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Kiwi climate change experts have delivered a mixed verdict on a historic agreement by nearly 200 nations to shift away from fossil fuels - with one concerned...

153 member states voted in favor of the resolution, 23 abstained. Ten states voted against, including the United States and Israel. Text of resolution is the same as that blocked by the US in the 15-member UN Security Council last week. UN: 18 percent of Gaza Strip's infrastructure destroyed since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas.. A high-resolution satellite image taken on November 26 identified 37,379 damaged buildings, said the Geneva-based satellite program Unosat. The i...

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Israeli military has begun pumping seawater into the Hamas tunnel complex in the Gaza Strip. The paper cited unnamed U.S. officials, adding that the process would likely take weeks. It is an early-stage attempt and is one of several techniques Israel is using to clear or destroy the tunnels. There are also concerns that the seawater could endanger the Gaza strip's fresh water supply. Israel's military announced the recovery of two more people abd...

COP28 Climate Change Conference: Final draft does not contain a clear end to fossil fuels. New draft of the final declaration of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai does not include the clear phase-out of coal, oil and gas demanded by many countries. The 21-page paper simply calls on states to move away from fossil fuels in their energy systems. More than a hundred countries had previously called for a "phase out". Actually, the conference should have ended already, but due to the disc...

Poll among Palestinians: Hamas increasingly popular, Abbas very unpopular. An overwhelming majority wants Palestinian President Abbas to leave. Only one percent of respondents in the West Bank and 17 percent in the Gaza Strip believe that Israel could achieve its war goal of destroying Hamas. A majority also believes that the Western countries' advocacy of a two-state solution is not really taken seriously. The survey was conducted between November 22 and December 2, 2023, among 1231,<&gt...

Cruise missile from Yemen hits tanker – US destroyer involved. Once again, there has been an attack on a cargo ship in the Red Sea, and this time the US Navy came to the rescue. Israel sees Hamas' fighting spirit broken. And: next attempt by the UN. The overview.. Enlarge image                 A cruise missile from Houthi-controlled Yemen has hit a tanker, according to US sources. There were no deaths, a fire broke out, which caused property damage, two officials of the US Departme...

Somali president's son Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is said to have run over a motorcyclist in Istanbul at the end of November. He collided with a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, who died of his injuries days later. Turkey has now issued an international arrest warrant for the president’s son. The case is putting pressure on the Turkish authorities. Turkey and Somalia have good relations. However, the incident could put a strain on the relationship between the two countries.

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for another overseas trip on Monday, this time for a state visit to the Netherlands.While there

Trump refrains from further testimony in fraud trial in New York. His last exchange of words with the judge still resonates. The ex-president and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are accused in the civil case of having inflated the assets of the family real estate empire by billions. Trump, who wants to run again in the presidential election in a year's time, has rejected all accusations, calling them politically motivated. He has been charged in four criminal cases. Two indictments ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the Polish government is breaking the law. The ECJ's decision comes ahead of a vote to form a new government. The new government is expected to be formed in the next few days. The current government has been in power since the end of last year. The European Parliament is also expected to hold a vote on the new government's formation in the coming weeks. The vote will decide whether or not the government can form a government with a major...