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November 11, 2024 1:52 PM
The annual U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP29) kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, today. Dubbed the 'Finance COP,' the two-week-long event will focus heavily on securing a new climate finance target for countries most vulnerable to climate impacts. For India and the Global South, access to finance, ...
November 11, 2024 1:39 PM
In Australia, the government has appointed the country's first anti-slavery commissioner. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus today announced that Chris Evans, a former senator and human rights official, will serve as the inaugural Australian anti-slavery commissioner for a five-year term commencing in De...
November 11, 2024 12:43 PM
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Sri Lanka next week for the third review of the island nation’s financing programme. The team, led by IMF Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, will assess Sri Lanka’s economic policies, progress on ongoing reforms, and the implemen...
November 11, 2024 12:40 PM
The India-Sri Lanka ferry services between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai have been halted due to bad weather. Director of IndSri Ferry Service, Niranjan Nandagopan, told Akashvani that with poor chances of operating the ferry this month and the start of the monsoon season, the ferry service had to...
November 11, 2024 12:09 PM
In Bangladesh, workers of five garment factories in Gazipur have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for the 3rd consecutive day, demanding payment of outstanding wages and allowances, as well as the reopening of closed factories. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion on about 20 kilometres...
November 11, 2024 11:03 AM
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephonic conversation recently. Mr Trump urged the Russian President to avoid any escalation in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. During the phone call, Mr. Trump expressed an interest in fostering further discussions with ...
November 11, 2024 10:55 AM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly acknowledged for the first time that Israel carried out mass pager detonation attacks in Lebanon, along with the operation that led to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death, according to Media sources in Israel. The operation, which occurred in Se...
November 11, 2024 10:16 AM
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck eastern Cuba last night, causing widespread damage in Santiago de Cuba and surrounding areas. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake’s epicentre was along Cuba's southeastern coast in Granma province. The earthquake shook buildings in ...
November 11, 2024 7:00 AM
At least 24 people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike today, in southern and eastern Lebanon. According to Lebanon's National News Agency, most of the casualties resulted from Israeli attacks on towns and villages in the city of Baalbek. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its figh...
November 10, 2024 9:37 PM
In the United States, Republican nominee Donald Trump has won Arizona, completing the party's sweep of all seven swing states in the presidential elections held on the 5th of this month. Arizona, which holds 11 electoral votes, was the last battleground to declare its result, putting Trump’s total...
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