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The Cop29 agreement failed island states. Now the UN’s top court must act on climate harm | Ralph Regenvanu
The shortcomings of Cop29 increase the urgency for the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of states in respect to climate harm. The UN climate conference in Baku has ended ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
House ethics panel fails to reach agreement on releasing Gaetz report
The House Ethics Committee finished its meeting Wednesday without reaching an agreement on releasing a report on the panel's investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who denies all wrongdoing. ...Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
House committee fails to reach agreement on whether to release Matt Gaetz report
The House Ethics Committee will keep its report of an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz sealed for the time being after it was unable to reach a ...Top stories - CBS News - November 20 -
Russia urges Trump to remain in Paris agreement at upside-down COP29
Countries historically viewed as blockers of progress at global climate talks defend UN processWorld - Financial Times - November 17 -
Cop29 live: ministers told to ‘cut theatrics’, ‘move faster’ and ‘get down to business’ amid growing frustration at slow progress
Cop29 president calls for faster action as progress to agree a climate finance deal slows. Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves How usual is it to have G20 happening at ...World - The Guardian - November 18 -
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COP29 Agreement Says Someone Should Pay to Help Developing Countries, but Not Who
Rich countries have agreed to pay developing nations $300 billion a year to help them with their climate actions—but the agreement doesn’t say who specifically should contribute or how.Tech - Wired - 4 days ago -
Cop29 deal fails to consider inflation so is not tripling of target, economists say
Experts say financial movements mean poor nations will in effect get billions less in value from £300bn pledge. A failure to factor in inflation means the $300bn (£240bn) climate finance deal ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035
Chris Bowen also pledges A$50m to a fund to help the world’s most vulnerable people repair the damage from climate breakdown. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...World - The Guardian - November 19 -
Cop29 live: UN chair ‘so sick’ of Saudi Arabia’s defence of fossil fuels
Former climate minister for Canada reacts after Saudi delegation said it ‘will not accept any text that targets any specific sectors, including fossil fuels’. My colleague Patrick Greenfield is ...World - The Guardian - November 21 -
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How the media is failing us
I include myself in the under-reporting of the most consequential global storiesBusiness - Financial Times - October 31 -
Manufacturing fetishism is destined to fail
It is so much easier to blame the disappearance of these US jobs on China than on domestic consumers and automationWorld - Financial Times - November 12 -
COP29: In Donald Trump’s shadow
Can the world fight climate change without the US?Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Making sense of the COP29 outcome
A greater focus on catalytic public finance will be neededWorld - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
Israel-Lebanon: the peace agreement that should be an annex
As the current cease-fire agreement is being negotiated, its content needs to express an understanding of the complex situation of Lebanon as a country and apply strategic rehabilitation mechanisms ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Israel, Hezbollah moving closer to ceasefire agreement
There's new hope for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. White House officials say talks are moving in a positive direction. But as CBS News foreign ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
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Did the US election polls fail?
Polls predicted a tight race - then Donald Trump won a commanding victory. So what went wrong?Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
PSNI not 'rigorous enough' in investigating Simpson death
For several months, Katie Simpson’s death in 2020 was treated by detectives as a suicide.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Donald Trump Is Already Starting to Fail
The president-elect is planting the seeds of his own political demise.Top stories - The New York Times - November 17 -
Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Fail
If you’re serious about long-term success, it’s time to face some tough truths.Business - Inc. - 4 days ago -
Activists sound alarm at COP29 in Azerbaijan
Delegates from nations across the world are in Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate summit as data shows the highest greenhouse gas emissions ever recorded occurred in 2023. CBS News national ...Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
COP29 Climate Talks Focus on Financing
Negotiators agree that trillions are needed to help lower-income countries adapt and cope, but not on who should pay.Science - The New York Times - November 13 -
At COP29, ‘Sewage Beer’ Is Just Fine
The hoppy pilsner from Singapore, where freshwater is scarce, is part of an effort to promote recycling solutions.World - The New York Times - November 22 -
A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief
António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely. . The world needs the US to remain in the ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Dominican baseball player with verbal agreement with Padres was 19, not 14, per report
The agreement in place has been voidedSports - CBS Sports - November 3 -
Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Boeing workers to vote on third contract agreement that could end strike
The 33,000 workers who have been on strike since September could return to work this week. Boeing workers will vote on a third contract agreement on Monday that could end a seven-week strike that ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement
Commitment by Mogadishu’s largest single lender is latest in series of deals to forgive ‘unsustainable’ $4.5bn debt. Somalia has announced that more than $1.1bn (£860m) of outstanding loans will be ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
2024 likely to be hottest year on record, first to exceed Paris agreement threshold
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a statement Thursday. In its announcement, Copernicus noted that last month was ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
9/11 masterminds, others could still get plea agreements
A military judge ruled that the plea agreements struck for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, a defense official confirmed. CBS News' Charlie ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Exxon chief presses Trump to stay in Paris climate agreement
Exxon CEO Darren Woods urged President-elect Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement as the oil and gas industry prepares for the new administration. In an interview with The Wall Street ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
The EU says it won't renew a fishing agreement with Senegal criticized by many in the country
The European Union says it will not renew a fishing agreement with Senegal that has been criticized by many SenegaleseWorld - ABC News - November 12 -
Leader of Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia resigns, ending unrest
The separatist leader of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest, in which the opposition and its supporters seized key government buildings and at least 14 ...World - ABC News - November 19 -
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Democrats try to force Ethics Committee to release Gaetz report
Bipartisan House Ethics Committee were deadlocked along party lines on whether to release a report on its investigation of Matt Gaetz, Trump's attorney general pick.Top stories - ABC News - November 21 -
House Ethics Committee will keep Matt Gaetz report under wraps
Rep. Susan Wild said there was "no consensus" on the issue and the committee agreed to reconvene on Dec. 5.Top stories - CBS News - November 20
