By William James and Simon Jessop ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 12 (Reuters) – World leaders have set out competing positions and made clashing demands in two days of intense speech-making at the COP31 climate change talks in Turkey, leaving negotiators with a tough task to draft a meaningful deal that all can agree. Small island states,…
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Valerie Volcovici ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) – World leaders will set out their climate priorities in speeches at COP31 in Turkey on Wednesday, as negotiators seek agreement on a plan to increase the share of electricity in global energy use and revive stalled efforts to move away from fossil fuels….
GENEVA, Nov 9 (Reuters) – This year is on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful El Niño and perpetuating a warming streak of more than a decade, a UN report showed on Monday. • Countries are preparing to meet in Turkey from November 9 to 20 for the next round…
Nov 7 (Reuters) – Russia said its forces carried out a massive overnight strike on what it described as targets in Ukraine’s military-industrial sector and energy and transport infrastructure in Kyiv and the surrounding region. In Kyiv, Russia’s defence ministry said strikes hit the Northern Bridge — which it said was being used to transport…
LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Ten governments including the United States, Britain, Germany and France issued a statement on Friday condemning the sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in jail. • Wong, who has been behind bars since 2020, was on Thursday sentenced to a further 10 years in jail…
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Governments and politicians around the world reacted to the Democrats winning the US midterm elections, a result that could have major implications for global trade, security and energy prices. Here is a selection of the reactions: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ ON X “Yesterday, the American people voted against policies that…
Nov 3 (Reuters) – A string of bomb threats has disrupted passenger flights across Europe in recent days, forcing diversions, emergency landings and security sweeps, though no explosives have so far been found. Here is a list of flights affected by bomb threats in recent days. Two Ryanair flights were searched at Rome’s Fiumicino airport…
HULL, England, Nov 2 (Reuters) – A British adventurer who has been walking around the world for almost three decades is due to finish his trek on Monday, ending a 31,000-mile journey at the house where he grew up. Karl Bushby has hacked through jungles in Central America, crossed the ice between Alaska and Russia…
KYIV, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Four planes carrying residents evacuated from the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky landed in Belarus on Saturday, the Belarusian Belta state news agency and a senior Ukrainian official said. Hundreds of starving and exhausted residents left the town of Oleshky on Friday during a US-backed local ceasefire, the first of…
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday that it was shutting down after what it described as a relentless campaign by the authorities which saw state prosecutors pursue some of its senior journalists and left it without financial support and an office. The newspaper, which has often been highly critical…