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Reason · Nov 12, 2024

UN elaborates on Israeli military building along Syrian demilitarized zone after AP report

United Nations peacekeepers are warning that the Israeli military has committed “severe violations” of a cease-fire deal with Syria as its military continues a major construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Nations To Submit Boosted Climate Plans: What's At Stake?

Nations have begun setting carbon-cutting targets for the decade ahead, and how ambitious these pledges are could make or break global efforts to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.

International Business Times · Nov 12, 2024

Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say

Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Oil and gas are gift of god, Azerbaijan president tells climate summit

Ilham Aliyev blames ‘Western fake news media’ for criticism of his nation hosting Cop29

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

House Republicans Jockeying For Trump's Cabinet Positions

House Republicans navigate potential Cabinet departures as Trump considers picks, impacting majority control in Congress.

Top News · Nov 12, 2024

Mangroves in the Maldives have been drowning as sea level rises – new study

Mangrove forests have been protecting coastlines around the world against erosion and storm surges for millennia. But in 2020, the residents on many islands in the Maldives noticed that many of their mangrove forests were starting to die off. Where once these forests had been lush, now they were turning…

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2024

Cattle, crops and ancient olive groves: Lebanon’s farmers ‘lose everything’ to Israeli bombs

Thousands of hectares of fertile land, including olive trees that have survived for millennia, have been destroyed in the country’s agricultural heartland

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Israeli strikes set off explosions in Beirut suburbs and kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

Palestinian medical officials say two Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people, including two children and a woman, most of them in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Met Police probe ‘Amsterdam-style’ threat as planned demo against UN official in London is cancelled

Speaker Francesca Albanese has accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024