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Putin to visit UAE, Saudi Arabia later this week — Kremlin aide
Date: 2023-12-04 22:03:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:10474485
MOSCOW, Dec 4 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay working visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia later this week, TASS quoted Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov as saying. "This will be a working visit. First of all, he ....
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Sunak to give Rwanda £15 mn in bid to seal new asylum deal
Date: 2023-12-03 10:38:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:10471748
LONDON, Dec 3 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to hand Rwanda at least £15 million more to sign a treaty to take asylum seekers deported from the UK, it has emerged, the Independent newspaper reported on Sunday. The money will be on ....
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Guterres: Persons of disabilities should contribute to decision making in all sectors
Date: 2023-12-03 08:43:09 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:19 - ID:10471512
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (MENA) - United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres stressed the importance of inclusion of persons of disabilities as active decision-making contributors in all sectors, the UN said on its website Sunday. In a word ....
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North Korea begins spy satellite operations
Date: 2023-12-03 07:59:48 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:14 - ID:10471495
SEOUL, Dec 3 (MENA) - North Korea has begun reconnaissance satellite operations, state news agency KCNA said on Sunday, after the country launched its first military spy satellite last month in a move that drew new sanctions from the US and its ....
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Von der Leyen: EU contributed USD 30 bln in climate financing for developing countries last year
Date: 2023-12-02 19:45:01 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:60 - ID:10470260
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, Dec 2 (MENA) - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday the European Union contributed nearly 30 billion dollars to climate financing issues for developing countries last year, promising to spend 100 ....
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50 oil companies sign COP28 presidency’s decarbonization initiative
Date: 2023-12-02 18:50:24 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:57 - ID:10470808
DUBAI, UAE, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Presidency of the 2023 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28, launched Saturday the “Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, dedicated to accelerating climate action ....
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COP28 President: Need arises to create financial system to deal with climate change
Date: 2023-12-02 18:26:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:55 - ID:10470802
DUBAI, Dec 2 (MENA) - President of the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP28) Sultan Al Jaber has said there is a need to create a financial system designed to deal with climate change. He added: “The need lies for a new system that ....
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World would collapse if energy system not fixed: Head of COP28
Date: 2023-12-02 17:47:56 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:48 - ID:10470807
DUBAI, UAE, Dec 2 (MENA) – The head of the 2023 UN climate conference, COP28, Sultan al Jaber, warned that the world would collapse if the system of energy used currently is not fixed. In remarks he gave at COP28, held in Expo City Dubai, Jaber ....
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COP 28 Local Climate Action Summit pledges USD 65 million to support city networks
Date: 2023-12-02 17:06:55 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:44 - ID:10470801
DUBAI, UAE, Dec 2 (MENA) - The inaugural Local Climate Action Summit on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) held at Expo City Dubai Saturday pledged a new commitment of ....
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Vatican to COP28: Climate change global social issue related to dignity of humanity
Date: 2023-12-02 16:10:03 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:38 - ID:10470612
VATICAN CITY, Dec 2 (MENA) - Pope Francis said that climate change is “a global social issue and one intimately related to the dignity of human life”. It raises an urgent question, “Are we working for a culture of life or a culture of death?” ....
