Western countries wanted strong language on Ukraine, but in final document merely condemned invasion without naming Russia NEW DELHI, India – Contrary to predictions, the G-20 summit reached consensus on a joint statement, but not without compromises on the Ukraine conflict and action on climate change. The G-20 summit concluded Sunday ...
New Delhi, India – AFP The African Union joined the Group of 20 leading economies at its summit on Saturday, giving the continent broader representation in the often-divided bloc. “With everyone’s approval, I request the African Union head to take his seat as a permanent G20 member,” Modi said in his opening address, ba...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The G-20 host Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nameplate read “Bharat,” the Sanskrit or Hindi title of the South Asian country, rather than India, as he declared open the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Saturday. “Bharat welcomes the delegates as the President of the G20,” Modi said, speaking in H...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India is set to host the G-20 summit in the capital New Delhi from Saturday. The summit will take place without Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese president Xi Jinping. The summit will be held at the newly inaugurated Pragati Maidan conference center at the Bharat Mandapam culture corridor. At […]
Deaths are increasing in some parts of Middle East, Asia and intensive care unit admissions are increasing in Europe, says WHO chief GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to see “concerning trends” for COVID-19 ahead of the winter season in the northern hemisphere, the UN health body’s chief said W...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Extreme weather patterns being seen around the world are “just a sign of things to come,” the UN’s top climate official has warned. All these climate disasters, from droughts to wildfires and floods, serve as stark reminders of the urgent need for accelerated action, Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN […]...
European Union’s climate agency reports that global average temperature reached 16.77°C between June and August COPEHHAGEN, Denmark – Summer 2023 has been officially declared as the hottest ever recorded on Earth. The European Union’s climate agency has reported that the global average temperature reached 16.77°C (62.18 degre...
ANKARA (AA) – The summer of 2023 was the hottest ever recorded, the UN’s weather agency said on Wednesday. “It was the hottest August on record – by a large margin – and the second hottest ever month after July 2023,” according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and EU’s Copernicus Climate Change ...
GENEVA (AA) – People of African descent are still facing “immense challenges” in participating meaningfully in public affairs in many countries due to “systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism,” says a report released by the UN Human Rights Office. ...
– 8 interventions costing $1.1B by 2030 could also prevent 5.2M premature or underweight births annually, say study’s authors DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A group of scientists in Bangladesh released findings from ground-breaking research Tuesday which they said could save the lives of over 5 million newborns and prevent over hal...
