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Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | The host and President of COP28 President, Sultan Al Jaber says the annual climate summit taking place in Dubai has already made history.  He told Journalist that more than $83 billion had been mobilized during the first week of the conference. Unlike at past Climate …

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and backed by more than 100 countries, gained support from 13 of the 15 Security Council members, with Britain abstaining. …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was unprecedentedly removed from the position in early October, announced on Wednesday that he is leaving the U.S. Congress at the end of this year. In an opinion piece published on the Wall Street Journal, McCarthy said he …

Dubai, UAE | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday paid visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia to discuss ties and other issues of common concern. During Putin’s meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, the two sides explored …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  Republicans of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote on a bill that included funding for Ukraine and Israel amid their respective conflicts, citing a lack of policy changes in the measures to improve security on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bernie Sanders, an independent …

Dubai, UAE  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Eight donor governments have pledged $174.2 million to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The Least Developed Countries Fund helps countries like Uganda to address their short-, medium–, and long-term resilience needs and reduce climate change vulnerability in priority sectors and ecosystems. The pledges were made by …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Monday that he rejects Israel’s plans to “separate, occupy, cut off or isolate any part of the Gaza Strip,” which is “an integral part of the Palestinian state,” according to a statement by the official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA). …

Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates attending the Conference of Parties-COP28 in Dubai said the topic was long overdue for discussion as climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day. They observed …

Sacramento, United States | Xinhua | A new study showed that nine out of 10 Asian Americans had personally experienced discrimination and that not enough attention is being paid to the problem in the United States. The survey was conducted among 7,006 Asian adults from July 2022 to January 2023 …

Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of more than 130 nations have endorsed the UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action. In September 2021, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres convened the UN Food Systems Summit following evidence that food systems are one of the main reasons the world is …