November2021
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COP26 talks wade into climate finance as poor nations count cost
Nov 8, 2021Former US President Barack Obama backed calls for increased aid from those on the front lines of global warming on Monday, as poor and developed countries engage in talks to break years of gridlock over funding... -
Iran urges ‘vigilance’ after drone attack on Iraqi PM
Nov 8, 2021Iran condemned a drone strike on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi on Sunday, calling for “vigilance to foil plans aimed at the country’s security and development.” Said Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, blamed... -
Bodies found at Nepal site where French climbers went missing
Nov 8, 2021A search team flew out to recover three bodies in a remote corner of Nepal’s Himalayas on Monday, close to where a trio of French climbers went missing last month. The group were attempting to scale... -
UK’s Johnson under fire as MPs debate standards system
Nov 8, 2021As days of graft and cronyism allegations against his government deepened with new discoveries, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pressed to appear before British legislators questioning the standards system on Monday. MPs will undertake an unscheduled... -
ADB launches program to strengthen community resilience in Asia, Pacific
Nov 8, 2021The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Kingdom government and the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) launched the Community Resilience Partnership Program today at COP26 (CRPP). By scaling up climate adaptation initiatives in Asia and the Pacific,... -
Sarah Jayne Dunn: Hollyoaks star’s ‘shock’ at losing job over OnlyFans
Nov 7, 2021Sarah Jayne Dunn told Media that she was “shocked and saddened” when she was fired from Hollyoaks after posting photos of herself on pornographic subscription site OnlyFans. After seeing how photographs of her have been exploited... -
Pathao’s Fahim Ahmed replaces co-founder Hussain Elius as CEO
Nov 7, 2021Fahim Ahmed has been named managing director and chief executive officer of Pathao, a digital services platform. Fahim, who joined Pathao as chief financial officer in early 2018, takes over from co-founder Hussain Elius. Since mid-2020,... -
Even as Biden pushes clean energy, He seeks more oil production
Nov 7, 2021President Joe Biden said Monday at a global climate meeting that “we only have a small window before us” to reduce emissions from the burning of oil, gas, and coal, which he described as a “existential... -
Abu Dhabi will legalize civil marriages between non-Muslims
Nov 7, 2021According to a new edict announced on Sunday by Abu Dhabi’s ruler, non-Muslims would be permitted to marry, divorce, and have shared child custody under civil law, according to state news agency WAM. It is the... -
Bangladesh to inoculate 12cr doses of vaccine by next January
Nov 7, 2021Minister of Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque stated today that the country aims to vaccinate 12 doses of vaccine by January 2022, as the government ramped up efforts to collect the requisite number of COVID-19...
