Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?

Anger at western hypocrisy heated to boiling point in Sharm el-Sheikh, but after intense talks the impasse was finally broken

The Guardian - UK

COP27: Experts welcome historic move on loss and damage fund but rue weak outcome of climate talks on fossil fuel emission

NEW DELHI: Experts, observers of the UN processes and civil society groups found themselves on the same page while welcoming the landmark agreement on setting up a new fund for loss and damage to support victims of climate crisis but many of them even pointed out how failure to agree…

The Times of India

‘We couldn’t fail them’: how Pakistan’s floods spurred fight at Cop for loss and damage fund

With the deadly devastation fresh in the world’s mind, Pakistan pushed for damage funds with other frontline countries

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'You're playing with fire' warns UN over shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has called for an end to fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, after powerful explosions were recorded in the area over the weekend.

Radio France Internationale

After APEC, where to on China?

After the PM's first face-to-face meeting with Xi Jinping in three years, foreign policy experts analyse NZ's next steps regarding China's increasing influence and human rights abuses.

Newsroom.co.nz

Crowds protest in Newcastle over deaths of children in Palestine conflict

Demonstrators came together at Haymarket to show solidarity with people in Palestine

Chronicle Live

Shelling of Zaporizhzhia is playing with fire, says UN nuclear chief, as blasts reported

Explosions cause damage at Ukrainian power plant, as Kyiv says it will investigate videos allegedly of surrendering Russians being shot

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

UN warns fresh shelling at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant ‘risks nuclear disaster’

‘You’re playing with fire,’ UN nuclear watchdog warns

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what could happen next?

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

The 1.5C climate goal died at Cop27 – but hope must not

Every fraction of a degree increases human suffering, so the fight to end the fossil fuel industry must ramp up

The Guardian - UK

How Russia is weaponizing the Ukrainian winter

Ukraine says Russia is using the cold as a weapon against Ukrainians, by targeting the country's ability to heat and power homes. Repair crews are struggling to restore power to damaged areas.

WEKU

Power-hungry robots, space colonization, cyborgs: inside the bizarre world of ‘longtermism’

Sam Bankman-Fried said his billions would save the world – but his philanthropic ideas ranged from the worthy to the severely outlandish

The Guardian - US

Multinationals opening new gas sites, despite climate change warnings

Although scientists keep insisting that the planet needs to move away from its dependence on oil, gas and coal to effectively combat climate change, hydrocarbon development projects continue to emerge. Several countries, cities and NGOs are calling for a non-proliferation treaty on fossil fuels.

France 24

COP27 Ends With Historic Decision On Damage Fund, Little Progress On Other Issues

While the UN climate summit in Egypt concluded with a landmark decision to establish a fund to address loss and damage. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Cop27 reaches landmark deal on climate damage fund, but little else

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the Cop27 climate summit early on Sunday that will set up a fund to help poor countries battered by climate disasters, but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them. France said it regretted the agreement's "lack of ambition".

The Guardian - UK

Cop27 backfires for Egypt as signs of repression mar attempt to bolster image

Harassment of climate summit delegates and holding pen for protesters mar country’s attempt to polish international reputation

The Guardian - UK

Don’t panic about the birth of Baby 8 Billion. Before he’s 65 our numbers will be in reverse

We should not be alarmed at the rise in global population; it’s inequality, greed and waste that are the real problems of our age

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Always Pursues Political Solution in Yemen in Spite of Wrong Interpretations

Observers of the situation in Yemen find that Riyadh has used diplomacy to reach a solution to the war-torn country’s crisis and end the coup of the Iran-backed Houthi militias. Saudi Arabia has remained committed to its allies in Yemen. It has not abandoned them, making it difficult for the…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky review – a winner in the war of words

The Ukraine president’s storytelling skills and sense of moral purpose elevate his war speeches in this compelling collection

Dublin Live

No plans to boot Russian Ambassador Yury Filatov after sanction list

Mr Filatov was summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs earlier this week but Mr Coveney dismissed calls for him to be given the boot

The Independent UK

Success or COP-out: How do this year's climate talks rate?

After two weeks of U.N. climate talks, negotiators agreed to one big decision, to create a fund to help developing countries suffering the impacts of climate change

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP27 Summit Strikes Historic Deal to Fund Climate Damages

An often fraught UN climate summit wrapped up on Sunday with sweeping agreement on how to tackle global warming and a "historic" deal to create a special fund to cover the damages suffered by vulnerable nations. The two-week talks, which at times appeared to teeter on the brink of collapse,…

WEKU

Did the world make progress on climate change? Here's what was decided at global talks

Delegates reached a last-minute deal to pay vulnerable countries for damages caused by climate change. But the final agreement does not put humanity on track to avoid catastrophic warming.

Axios

Climate summit brings historic deal on climate damage, stalls on cuts

The agreement would pave the way for a fund to compensate developing countries for climate damages.

Tribune News Service

Nations adopt landmark climate deal, some dissatisfied

Delegates at the U.N. climate talks, which looked on the verge of collapse Saturday morning, quickly agreed on a historic deal to pay poorer countries for harm caused by global warming, before getting to more thornier issues.

1 … 1173 1174 1175 1176

People

Rafael Mariano Grossi

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Energy Agency

165 stories

Department of Foreign Affairs

International Rescue Committee

33 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.