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Pope’s Weekly Audiences to Be Translated Into Mandarin From December
Date: November 27, 2024
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that his teachings at his weekly general audience at the Vatican would also be translated into Mandarin starting from next week. At the audiences held every Wednesday, Pope Francis speaks in Italian, and his teachings are translated and read out in English, French, German, Polish, Spanish,...
Divisions on Curbing Plastic Waste Persist as UN Treaty Talks Begin
Date: November 25, 2024
By Valerie Volcovici and Joyce Lee BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, lingering divisions cast doubts on whether a final agreement was in sight. South Korea is hosting the fifth and...
Paraguayan President Pena ‘doing Well’ After Hospitalization in Brazil
Date: November 19, 2024
ASUNCION (Reuters) -Paraguayan President Santiago Pena was in stable condition on Monday evening after being hospitalized while attending the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, the hospital said. Pena was admitted on Monday afternoon and submitted to some tests after experiencing “discomfort,” Rio de Janeiro’s Samaritano hospital said in a statement. He is doing...
G20 Summit Kicks Off With Global Pact to Fight Hunger, Poverty
Date: November 18, 2024
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Monday with the launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and hunger that 81 countries have agreed to back. As G20 leaders met at Rio de...
UK to Put Sudan Resolution to Vote by UN Security Council
Date: November 18, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will seek backing from other United Nations Security Council members on Monday for its demand that Sudan’s warring parties stop hostilities and allow deliveries of aid, the British foreign ministry said. With London holding the rotating presidency of the council, British foreign minister David Lammy is due to chair a vote...
G20 Summit Confronts a Global Order Unsettled by Trump’s Return
Date: November 18, 2024
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies were set to meet on Monday in Brazil for their annual summit, bracing for a shift in the global order with the return to power of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Discussions of trade, climate change and...