Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit
Nusa Dua (Indonesia): A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week. The Group of 20 members begin talks on […]
EAM Jaishankar discusses Ukraine conflict, Indo-Pacific & bilateral ties with US Secretary of State Blinken
Phnom Penh: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Sunday and discussed bilateral ties, the raging Ukraine conflict, energy issues, G20 and the situation in the Indo-Pacific, days ahead of a possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. The meeting between the top diplomats […]
UN climate talks near halftime with key issues unresolved
Shram El-Sheikh: As the UN climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they’ll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end. The two-week meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh started with strong appeals from world […]
Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet
Washington: The Biden administration’s move to block exports of advanced computer chips to China is signaling a new phase in relations between the globe’s two largest economies — one in which trade matters less than an increasingly heated competition to be the world’s leading technological and military power. The aggressive move, announced last month, will […]
India, ASEAN countries promise to boost cooperation against terrorism
Phnom Penh: India and ASEAN countries vowed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership and enhance cooperation against terrorism after Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the 19th ASEAN-India Summit here on Saturday. Dhankhar is in Cambodia for his three-day visit. This year marks the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-India relations and is being celebrated as the ASEAN-India […]
Global CO2 emissions in 2022 near record levels: Report
New Delhi: The world is projected to spew 40.6 billion tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2) into the atmosphere in 2022, with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, according to a new report released on Friday, coinciding with the UN climate summit in Egypt. The projection of […]
UN to seek out methane emitters with data from space
Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt): Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space. The UN Environment Programme said on Friday that the new Methane Alert and Response […]
Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine
Mykolaiv (Ukraine): The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that it finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, a retreat that marks another humiliating setback for Moscow in its war in Ukraine. In a statement carried by Russia’s state news agencies, the ministry said […]
UN: Taliban has plunged Afghanistan into `dire” conditions
United Nations: The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday accusing the Taliban of violating the human rights of Afghan women and girls, failing to establish a representative government, and plunging the country into “dire economic, humanitarian and social conditions.” The resolution also pointed to persistent violence in the country since the Taliban takeover 15 […]
COP27: India insists on new global climate finance target by 2024
New Delhi: Developing countries require “substantive enhancement” in climate finance from the floor of USD 100 billion per year to meet their ambitious goals and rich countries need to lead the mobilisation of resources, India has stressed at the ongoing UN climate summit COP27. At COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, developed countries had committed to […]
