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‘Vulnerable’ Pacific countries must get maximum benefit from ‘loss and damage’ fund, Australian climate minister says

Chris Bowen also says climate disaster fund will need to be bankrolled by broader-than-expected range of countries in speech ahead of Cop28

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2023

Hamas, Israel leaders suggest deal is ‘close’ on captives, Gaza truce

Qatar-mediated deal could see Hamas exchange captives for Palestinian prisoners; Biden says ‘we’re now very close’.

Al Jazeera · Nov 21, 2023

Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been cut off from services for weeks

Israeli troops are battling Palestinian militants in a dense, urban refugee camp near Gaza City as they expand operations across the north

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Israeli cabinet approves deal for pause in fighting – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2023

Hostage deal is 'right decision', Netanyahu tells Cabinet

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet Tuesday night that a hostage deal is the "right decision". US President Joe Biden said earlier on Tuesday that a deal to free some of the more than 200 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza was "very close". Israel, the US…

France 24 · Nov 21, 2023

"I'd made the best of what I could with the three chords that I knew": Bryan Adams on how an "extremely average" musician carved out one of rock's most successful careers

These days Bryan Adams says he's "a photographer moonlighting as a singer," but before that came decades of making high-grade classic rock

Louder · Nov 21, 2023

6 Stocks To Watch As The World Turns To The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference

A new report by the UN's Environment Program is shedding an unsettling new light on the current path of global warming

Zenger · Nov 20, 2023

Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive

Three weeks ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Gaza hostage deal – including up to 40 children – getting closer, officials say

Multiple sources tell The Independent that while an agreement has not been reached, talks for an Israel-Hamas deal involving between 50 and 75 hostages could be concluded by early next week

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

A deal for the release of Israeli hostages appears close, officials say

Talk of a possible deal comes as Palestinian health officials say Israeli fire hit another hospital in Gaza, and dozens of premature infants from Al-Shifa hospital are evacuated to Egypt.

WEKU · Nov 20, 2023