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Most Mideast autocrats welcome President-elect Trump

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was among the first leaders to congratulate Trump.

2024-11-28 01:14

Electronic Travel Authorisation Required to Visit the United Kingdom

An electronic travel authorisation will be required to visit the United Kingdom effective as of Wednesday, January 8, 2025 if you are a nationality of 48 specific countries and associated territories — and the cost to obtain one per person will be £10.00 or a…

2024-11-28 01:03

Tinubu begins state visit in France

President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, arrived in Paris Wednesday evening for a three-day State Visit to France. Tinubu’s visit, the fifth since assuming office 18 months ago, is at the invitation of French President Emmanuel…

2024-11-27 23:09

Activists Target Saudis Amid COP 29 Climate Finance Clash

The 29th Conference of the Parties for Climate Change, commonly known as COP29, ended with outrage and dismay—emotions demonstrated by developing nations after developed ones agreed to raise annual climate finance but nowhere near what was asked for. But ther…

2024-11-27 23:00

COP29: Promise them a gold mine, give them the shaft

To call the greenwashing gabfest at Baku, Azerbaijan a failure would be an understatement. It was an embarrassment. COP29 ended in oil-rich Azerbaijan with mutual recriminations. Shamefaced developing nations pledged to distribute $300 billion yearly in what …

2024-11-27 22:37

Concluding Its Session, Second Committee Approves 4 Resolutions, 2 Decisions, including Texts on Tax Cooperation, Affordable Energy Access

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) concluded its seventy-ninth session today, approving four draft resolutions and two draft decisions on a range of topics, with a vote on a text taking up international tax cooperation.

2024-11-27 21:35

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

In Myanmar, where the humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate, a record 3.4 million people are now internally displaced, according to UN figures. The 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which calls for nearly $1 billion, is only one-third funded. …

2024-11-27 20:59

The world welcomes the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, but worries remain

Celebratory gunfire rang out in Beirut to mark the start of a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to end almost 14 months of fighting.

2024-11-27 20:44

Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America

Gustavo Petro in Colombia, Gabriel Boric in Chile, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil are all vehement critics of Israel.

2024-11-27 20:43

The Navy's Virginia-Class Submarine Debacle

Why Is the Virginia-Class So Behind Timeline-Wise in New Subs?: The United States of America’s once-vaunted shipbuilding capacity, especially in submarines, has, if you’ll pardon a pessimistic pun, hit some rough seas.   As Yours Truly recently reported for T…

2024-11-27 20:28