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Towns and cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and responsible for around 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis, which is why urban planners in Brazil are leading a design revolution that could point the way to creating built-up areas with a dramatically smaller carbon footprint. Source link
Speaking at a donor conference in Washington, DC, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher warned that the brutal conflict, famine and mass displacement are pushing millions of civilians deeper into crisis, while aid access remains severely constrained.Fighting erupted between the once-allied Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023, spreading quickly through a country already undergoing political turmoil, increased ethnic tensions, and climate extremes.Move from words to actionThere have been “too many days of famine, of brutal atrocities, of lives uprooted and destroyed,” Mr. Fletcher said, while women and girls have been forced to endure “terrifying…
Gabriel Sakellaridis, a senior figure in the left-wing Nea Aristera party, posted on social media: “Another Coast Guard deterrence operation, with specific political instructions from the government, which in the name of the ‘tough’ anti-immigration policy has turned Greek waters into a cemetery.” Source link
Marius Borg Høiby gives evidence after the first woman he is alleged to have raped told the court she believed she had been drugged. Source link
A cargo ship transits through Panama Canal Cocoli locks in Panama City on February 21, 2025.Martin Bernetti | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Chinese government has condemned a ruling from Panama’s top court, warning the Central American country “will inevitably pay a heavy price” unless it changes course.The rebuke comes shortly after Panama’s Supreme Court ruled to void Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s licence to operate ports at either end of the canal.The ruling was seen as a major victory for the Trump administration’s security ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. The White House has made blocking China’s influence over the Panama Canal…
Illustration of food items placed on the belt of a cash register in a Leclerc supermarket in Valence, France, April 4, 2025. Nicolas Guyonnet | Afp | Getty ImagesEuro zone inflation cooled to 1.7% in January, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the inflation rate to dip to 1.7%, down from 2% in December.Core inflation, which excludes more volatile energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices, stood at 2.2% in January, a touch down from the 2.3% seen in the year to December.The latest data shows the key inflation rate has now dipped…
In 1917, the United States bought Caribbean islands from Denmark and agreed to respect Denmark’s hold over Greenland. The deal resurfaced with President Trump’s recent threats to seize Greenland. Source link
A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is reshaping conflicts and alliances across the Middle East and Africa. Source link
Colombia’s leader says he urged Trump to work with him to target drug kingpins. Trump says they “got along very well”. Source link
The UK leader’s comments came after Russia renewed its attacks on power plants and critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Source link
Peter Smith and his wife were on holiday from Hertfordshire in the Caribbean when a beautiful swim suddenly changed. Source link
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.The dispatchIt is just over three years since Wael Sawan succeeded Ben van Beurden as chief executive of Shell.While there has been much background noise, not least about a possible takeover bid for BP, a less remarked-upon aspect of Sawan’s time at the helm to date is just how often the oil major has beaten expectations on results day.In five of the last eight quarters, Shell has reported better-than-expected earnings, most strikingly when, at the end of October last year, it reported third-quarter earnings of $5.4 billion — comfortably ahead of the…
UBS reported its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday. Source link
The BP refinery in Lingen, Germany (aerial view with a drone).Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesEuropean energy giants face some tough choices this earnings season, with shareholder payouts seen at risk as they look to cut costs amid lower crude prices. Western oil and gas majors have long sought to keep investors happy through share buyback programs and dividends.But a multitude of industry headwinds, along with expectations for a particularly weak earnings season, have ratcheted up the pressure, and the commitment to allocate cash to shareholders is vulnerable.Britain’s Shell and France’s TotalEnergies are both expected to report their…
Mr. el-Qaddafi, 53, a politician and a son of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was killed after four men stormed his house, the lawyer said. No other details were released. Source link
The trade pact between India and the U.S. — which will see tariffs on Indian exports lowered to 18% from 25% — comes less than a week after India reached a major free trade agreement with the EU.Announcing the deal in a TruthSocial post, Trump said India had agreed to cease buying Russian crude oil. He had previously imposed an additional 25% levy in retaliation to this. India will switch to U.S., and potentially Venezuelan, oil, while also pledging to buy $500 billion in agriculture, tech, energy, and other products, Trump said. While many specific details of the India-U.S. deal…
The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios. Source link
The incident took place north of the Blue Line on Sunday morning and led to the suspension of more than a dozen UN peacekeeping activities for over nine hours, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.Toxicology tests“The IDF said that peacekeepers should stay clear of the area,” Mr. Dujarric told reporters in New York. He added that peacekeepers had supported the Lebanese army in collecting samples dropped, for a toxicology report.As of Monday afternoon, the test results had not been received.The Blue Line stretches for approximately 120 kilometres along Lebanon’s southern frontier and serves as a “line of withdrawal” confirming Israel’s…
The court said it was not the right authority to handle the lawsuit for unpaid rent, and the case should be heard in Iraq, where the family’s ancestors had fled persecution. Source link
Under the changes, social media platforms would be required to have effective age verification systems, “not just check boxes, but real barriers that work,” the prime minister explained, in a possible reference to the loopholes Australian children use to bypass checks – including simply using a photo of an adult. Source link
Briefing journalists in New York on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher welcomed the reopening but stressed that it must go beyond limited movements of people. “Rafah must function as a real humanitarian corridor so we can have a surge in aid deliveries,” Mr. Fletcher said, underlining that current access remains insufficient to meet vast and growing needs across Gaza.Only five evacuatedThe World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that when the crossing briefly opened on Monday, it facilitated the evacuation of five patients and seven companions from Gaza into Egypt. WHO said its role focused on ensuring the safe…
Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, the Committee elected Coly Seck, Senegal’s ambassador to the United Nations, as Chair.The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, established by the UN General Assembly in 1975, is mandated to support the realisation of the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, including self-determination, national sovereignty and the right of return.It reports annually to the Assembly and coordinates advocacy, international meetings and capacity-building activities through the UN Division for Palestinian Rights.UN chief calls for political solutionSecretary-General António Guterres underscored the urgency of advancing a political solution, warning committee members that…
A U.S. fighter jet shot down the Iranian drone after it “unnecessarily maneuvered” toward the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It has been a rough start to the year for password security. A massive database containing 149 million stolen logins and passwords was found publicly exposed online. The data included credentials tied to an estimated 48 million Gmail accounts, along with millions more from popular services. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who discovered the database, confirmed it was not password-protected or encrypted. Anyone who found it could have accessed the data. Here is what we know so far and what you should do next.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent…
