The UN General Assembly, Over Burdened with Repetitive Resolutions, Aims at...
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The UN General Assembly in session. Credit:...
Evaluation Finds Food Systems Programs Deliver Results but Warns of Missed...
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Systems, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United...
Trump Ripped Over ‘Reckless’ Plan to Drill for Oil Off California,...
While other governments are gathered in Brazil for the United Nations climate summit, the Trump administration on Thursday announced plans for new oil drilling...
‘Potent Metaphor’: Fire Forces Evacuation of UN Climate Conference
Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Belém, Brazil were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at the...
In reshuffle of Middle East alliances, Trump looks beyond Israel
It seemed at times more of a lovefest than a summit, with the happy couple waving away suggestions from friends that they might be...
From COP28 to Belém – Climate Security is Health Security
Africa, Climate Action, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, COP30, Environment, Headlines, Health, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’...
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it...
Trump Proposal to Weaken Endangered Species Act Will ‘Accelerate the Extinction...
Environmentalists are sounding the alarm about a slate of new proposals from the Trump administration to weaken the Endangered Species Act, which they say...
Trump’s Climate Policies Could Cause Mass Death of Global Poor, Analysis...
As he skips out on this year’s annual climate summit in Brazil to the chagrin of world leaders, a new analysis shows that President...
Swindon’s flood defences at ‘maximum capacity’ during Storm Claudia
Swindon Borough Council met to discuss a report on flooding events in September and October 2023 this week.
By chance, it...
Europe could get Cypriot natural gas by 2027, president says
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Some of the estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered in waters off Cyprus could reach European markets as...
EXCLUSIVE: Bloomberg reflects on the inaugural Africa Business Summit
Bloomberg hosted the inaugural Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg under the theme of Unlocking Africa’s Investment Potential on Monday and Tuesday, 17 and 18...
Groups Condemn ‘Exceptionally Weak’ Language on Fossil Fuel Phaseout in COP30...
Climate justice organizers on Tuesday expressed some cautious optimism that a draft text out of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil...
New method spots signs of Earth’s primordial life in ancient rocks
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints...
‘Tis the Season for PR: Everything You Need to Know About...
Wondering how you can gain strategic visibility this December? Venelize de Lange from media update explores how communicators can turn end-of-year downtime into a...
Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil
BELEM, Brazil -- At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a...
Faith Leaders Endorse Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP30
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Why Food and Agriculture Should Be at the Centre of COP30...
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Pan-African Activist Advocates for Climate-Resilient Food, Education Systems at Belém Talks
Active Citizens, Africa, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change Justice, Conferences, COP30, Editors' Choice, Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here, Featured, Gender,...
UNRWA Continues Operations in Gaza Amid Ongoing Insecurity and Shortages of...
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Philippe Lazzarini,...
Campaigners Urge Countries to Seize ‘Momentum’ at COP30 and Deliver Roadmap...
Despite concerns over the presence of hundreds of corporate lobbyists peddling "false solutions" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, campaigners...
Explainer: Halfway Through COP30, Sticking Points Emerge Across Key Areas
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COP30 is determined to build a bridge between promises...
One-Stop Shopping for Global Travel from USTOA; Members Offer Black Friday...
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This holiday shopping season, the tour operators of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) are...
500+ Lobbyists for ‘False Promise of Carbon Capture’ Accessed COP30
After critics of big polluters warned of "corporate capture" in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference based on previous summits, one...
Africa Wants Health to Be at the Center of Adaptation Finance
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Snatching Victory From Jaws of Defeat Through Belém’s Mutirão Approach
Biodiversity, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, COP30, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, Ocean Health, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific...
SPAR Goes “SuperSized” on Black Friday 2025 With Two Savings Events
SPAR South Africa has aimed to redefine value this shopping season with its biggest Black Friday campaign to date — 'Black Friday with SuperSized...
SpaceX launches second satellite to monitor sea level changes
SpaceX launched a joint NASA-European environmental research satellite early Monday, the second in an ongoing billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level,...
As nations push for more ambition at climate talks, chairman says...
BELEM, Brazil -- Going into United Nations climate negotiations, the Brazilian hosts weren’t looking for big end-of-session pronouncements on lofty goals. This conference was...
25 of the world’s best sandwiches
EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch the final two episodes of CNN Original Series “Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread,” beginning Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CNN and...
Israel’s heavy-handed raids, arrests in Syria dim hopes for new era
At 2 a.m. on June 12, the women and children of Beit Jinn were jolted awake by banging doors, explosions, and orders blaring from...
‘Just Transition Must Make Climate Work for People Living its Consequences’
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Fear of ‘Corporate Capture’ at COP30 as Record 1,600+ Fossil Fuel...
A environmental advocacy group is warning about the potential "corporate capture" of the COP30 climate summit being held this week in Belém, Brazil.In a...
Belém’s Hunger, Poverty Declaration Places World’s Most Vulnerable Populations at Centre...
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As COP30 Takes Place, Can Africa Draw Lessons from Brazil on...
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Another Giveaway to Big Oil as Trump Wrenches Open 13 Million...
The Trump administration on Thursday killed Biden-era rules that protected around 13 million acres of the western Arctic from fossil fuel drilling, another giveaway...
The AI Revolution – A Way Forward
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‘Behind Every Barrel of Oil Is a Trace of Blood’: 25...
A total of 25 countries sent 323 shipments of oil to Israel while it was committing genocide in Gaza, according to a new analysis...
Trump sees a ‘con’ in climate change. Xi sees cash.
More than 40,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries are getting down to work this week in the Brazilian city of Belém, on the edge...
‘Little to No Measurable Progress’ on Climate as World on Track...
Despite new national policies submitted ahead of the United Nations COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil, the world remains on track for a disastrous...
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up...
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- When darkness came, so did the smoke.Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of...
Ancient eggshells shed new light on crocodiles that hunted prey from...
Scientists say they have unearthed Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, a discovery that could shed light on ancient reptiles that may have hunted prey...
A ‘cannibal storm’ from the sun triggered auroras. Another round is...
Dazzling auroras delighted sky-gazers Tuesday night, even in southern US states such as Florida where they rarely make an appearance — and more colorful...
Global Energy Report Offers Choice for Humanity: Renewable Transition or ‘Dystopian...
An International Energy Agency report published Wednesday underscores that world leaders are at a crossroads and must decide whether to embrace an ambitious transition...
Make Oil Great Again? Even California drills as global climate action...
Every five years, this town built on oil throws a party like no other. It’s called Oildorado, and, over the course of 10 days, it...
Demonstrators Face-Off With Security as COP30 Activism Intensifies
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Hollow Promises or Hope? COP30 Brazil – Moment of Truth for...
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Mount Nemrut: Where colossal stone gods guard a 2,000-year-old mystery
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Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine
JOHANNESBURG -- Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine.The oral cholera vaccine, developed by...
US Stands Alone Defying UN Vote on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert...
A Tale of Two Cities – Belém, Nairobi and Why Global...
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Credit: UNICEF/Ulet IfansastiWASHINGTON DC, Nov 12 2025...
TIMIA: Tanzanian Female Dictator Samia killed over 25,000 people
Tanzanian Female Dictator Samia Suluhu Hassan killed over 25,000 people and over 11,000 people have been abducted. TIMIA tells Samia Hassan to step down...
Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine
JOHANNESBURG -- Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine.The oral cholera vaccine, developed by...
The Top Climate Leaders Are Now in The Global South
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Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine.The oral cholera vaccine, developed...
A timeline of the Trump speech controversy roiling the BBC and...
LONDON -- Outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie has left a broadcast institution in turmoil after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to sue over the...
Nedbank to Decarbonise 26 Branches with Growthpoint’s Pioneering Renewable Energy Certificates...
Nedbank Group Limited has become one of the first businesses in South Africa to offset its carbon emissions by taking up Growthpoint Properties Limited's...
Sustainable finance blooms in Rwanda
Rwanda is moving fast to become a green and sustainable finance hub for Africa. In coming weeks the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) will launch...
Trump says Nigeria’s Christians are persecuted. The reality is more complex.
When the Boko Haram militants stormed his hometown on Nigeria’s border with Chad in December 2018, Usman Abubakar did not hesitate. As bullets popped...
UN Climate Chief: Refusal to Halt Planetary Destruction Will ‘Never, Ever...
At the opening of the United Nations summit known as COP30 on Monday, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell warned...
The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law...
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MMA Global Launches New Era With Announcement of New Chairperson for...
MMA Global, Inc., the global non-profit industry body, has ushered in a new era as the Marketing + Media Alliance (MMA), aimed at solidifying...
Displaced Farmers in Southern Lebanon Still Denied Access to Land
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Sustainable Development...
United Nations Day Against Environmental Exploitation: November 2025
VANCOUVER, BC, November 10, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marking the United Nations International observation for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment is the call for...
New store replaces Post Office with decades of history
Harish Mega-Mart, set up by owner Nethaji Shanmuganantham, is officially up and running on the corner of Swindon's infamous Magic Roundabout.
...
Turning Indigenous Territories From ‘Sacrifice’ Zones to Thriving Forest Ecosystems
Biodiversity, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, COP30, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights,...
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died...
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting,...
A ‘Dirty Deal With Trump’: Hochul Draws Fury Over Fracked Gas...
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul came under fire Friday after her administration approved a previously rejected fracked gas pipeline over the objection of...
To navigate Gaza peace process, Hamas seeks help from former rivals
In a bid to turn a fragile ceasefire into peace, and to ensure a Palestinian role in the governance of postwar Gaza, Hamas is...
South Africa aspired to be a nonracial democracy. Can it revive...
Terence McNamee is a senior fellow at the Montreal Institute for Global Security. A writer and consultant specializing in geopolitics, he divides his time...
Army of 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Has ‘Stranglehold on Climate Action’...
Big polluters led by the fossil fuel industry—which knowingly caused the climate crisis—are expanding their outsize presence and influence at the key event meant...
‘Against Humanity’: Leaders Denounce Fossil Fuel-Loving Trump as He Skips Out...
As world leaders gathered in Brazil for this year's global summit on the accelerating climate crisis this week, many took note of the absence...
Mayor Mamdani for New York, for Multicultural Dignity
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Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally held in New York, October...
R30-Billion in Black Friday Sales: South Africans Aren’t Buying the Hype
As South Africa gears up for another Black Friday, Mathabo Sekhonyana, Marketing Specialist, has warned that consumer loyalty is vanishing fast.South Africa's busiest shopping...






























































