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Thousands of protesters took their message again to the gates of the COP30 United Nations climate conference talks in Belem, Brazil, blocking the venue of the climate talks in a peaceful standoff. Activists, Brazilian youth organisations, and indigenous communities participated in the march to demand action during the crucial UN climate meeting. Speaking about the effects of climate change in their home countries, activists with the Fridays for Future movement advocated for youth representation in the UN negotiations. “For us, the youth who are inheritors of the planet, that is very frustrating,” said Rachelle Junsay, with Climate Action Philippines. “That…
Published on 15/11/2025 – 18:02 GMT+1 The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 armed group signed a framework agreement in Doha on Saturday, setting out a structure for negotiations aimed at ending fighting in the country’s troubled east. The Doha framework comes after months of intense fighting in the North and South Kivu provinces, which escalated early this year with the M23 group capturing the regional capital, Goma, and seizing swathes of mineral-rich territory. Delegations from both sides said the document creates eight protocols that will be negotiated individually in the coming weeks. According to M23’s head negotiator…
Four mice returned to Earth on Friday alongside Chinese astronauts after their stay in orbit was extended due to suspected debris damage to their return capsule. The two male and two female mice were immediately transferred to researchers for behavioral and physiological studies. According to CCTV, the animals ate less but drank more while adapting quickly to the microgravity environment. Their trip home was delayed over a week after cracks were found in the Shenzhou-20 capsule’s window, forcing the crew to return aboard the newly arrived Shenzhou-21. Scientists received 46.67 kilograms of experimental samples for further research in life, materials…
Pope Leo XIV received a host of Hollywood celebrities on Saturday, underscoring the role of cinema for marginalised communities and voices. “It comforts me to think that cinema is not just ‘moving pictures’; it is putting hope in motion,” Leo said. “One of the most precious contributions of the cinema is precisely that of helping the spectator to return to himself, to look with new eyes at the complexity of his own experience, to see the world again as if for the first time, and to rediscover, in this exercise, a portion of that hope without which our existence is…
An extensive anti-corruption investigation into allegations of graft involving the state nuclear power company Energoatom has rocked Ukraine. What is happening with the probe, which could become the most significant anti-corruption case in the country and spark a massive political scandal? On Monday morning, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced they had uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector. The operation was given the code name “Midas”, after King Midas from the Greek myth, who turned everything he touched into gold. NABU and SAPO said the investigation, which was…
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have announced the launch of new joint projects worth $1.3 billion (€1.18 billion), as well as reconfirmed their plans to bring the annual bilateral trade turnover up to $10 billion (€8.6 billion) by 2030. The announcements came during Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Uzbekistan and his meeting with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, ahead of the Seventh Consultative Meeting of Heads of State, which takes place this weekend in Tashkent. “Our relations have now reached the highest level—that of a strategic partnership and alliance,” said Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. His Kazakh counterpart, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, noted that “contrary…
The measures, announced on Oct. 22, were “a result of Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine,” the U.S. Treasury said. Lukoil subsequently announced it would sell its overseas assets but has yet to find a buyer after a deal with Swiss-based firm Gunvor fell through when Washington blocked it. U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is considering purchasing the vast international holdings, according to Reuters. Potential buyers now have until Dec. 13 to negotiate with Lukoil. It’s expected Washington will only authorize a sale if it completely severs ties with Lukoil and the funds from that sale are placed into a blocked account that…
A third person familiar with the discussions said that while starting preparatory works would be a step in the right direction, the vote had been “fudged” for the reason that “it’s a scary big figure at a time when the government is taking unpalatable decisions and there’s no appetite to put it to MPs.” Ministers have been anxious to avoid the budget being juxtaposed with the spectacle of MPs debating multibillion sums for the future of their own workplace. Two of the people said they expect parliamentary authorities to publish the cost of the options for restoration, as well as…
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While Britain’s state broadcaster apologized to the president for the way it edited his speech, it said it would not offer financial compensation, as Trump has demanded. Two of the BBC’s top executives, Director General Tim Davie and its news chief, Deborah Turness, resigned over the incident and accusations of biased coverage. BBC chair Samir Shah sent a personal apology Thursday to the White House. Trump has launched a flurry of lawsuits against publications and media companies he has accused of being unfriendly and defamatory, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ABC and Paramount. In July, Paramount agreed to settle a $20 billion lawsuit filed by Trump over…