Author: Cole Hanson

Glasgow, United Kingdom | Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua announced on Wednesday in Glasgow (United Kingdom) that China and the United States have concluded a “joint statement on promoting climate action.” • Read also: ‘No excuse’ for failure at COP26: Johnson calls for one last effort • Read also: Xi said he is “ready to work” with Washington ahead of the virtual summit with Biden “Both sides are aware of the gap between current efforts and the goals of the Paris Agreement, so we will jointly promote climate action,” the Chinese official told reporters at the COP26 climate conference in…

Two days before the conclusion of COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, the United States and China issued a joint statement pledging to take concrete action by 2030 to reduce global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century. Posted on Nov 10, 2021 at 11:41am Updated at 2:10 pm. Eric-Pierre Champagne Journalism The announcement comes the day after the publication of a draft of a possible final declaration for the international conference, which ends on Friday. A more ambitious text, but still considered insufficient. The stakes are high since the British presidency of COP26 made the goal of limiting…

Wellington | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was announcing the nation’s easing of restrictions to combat COVID-19 on Monday live on Facebook when an unexpected voice was heard: ‘Mom? In a ritual familiar around the world, the chief’s three-year-old daughter Neff decided that everything, even state affairs, could wait. “You’re supposed to be in bed baby,” the 41-year-old said, cutting off the topic on her Facebook Live. “No,” answered the little girl without being discouraged, and entered into protracted and fruitless negotiations for Mrs. Ardern. “It’s bedtime, honey, go back to bed.” I’ll come see you in a second.…

(Washington) A US court on Tuesday authorized the referral of documents related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters to a parliamentary inquiry, despite the former president’s attempts to keep them secret. Posted on November 9, 2021 at 6:01 p.m. Updated at 22:31 “The Court affirms that the public interest requires responding to the common desires of the legislative and executive authorities to study the events leading up to January 6,” Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in her ruling, which was broadcast by several US media. Donald Trump in particular wanted to prevent hundreds…

Glasgow | Les tout nouveaux engagements climatiques des États n’ont que marginalement amelioré les chances de l’humanité de freiner le réchauffement de la planète, a regretté l’ONU mardi, appelant encore à plus d’ambition d’ici la finsur de la COP26 climate. • Read also: A minister warns the world with his legs in the water • Read also: Climate: the nightmare of ‘tipping points’ • Read also: At COP26, Obama calls for more, praises young people Before and during the Glasgow Climate Conference that began on October 31, about thirty countries have put new commitments on the table, short or long…

(Rome) The World Food Program warned on Monday that the number of people on the verge of starvation in 43 countries has reached 45 million as acute food insecurity increases worldwide. Posted on November 7, 2021 at 6:14 pm The jump from 42 million at the start of the year to 45 million people at risk of starvation was seen thanks to a food insecurity assessment that found another three million people now face starvation in Afghanistan, according to the Rome-based UN agency. Tens of millions of people are on the edge of the abyss. “Conflict, climate change and COVID-19…

The committee stated in a statement that it was Involved in activities intended to promote false allegations of electoral fraud or to overturn the results of the 2020 election. These additional witnesses include three members of Donald Trump’s campaign team: Bill Stebbin, presidential campaign manager, and Jason Miller, a close adviser, as well as Angela McCallum, deputy director general of the presidential campaign. The committee also wants to hear from law professor John Eastman, who has begun a legal strategy to prevent Congress from formalizing Jan. Joe Biden’s victoryand former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. The sixth person summoned…

(Glasgow) Former US President Barack Obama said on Monday he believed the Biden administration would eventually get Congress to pass its $555 billion climate plan, while denouncing what he called “dangerous reluctance” from Russia and China to cut their polluting emissions. . Posted on November 8, 2021 at 12:12 pm Ellen Nikmeyer, Frank Jordan and Seth Bornstein News agency He made these comments at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. “In terms of climate, time is running out,” Mr. Obama told the participants. Although progress has been made since the Paris Agreement in 2015, “we are…

Singer Van Morrison has been prosecuted for defamation by Northern Ireland’s Secretary of State for Health, Robin Swan, who has been highly critical of his anti-COVID health policy, going so far as to declare the latter “extremely dangerous”. According to the weekly Sunday Life newspaper, which quoted the case on Sunday, the Public Prosecution particularly relates to a high-profile incident that occurred in June 2021, when the creator chanted “Gloria” and “brown-eyed girl” on stage. Belfast Arena Hotel: “Robin Swan is very dangerous.” He was speaking after the last minute cancellation, due to COVID-19 restrictions, of a party he was…

The World Food Program warned on Monday that the number of people on the verge of starvation in 43 countries has reached 45 million as acute food insecurity increases worldwide. • Read also: Selling girls in Afghanistan: How to help families? • Read also: Parwana, 9, sold to a 55-year-old man in Afghanistan The jump from 42 million at the start of the year to 45 million people at risk of starvation was seen thanks to a food insecurity assessment that found another three million people now face starvation in Afghanistan, according to the Rome-based UN agency. Tens of millions…