PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the “full implementation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the Elysee Palace announced. The meeting comes as the fragile truce between Hamas and Israel enters its second month, following two years of conflict that began after Hamas’s October 7, […]
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Xi Counters U.S. Climate Denial at UN Summit
UNITED NATIONS —China unveiled new climate commitments on Wednesday, using the stage of a United Nations climate leaders’ summit to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s dismissal of global warming a day earlier. In a live address from Beijing, President Xi Jinping announced that China would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7%–10% by 2035 […]
Pakistan proposes global plastic credit fund at stalled UN talks
At a major UN summit in Geneva, Pakistan proposed a global system to trade plastic credits and fund cleanup efforts. Climate Change Minister Dr. Musadik Malik introduced the idea during the fifth round of negotiations for a global plastic pollution treaty. His proposal called for a “global plastic fund” that allows polluting nations to compensate […]