Protests erupt in breakaway Georgian region Abkhazia over deal with Russia
A truck rammed the gates of parliament in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on Friday as hundreds ...
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News Digest: Foreign Media on Kazakhstan’s Participation in COP29, Kazakh-EU Diplomatic Ties and More
ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media ...
At UN climate talks, some see wars complicating negotiators’ task
At the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, wars are top of mind for some leaders and activists who have ...
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NDCs 3.0 and beyond: Reflecting national needs and priorities in climate action
Inger Andersen, Chief of UNEP, emphasizes that nations must act urgently to prevent surpassing 1.5°C warming. Revised NDCs ...
Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...
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Criminal organizations dealing with meth and cocaine now targeting Pacific’s transit countries including Fiji
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says criminal organizations that were strategically targeting lucrative markets ...
COP Truce: A call for global unity to address climate and conflict
The world is invited to stand together in Baku and respect the COP Truce as a symbol of shared responsibility, resilience, ...
Typhoon Usagi wreaks more damage and misery in Philippines as yet another storm looms
Typhoon Usagi has swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing ...
Iran military heads vow 'crushing' response to Israel as UN atomic chief says nuke sites shouldn't be attacked
The U.N. atomic watchdog has urged Israel not to target Iran's nuclear facilities as it continues to carry out strikes in ...
Scientists say they've discovered the world's biggest coral, so huge it was mistaken for a shipwreck
Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially ...
Could an election revolutionise African rugby?
Morocco-born Abdelatif Benazzi wants to be new man in charge of global rugby, promising to tear up the sport's old order and ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change
The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.