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As UN climate talks near crunch time, activists plan 'day of action' to press negotiators

Protests aimed at pressuring nations to move decisively to stop climate change were expected to be their most intense yet on Saturday, a “Global Day of Action” with events at United Nations-led talks in Dubai and around the world

The Independent UK

Israel Strikes Gaza After Failed UN Ceasefire Bid

Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

International Business Times

Big meat and dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at Cop28

Food and agriculture firms have sent three times as many delegates to the climate summit as last year

The Guardian - UK

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UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region

The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor

The Independent UK

US Vetoes Security Council Resolution Calling For Gaza Ceasefire

The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

International Business Times

Morning Digest | NHRC issues notice to Manipur govt. over killing of 13 persons in Tengnoupal district; Centre bans onion export till March 2024, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on December 09, 2023

The Hindu

The U.S. has vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution in the U.N. Security Council

The United States was the only country to vote against a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Al-Sisi runs for third time in vote following crackdown on dissent

Presidential elections in Egypt will take place from December 10 to 12. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi is running for a third term which outcome is predictable, even more now that the election campaign has been overshadowed by the Gaza war. But also because no serious other candidate is facing…

France 24

US vetoes UN security resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza

The US on Friday vetoed a United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Evening Standard

US blocks UN Security Council demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire

The United Kingdom abstained from the vote while 13 Security Council members voted in favour

The Independent UK

UN chief and many nations demand immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, but US remains opposed

The United Nations chief and many Security Council members are demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The Independent UK

Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Frenzy at COP28

The activist demand that the U.S. phase out all fossil fuels in eight years is borderline insane.

Reason

Latin American Countries Rank Low In Employee Retention, Study Finds

A new study revealed that Latin American countries are struggling to retain talented workers.

Latin Times

Saleemul Huq obituary

Climate campaigner and one of the developing world’s leading champions of provision for ‘loss and damage’

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Al Jazeera

OPEC rallies members against fossil fuels phase out at COP 28

Climate campaigners welcome draft COP agreement that includes options for the phase out of fossil fuels.

The Independent UK

US piles pressure on Israel over conduct in war on Hamas

Secretary of state Antony Blinken urges more to be done to protect civilians in Gaza – as UN Security Council votes on resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

World faces ‘heightened risk’ of mass atrocities due to global inaction

Human rights campaigners say UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ principle and ambition to prevent genocides have diminished

Chicago Sun-Times

Antisemitism comes from both far left and far right

Why is it so hard to see what is happening to Jews in the U.S. and around the world for what it is, asks Mona Charen.

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International Business Times

US, UK, Canada Sanction Dozens On Human Rights Anniversary

Dozens of alleged human rights abusers around the world face new sanctions Friday under a coordinated action by the United States, Britain and Canada to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Cop28: a phase-out of fossil fuels is the only decision that makes sense

Editorial: Oil and gas interests are fighting hard to prevent decarbonisation, as they always have done

The Guardian - UK

Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Al Jazeera

US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

US deputy ambassador says an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would ‘only plant the seeds for the next war’.

The National (Scotland)

Gaza society 'on the brink of full-blown collapse', warns UN chief

UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that he invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter…

The Hindu

New climate draft seeks tripling of renewable energy capacity

The latest draft of the Global Stocktake, one of the key documents being negotiated at the UN’s climate summit in Dubai, has linked the tripling of renewable energy capacity with a ‘phase-out’, or a time-bound ending, of the use of fossil fuels.

The Conversation

Gaza war: Israelis feel angry at their government and abandoned by the international community

“The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home.” So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is held hostage in Gaza.

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