set for a second day of leaders’ speeches on Saturday. Organizers hope the speeches will set the stage for concrete action in the coming days at the annual United Nations conference, known as COP28. …
International climate talks became a power struggle on Friday as over 130 world leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were set to address the United Nations climate conference in Dubai over the next two days. However, two key players, President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping, …
Protesters planning to march in downtown San Francisco on Sunday are united in their opposition to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ conference, which brings together leaders from nearly two dozen countries, including U.S. President Joe Biden. They are protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions, and the Israel-Hamas war. The No to APEC …
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jeff Mason, and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is unlikely to attend the 28th meeting of the United Nations “Conference of the Parties” on climate, also known as COP28, in November, according to two U.S. officials and another person briefed on the event’s planning. The conference will …
The G20 summit in New Delhi was attended by powerful world leaders, except for China’s Xi Jinping. This absence sends a clear message that China is rejecting the established world order. This marks a significant shift in China’s foreign policy, as Xi had previously aimed to position China as an alternative to the West. However, …
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) made an unprecedented announcement today that Jens Stoltenberg, their secretary-general for the past nine years, will continue his position for an exceptional tenth year. This news, which had already been predicted by various esteemed sources such as The Times of London, the Financial Times, Politico, and defense-industry newsletters, led …
Every Indian Muslim is familiar with the pause, that moment when someone, usually a Hindu, hears their name and reacts with surprise and confusion that they are also Indian. It implies suspicion, as if they are Indians with an asterisk or not Indians at all. This experience is not new. It has been passed down …
The past few months have been bleak for many Arabs as they witness the restoration of old, authoritarian regimes in a region that was once full of hope. The end of the Arab Spring has been predicted many times before, and it seems that the last remnants of hope have been crushed. Tunisia, which started …