December2023
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Saudi Arabia says ‘absolutely not’ to oil phase down at COP28
Dec 5, 2023Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has slammed the door shut to agreeing to phase down fossil fuels at the UN’s COP28 climate talks, setting the stage for difficult negotiations in Dubai. A tentative “phasedown/out” was included in... -
New ADB initiative to strengthen women’s resilience to heat stress in Asia
Dec 5, 2023In an effort to better study and support adaptation to the effects of heat stress on women and girls throughout Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started a new project. ADB will... -
Indonesian rescuers race to find 12 missing after eruption
Dec 5, 2023Tuesday saw a rush of hundreds of Indonesian rescuers searching for twelve hikers who vanished following the deaths of eleven persons due to a volcano explosion. On the Sumatra island, the bodies of the hikers were... -
New Zealand Maori protest new government
Dec 5, 2023Thousands of protestors took to the streets across New Zealand on Tuesday to criticise the newly elected conservative government for its policies toward the Indigenous Maori population. The country’s Te Pati Maori party backed the demonstrations... -
UN’s Bangladesh Resident Coordinator lauds UN volunteers’ contribution
Dec 5, 2023Gwyn Lewis, the UN’s resident coordinator in Bangladesh, recognized today the priceless work that all UN volunteers do. “On this International Volunteer Day (IVD), let us pledge to spread the word, take initiative, and perform our... -
Eight dead as cyclone batters India’s southeast coast
Dec 5, 2023Cyclone Michaung is predicted to make landfall in a few hours. Police reported on Tuesday that storms have killed at least eight people along India’s southeast coast. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that the cyclone... -
Controversial carbon credits flood COP28, yet still no rules
Dec 5, 2023The COP28 climate talks have been flooded with announcements hyping controversial carbon credits before rules for them have been hammered out, with environmental groups fearing “greenwashing” on a massive scale. The concept behind the credits has... -
Netanyahu graft trial resumes in Israel in midst of Gaza war
Dec 5, 2023Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed on Monday, despite the country’s continuing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The trial was suspended two months ago due to the Palestinian militant group Hamas’s bloody... -
Russian general killed in Ukraine: Russian governor
Dec 5, 2023A Russian general has died while deployed in Ukraine, the governor of Russia’s Voronezh region said on Monday, the latest high-ranking Russian military figure to die during the 21-month offensive. “A piercing pain. Major General Vladimir... -
Israeli army denies telling WHO to empty aid warehouse in southern Gaza
Dec 5, 2023On Tuesday, the Israeli army refuted claims that it instructed the WHO to evacuate a relief warehouse in southern Gaza within a day in order to prevent ground operations from rendering it useless. “The truth is...
