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Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit
Date: August 8, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Tensions are mounting ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit, as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world’s poorest people by climate change. When diplomats from nearly 200 countries meet on Nov. 7 in the beachside resort town of...
Exclusive: U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
Date: August 5, 2022
By Idrees Ali and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday. The package is expected...
Rocket sirens sound in Israel as militants hit back after Gaza air strikes
Date: August 5, 2022
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Rocket sirens sounded in southern and central Israel on Friday as Palestinian militants in Gaza responded to Israeli airstrikes which killed at least 10 people, including a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement. As darkness fell, Israeli authorities said sirens had been sounded in southern and central areas,...
China halts military, climate dialogue with U.S. over Pelosi Taiwan trip
Date: August 5, 2022
By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – China announced on Friday it was halting dialogue with the United States in a number of areas, including between theater-level military commanders and on climate change, in a furore over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. China’s foreign ministry said it was also suspending...
Moscow, Kyiv exchange accusations after Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled
Date: August 5, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, saying a leak of radiation had been avoided only by luck. It said that as a result, the generating capacity of one unit had been reduced and power supply to another had been...
U.N. warns ‘no way’ to tackle climate change without U.S., China cooperation
Date: August 5, 2022
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -There is “no way to solve the most pressing problems of all the world without an effective dialogue and cooperation” between the United States and China, a spokesman for U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday after Beijing halted climate talks with Washington. Tackling climate change has been a key area of...