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Cop 29 live: Argentina’s negotiators ordered to withdraw from climate summit; French minister cancels trip
France’s ecology minister cancels after Azerbaijan’s president attacks French actions in overseas territories. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, has joined a chorus of ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
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 -
How to watch N. Mex. State Aggies vs. TX A&M-CC Islanders: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Thursday's NCAA Basketball game
How to watch New Mexico St. vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi basketball gameSports - CBS Sports - November 15 -
Harris wins Rhode Island
Vice President Harris has won Rhode Island, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Her victory does not come as a surprise in the deep blue New England state, where she had a 98 percent ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Monkey Island Fans Create Their Own Game, The Booze of Monkey Island
Although Ron Gilbert came back to the Monkey Island franchise with Return To Monkey Island in 2022, it's unclear when or if the series will ever get another official sequel. But that hasn't ...Tech - GameSpot - November 5 -
13 Scary Islanders Facts On Halloween
The Islanders' numbers aren't pretty through the first 10 games of the season.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31 -
Smith Island | Sunday on 60 Minutes
Rising sea levels and erosion are reshaping Maryland's Smith Island, putting residents at risk of becoming some of the country’s first climate refugees. Jon Wertheim reports, Sunday.Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Sabres Have Perfect Trade Target In Islanders Star
The Sabres should keep an eye on this Islanders forward during this season.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1 -
Barzal leaves Islanders road trip due to injury
Mathew Barzal has left the Islanders' road trip with an upper-body injury.Sports - ESPN - November 1 -
Whitehouse wins Rhode Island Senate race
Incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) is projected to win his reelection bid against Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan in Rhode Island. An aggregate of polling from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Is this tiny Mauritian island a confidential spy station?
India has built a 3km-long runway on Agalega and no-one has fully explained why, angering residents.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
World’s largest known coral discovered in Solomon Islands
Gigantic multicoloured organism is visible from space and has grown for between 300 and 500 years. The world’s largest known coral, visible from space, has been discovered in the waters of the ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Why Whoopi Goldberg Is Feuding With a Staten Island Bakery
The left-leaning host of “The View” said the business in a Republican stronghold declined to take an order under her name. The bakery said politics had nothing to do with it.Top stories - The New York Times - November 16 -
Tesco row shows Sundays are still sacred on Hebridean islands
The first Sunday opening of a Tesco has sparked a row and put a part of island culture under the spotlight.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
The Tallest Building in Queens: The Orchard in Long Island City
The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.Top stories - The New York Times - November 22 -
Lammy plays down criticism of Chagos Islands deal
The UK foreign secretary dismisses criticism of the agreement as "politicking" before elections.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Mauritius asks for review of Chagos Islands deal with UK
The announcement comes after Mauritius's new prime minister expressed doubts over the deal.Top stories - BBC News - 8 hours ago -
This European island is likened to the Maldives. I stayed for a week – for $1,500
Sardinia has white beaches, turquoise sea and plenty of watersports, rather like the Maldives. And it's possible to travel inexpensively there too.Business - CNBC - November 1 -
Bo Horvat scores as the Islanders top the Sabres 4-3
Bo Horvat and Maxim Tsyplakov each had a goal and an assist, helping the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3Sports - ABC News - November 1 -
Islanders On The Lookout For Left-Side Defenseman, Three Trade Possibilities
With Adam Pelech and Mike Reilly injured, the Islanders need a left-side defenseman.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3 -
Artemi Panarin scores twice as the Rangers beat the Islanders 5-2
Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves and the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 5-2Sports - ABC News - November 3 -
Peter Laviolette's Big Gamble Pays Off In Rangers' Win Over Islanders
The Rangers made major changes to their line combinations, which led to a decisive 5-2 victory against the Islanders.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3 -
Philippine military drills to seize an island in the South China Sea
The Philippine military has opened two weeks of combat drills that will include seizing an island in the disputed South China Sea and likely be frowned upon by ChinaWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Volcano eruption burns homes, killing at least 10 on Indonesian island
Indonesian volcano Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of the "husband and wife mountains" on Flores island, erupts, covering villages in thick ash and hot embers.Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
At least 10 dead as volcanic eruptions destroy houses in Indonesia
Homes and a convent burn down as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on island of Flores spews ash into the air. At least 10 people have died amid a series of volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian island of ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Philippine forces retake an island in mock combat as China's navy watches
Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distanceWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
Ferry disruption: Islanders face a difficult winter, warns minister
Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop says she is pushing ferry operator CalMac to consider "all options" to maintain services.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
Scot gets dream job as lighthouse keeper on remote Australian island
Sandy Duthie's "dream job" involves solitude, a 160-year history, and a colony of little penguins.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
Rosie O’Donnell’s former Star Island home goes on the market for $54 million
The comedian’s former Miami mansion is listed two decades after she sold the home for less than a third of that price.Business - MarketWatch - November 7 -
Cuba's power grid goes down as Hurricane Rafael hits the island
Hurricane Rafael collapsed Cuba's national electrical grid. The Miami-based NHC warned of a "Life-threatening storm surge, damaging hurricane-force and flash flooding across much of western Cuba.Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
A tiny island in the Caribbean seeks help from London after a politician is slain
The government of Antigua and Barbuda is seeking help from authorities in London to solve the killing of a Parliament member who was found stabbed to death this weekWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
From a Scottish island to New York's elite - who was Trump's mother?
Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod grew up on the Hebridean island of Lewis.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
The island of Mauritius, praised as an African success story, will hold its national election
The Indian Ocean-island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election this weekend, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks to win a second term as leader of a nation often praised as one of ...World - ABC News - November 8 -
Island gets broadband via water pipes in UK first
Cables have been laid within existing water pipes, using the community-owned water system.Top stories - BBC News - November 9 -
Remote islands free the imagination – but they also stir up fear
Bestselling author Paula Hawkins set her new book on a fictional tidal island. Here she examines the power and appeal of islands. There is something about an island that stirs the imagination. Or, ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
Inside the Audacious Plan to Reopen Three Mile Island's Nuclear Plant
AI’s thirst for energy sealed the deal between Microsoft and Constellation on the plant, where memories of a partial meltdown in 1979 still resonate.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 10 -
Iran cites 19th century British maps in row over ownership of islands
Tehran cites 1888 charts in effort to prove ownership of islands near strait of Hormuz that are also claimed by UAE. Maps drawn up more than 130 years ago on the instruction of the Marquess of ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands
Officials are blaming illegal firearms for an increase or a record number of killings in a growing number of Caribbean islands this yearWorld - ABC News - November 13