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A global coalition of civil society groups organized a demonstration at the COP28 climate negotiations in UAE on “Finance Day” to demand that the Japanese government stop financing new fossil fuel projects and shift support to renewable energy. The action featured activists wearing inflatable Pikachu costumes and a slogan calling on Japan to say #SayonaraFossilFuels.

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

India-U.S. ties could now face their biggest test in recent years, after U.S. prosecutors this week accused an Indian official of directing a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City.

NEW DELHI -- Ties between India and the U.S. had never looked better than they did in June, when President Joe Biden honored Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a pomp-filled state visit. The relationship was among the most consequential in the world and "more dynamic than at any time in history," Biden declared as he stood next to Modi at a press conference.

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar