The UN's climate chief urged G20 nations on Saturday to push COP29 negotiations toward a deal to raise money for developing nations, warning there was a "long way to go". Negotiators worked through the night to narrow their differences at the UN talks in Baku before ministers arrive next week for
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US pushes to convert Kenya-led Haiti force to UN peacekeepers
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Trump Pressures U.S. Senate with Divisive Cabinet Picks
Questions -- and, for some, outrage -- intensified over several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks Friday, as Washington awaits announcements for more major positions, including the FBI and Treasury chiefs. Trump has vowed to dismantle the liberal "deep state" he says is running Washington and is banking on his decisive
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Russia's war against his country will "end sooner" than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes US president next year. "It is certain that the war will end sooner with the policies of the team that will now lead the White House.
Japan PM expresses concerns to Xi over China Sea
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "serious concerns over the situation surrounding the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang" to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the pair's first in-person talks, Tokyo's foreign ministry said Saturday. At the talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Peru, the pair also
India thump woeful South Africa to win T20 series
Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma smashed scintillating centuries as India thumped South Africa by 135 runs in Johannesburg on Friday to claim the four-match Twenty20 International series 3-1 and inflict a heaviest ever defeat in the format on their hosts. World champions India elected to bat and posted a huge 283
Uruguay end winless run with dramatic win over Colombia
Manuel Ugarte grabbed a dramatic last-gasp winner as Uruguay ended a five-match winless streak with a thrilling 3-2 win over Colombia in South American World Cup qualifying on Friday. Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay looked set for a 2-1 win until Colombia levelled through Andres Gomez in the sixth minute of stoppage time. But
Israeli strikes killed 12 peoples, 15 in Syria
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15 people. Lebanese emergency workers
Sri Lanka president’s Marxist party wins majority
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats, according to the Elections Commission. The Samagi Jana