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Once a Leading Polluter, the U.K. Is Now Trying to Lead on Climate Change

https://ift.tt/3CFjUHW the eve of a global climate summit, Britain’s evolution from fossil fuels to clean energy is on display. But experts question whether its commitment is sufficient, and whether it can persuade other nations to meet meaningful goals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bq2wuJ

Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses

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Biden chokes up as he praises Pope Francis for his friendship

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​“He is everything I learned about Catholicism from the time I was a kid going from grade school through high school,” Biden, who attended Catholic schools throughout his childhood, said on Sunday at a press conference at the end of the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Rome, which he’d also used as an opportunity to visit Vatican City. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZJEokg

White House press secretary Psaki tests positive for Covid-19

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"While I have not had close contact in person with the president or senior members of the White House staff since Wednesday - and tested negative for four days after that last contact -- I am disclosing today's positive test out of an abundance of transparency," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZF1rNp

Japan PM Kishida's coalition keeps majority with fewer seats

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Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito together won 293 seats, according to final but not yet official results. That's well above the majority of 233 in the 465-member lower house, the more powerful of Japan's two-chamber Diet, where they previously had 305 seats. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jSIpdb

Your Monday Briefing

https://ift.tt/2ZBCrGf the future of the climate. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pRXnUD

Macron says Australian PM lied to him over subs spat

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Australia's prime minister outright lied to him over a cancelled submarine deal, deepening an already fraught diplomatic crisis. Both leaders are attending the G20 in Rome and a major UN-backed climate summit in Glasgow, but the weeks-long spat continues to trail them. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Esy3Za

Brazilian police kill 25 people in warlike operation against criminal group

The death toll Sunday underscored the extraordinary violence Brazilian police are willing to use during police operations. from World https://ift.tt/3bssq0H

Struggling at Home, Biden Is Buoyed by G20 Trip Abroad

https://ift.tt/2ZBjKT5 trip to Rome invigorated a president whose poll numbers are slumping at home, but who projected confidence in his foreign and domestic agenda. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2Y0f8W6

Biden seizes on G-20 summit to reverse Trump’s approach to world problems

Biden changed Trump’s course on Iran, tariffs and climate, seeking ways to make it harder for a future president to change back. from World https://ift.tt/3BwyqAf

Mexican journalist dies from wounds; 2nd slain in week

An international journalism group says a Mexican news photographer has died in a hospital two days after shot in Acapulco from World https://ift.tt/3mtJhGU

Mexico’s Day of the Dead comes back to life (with inspiration from James Bond)

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Moroccans protest vaccine pass required for work, travel

Demonstrations have been staged in cities across Morocco against a coronavirus vaccine passport required to access indoor activities and travel from World https://ift.tt/3my9qnK

Trains collide after England derailment; injuries reported

Authorities say two passenger trains collided after one of them derailed in the southern English city of Salisbury from World https://ift.tt/3w08Hz7

Brazilian Police Kill 25 Accused of Planning Bank Heists

https://ift.tt/3EC1fgH police say an operation against a gang planning bank robberies killed at least 25 suspects in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Sunday. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EyIKd2

At Climate Talks, Biden Will Try to Sell American Leadership to Skeptics

https://ift.tt/3w9oQSL president wants to assure Glasgow’s climate summit that the U.S. is serious about climate change. But he lacks a legislative win at home. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bv536G

Mexico celebrates Day of the Dead after pandemic closures

Mexico finally has returned to mass commemorations of the Day of the Dead, after traditional visits to graveyards were prohibited last year because of the coronavirus pandemic from World https://ift.tt/3CM9NBb

Your Monday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3nJEhgO conference begins in Glasgow. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mwaPeT

U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist’s Torture and Urges Clemency

https://ift.tt/3w4sRIk senior officers rebuked the government’s treatment of an admitted terrorist in a handwritten letter from the jury room at Guantánamo Bay. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pUmyWs

G20 Nations Agree to New Limits on Coal-Burning Power Plants

https://ift.tt/2ZNLPqP world’s largest economies will stop financing coal plants abroad, though that falls far short of what’s needed to fight climate change, raising fears of half-steps at this week’s U.N. summit. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mxDL6e

25 die in Brazil police operation against alleged bank gang

Police say an operation against a gang planning bank robberies has killed at least 25 suspects in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais from World https://ift.tt/3ByWsdI

Over 2,000 New York City Firefighters Took Sick Days as Vaccine Mandate Looms

https://ift.tt/3CzlbQv than 22,000 municipal workers remained unvaccinated a day before a city deadline to get their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bpfPvr

Biden Rolls Back Trump's Metal Tariffs On European Union

https://ift.tt/3CB8BAu deal, which comes as U.S. and E.U. allies meet in Rome, will keep some trade protections in place in a nod to metalworking unions that supported President Biden. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Eq9nAw

Nigerian Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka has hope in young

Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel-winning author, sees his country’s many problems — misgoverning politicians, systemic corruption, violent extremists, and kidnapping bandits — yet he does not despair from World https://ift.tt/3brqB4o

Japan’s election to serve as test for ruling party amid leadership shift

Sunday’s election is the first opportunity for voters to weigh in on the direction of the country under its new prime minister, who has faced declining approval ratings. from World https://ift.tt/3jQptM2

Recognise us if you don't want any threats: Taliban

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In a statement that appeared as a possible warning, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban will not take any responsibility to avert threats to other countries until and unless they are recognized by the international community. He added that recognition is a bilateral need. Mujahid also asked all the countries to activate their diplomatic missions in Afghanistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GC9UBt

Bilateral ties at threshold of new era with PM Modi's UK visit: Indian envoy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK comes at a time when India-UK bilateral relations are on a positive trajectory and potentially at the threshold of a new era, India's High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar has said. Modi will attend the World Leaders' Summit of the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, with bilateral talks planned with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the summit, scheduled over Monday and Tuesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CxRwY7

Antarctica gets a Glasgow Glacier ahead of climate summit

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G-20 Rome live updates: Day 2 to focus on climate

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‘Greta Mania’ hits Glasgow as Swedish teen is mobbed upon arrival for COP26 summit

Thunberg says she wasn’t “officially” invited to speak at the climate summit, but she is making her presence known. from World https://ift.tt/3CxbiD2

Japan Election: Kishida Struggles to Connect With Voters

https://ift.tt/3mrOFu7 governing Liberal Democrats are expected to win Sunday, despite having chosen a prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who’s known for his lack of charisma. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3msnAH4

Japan votes in national election, 1st key test for Kishida

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Japanese voters are casting ballots in national elections Sunday, a first big test for PM Fumio Kishida to determine if he has a large enough mandate to tackle a coronavirus-battered economy, a fast-aging and dwindling population and security challenges from China and North Korea. Up for grabs are 465 seats in the lower house, the more powerful of the two-chamber Japanese Diet, or parliament. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3w4mOmP

'Failure to recognise Af govt could have global effects'

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The Taliban called on the US and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would lead to problems not only for the country but for the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nCyLfO

US VP Kamala Harris gets Covid-19 booster shot

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US Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday received a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot and urged Americans to follow suit. "I got the booster shot, and I want to encourage everyone to do the same when you are eligible," Harris said after receiving her third dose of the Moderna vaccine at the White House. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/315wVwf

As Biden rolls back Trump policies, G-20 allies join in bid to revive Iran nuclear deal

But details on how to reopen talks with Tehran remain vague. from World https://ift.tt/3BuijDh

Protesters Rally in Rome During G20

https://ift.tt/315wthx thousand people marched in Rome as the Group of 20 summit was underway. The demonstrators included a broad range of groups, including climate activists, vaccine skeptics and labor union members. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w2oVb2

Biden Receives Communion at Rome Church

https://ift.tt/3jPMXRs conservative bishops in the United States have said the president should be denied communion because of his support for abortion rights. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w3Aoai

China’s Xi and other world leaders are not at the summit.

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Russian troop movements near Ukraine border prompt concern in U.S., Europe

Renewed buildup of Russian personnel, materiel comes as Moscow hardens rhetoric on Ukraine, severs formal ties with NATO. from World https://ift.tt/31lAJtH

Photos From the G20 Summit in Rome

https://ift.tt/3EwBOx2 protests outside the G20 meetings, and in them, exchanges between world leaders. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nG28hq

World Leaders Pose for ‘Family Photograph’ at G20 Summit

https://ift.tt/3Bvh4DJ of the world’s largest economies were joined by first responders as they posed for photographs at the start of the two-day Group of 20 summit in Rome. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EzQYl9

U.S. announces deal with European Union to ease steel and aluminum tariffs enacted under Trump

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Gulf States Withdraw Ambassadors to Lebanon Over Criticism of Yemen War

https://ift.tt/2XYz4IY a few stray comments from a minor minister, Lebanon once again found itself caught in the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, underscoring just how vulnerable it is to the whims of its more powerful neighbors. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2ZCnioH

More New York City workers get Covid shots as deadline nears, but tensions remain.

https://ift.tt/3mvJGZa city’s effort to compel most city employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine before Monday appears to have rapidly boosted inoculation rates. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Cqd7S9

Italian Prime Minister Opens G20 Summit

https://ift.tt/3CqN79c Draghi started the Group of 20 meeting in Rome with a message that advocated multilateralism and the fair disbursement of vaccines between rich and poor nations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nMCxDz

Explosion near Yemen's Aden airport kills at least 6

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World leaders to talk climate, economy, vaccines at G20

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Climate change and the relaunch of the global economy will top the G20 agenda as leaders of the world's most advanced nations meet Saturday, the first in-person gathering since the pandemic. Looming over the two-day talks in Rome is pressure to make headway on tackling global warming, ahead of the key COP26 summit kicking off in Glasgow on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31k8Emx

S Koreans send off former President Roh in small funeral

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US spy agencies say origins of Covid-19 may never be known

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10 US states sue Biden administration over Covid-19 vaccine rule

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‘Dune’ May Be Set in a Distant Time and Place, but the Film Has Canadian Roots

https://ift.tt/3GubPbj science fiction opus was heavily guided by Canadian talent, starting with the director, Denis Villeneuve, who lives in Montreal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bqMd0t

Protests Continue in Sudan

https://ift.tt/3GyLLvE took to the streets days after the military seized power in a coup on Sunday. They are demanding that the army chief, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, step down and allow civilian rule. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bvaYZn

CDC Study Suggests Vaccination Offers More Protection Against Covid Than Prior Infection

https://ift.tt/3pSuEPs study of 7,000 people found that unvaccinated people who had Covid were five times as likely to get infected again as fully vaccinated people who never had the disease. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3boOCJd

Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species

Brazilian and American scientists have performed artificial insemination using frozen sperm for the first time on a wild-born female jaguar from World https://ift.tt/3bnXm2d

10 Republican-led States Sue Over Biden's Vaccine Mandate

https://ift.tt/3vXX77n lawsuit is being led by Missouri’s attorney general, Eric Schmitt, and the attorney general of Nebraska, Doug Peterson. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3msKqyp

UN aid chief urges G20: prevent mass starving in Afghanistan

The U.N. humanitarian chief had a dire message for leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies meeting this weekend: Worry about Afghanistan because its economy is collapsing and half the population risks not having enough food to eat as the snows have already started to fall from World https://ift.tt/3vWGN75

A Global Tax Deal Is at Hand. Here’s How It Would Work.

https://ift.tt/3GxPRnD Biden will sign on to an international pact aimed at ending profit-shifting by large companies. Here’s a look at what it means. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3w0ck7T

Tensions Rise with Next Phase of NYCs Vaccine Mandate

https://ift.tt/3BpPxnb in the Police Department rose by at least 5 percent over the last week, but to a lesser extent in the Fire and Sanitation Departments. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3k9S9jx

The Canadians Behind ‘Dune’

https://ift.tt/3CsNRKV science fiction opus was heavily guided by Canadian talent, starting with the director, Denis Villeneuve, who lives in Montreal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CterUp

Mapping the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

The coronavirus has killed millions of people globally since it first emerged in late 2019. Case rates remain high as the world grapples with unequal vaccine rollouts and new variants. from World https://ift.tt/32xddId

Puerto Rico police go on strike, demand better pensions

Some 1,900 police officers across Puerto Rico have gone on strike to demand a better public pension plan from World https://ift.tt/3Bt2eO3

Biden Admits U.S. Handling of Submarine Deal Was ‘Clumsy’

https://ift.tt/3vUxXGU Biden met with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the French Embassy in Rome to reaffirm their relationship, after Australia called off a nuclear-powered submarine deal with France, and inked a deal with the United States and Britain instead. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3BmpDkg

Archaeologists unearth ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ discovery of complete Roman statues in U.K.

The busts were found at an archaeological site on a rail construction project expected to bisect small villages and disturb tens of thousands of graves — including one site with 45,000 skeletons. from World https://ift.tt/3vWdl11

Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species

Brazilian and American scientists have performed artificial insemination using frozen sperm for the first time on a wild-born female jaguar from World https://ift.tt/3bnXm2d

COP26 Glasgow climate conference

Updates on the U.N. summit where world leaders meet to determine how and whether they can effectively slow climate change. from World https://ift.tt/2Zzi0JW

Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for two weeks, undertake ‘light duties’

Earlier this month, the queen spent the night at a London hospital for what the palace said were “preliminary investigations" after she canceled a trip to Northern Ireland. from World https://ift.tt/3Erzrv7

Traditionalists flood Rome after pope's Latin Mass crackdown

Traditionalist Catholics have descended on Rome for their annual pilgrimage from World https://ift.tt/3Gy3RxQ

Biden Meets With Pope Francis Ahead of G20 Summit

https://ift.tt/3vZGaK4 Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, visited the Vatican for Mr. Biden’s private meeting with Pope Francis. During the visit, the president shared gifts and jokes with the pope. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3BpdR8J

Biden: Pope Says He Should Keep Receiving Communion

https://ift.tt/3pPVVC7 Biden said abortion had not come up in their private meeting. “We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,” he said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nJlXEi

Things will be out of my hands: Pak minister warns TLP

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‘America Is Back,’ Biden Declared in June. The World Is About to Test Him.

https://ift.tt/3mnowwh in Europe with an unfinished economic and environmental spending plan, the president will confront new challenges, some self-inflicted, at two major summits. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CuspWa

Saying Goodbye to Melbourne’s Long Lockdown (Again)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/world/australia/saying-goodbye-to-melbournes-long-lockdown-again.htmlIt’s been a year and a day since the first time Melbourne reopened. Some things have changed. Some haven’t. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pJZz0p

Wild winds in Australia leave thousands without power

Wild winds in the city of Melbourne and across the Australian state of Victoria have torn off roofs, downed trees and left more than 450,000 homes without power from World https://ift.tt/3BpIoDv

China's Xi to address UN climate summit by video link

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China's Xi to address U.N. climate summit by video link

China’s government says President Xi Jinping will talk to global leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland by video link from World https://ift.tt/3Eo1vQf

Your Friday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3nDuLMb Biden’s struggling social policy bill. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nD8FJy

Top diplomat says US is committed to helping Taiwan defend itself

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The G-20 becomes the showpiece for a dysfunctional global order

The differences within the bloc and its inability to take on any semblance of an ambitious, collective agenda reflects a deeper drift in international politics. from World https://ift.tt/3CF08MJ

Cuomo accused of groping woman, a misdemeanor sex crime

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The filing from the Albany County Sheriff's Office, accusing Cuomo of groping a woman under her blouse, was confirmed by a spokesman for the New York state courts, Lucian Chalfen, in an emailed statement referring to the alleged offense as a "sex crime." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3moNcVt

US announces $144 million in humanitarian aid for people of Afghanistan

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US woman in Bali 'suitcase murder' freed from jail

An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali has walked free from prison from World https://ift.tt/3mqQ18c

Explainer: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

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'Very... meta': Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand

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China can make or break a global climate deal. What will it be willing to give?

The world’s top polluter faces domestic difficulties such as energy shortages and an economic slowdown, limiting Beijing’s flexibility. from World https://ift.tt/3Eo1ifS

Kenya’s president Kenyatta: Africa is at a crossroads

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says Africa is at a crossroads, poised on one hand to reap the economic benefits of its youthful population and economic reforms but facing the spread of terrorism and insurgency on the other that are challenging almost all 54 nations on the continent from World https://ift.tt/3mkZjmm

Israeli moves in the West Bank cause new frictions with Biden administration

Decisions to ban Palestinian activist groups and expand settlements have also sparked tensions inside Israel’s ruling coalition. from World https://ift.tt/3Gz6AXA

New Zealand Will Relax Quarantine Requirements

https://ift.tt/3brqHbT Hipkins, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister, announced that the mandatory quarantine period for travelers to the country would be cut in half next month. The changes would free up about 1,500 rooms a month in the country’s quarantine hotels. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GveMIw

Your Friday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3pNkI9K sticks to a ‘zero-Covid’ strategy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pNkGi8

Covid Hit U.S. Meat Plants Far Harder Than Thought, Report Says

https://ift.tt/3GqxyRr industry had three times as many Covid infections in the pandemic’s early months as previously believed, a select committee says. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CqVDFi

New Zealand will cut the amount of quarantine time for travelers in half.

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France and the United States Seek an Elusive Reconciliation

https://ift.tt/3jLougg Biden administration is poised to offer the French some defense-related emollients after their falling out over a sabotaged submarine deal. But some damage may last. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2ZunkP1

Oakland's Plan: Transfer or Unenroll Unvaccinated Students

https://ift.tt/3jLopsY who do not comply with the school district’s vaccine mandate will have two choices: switch to an independent-study school or be dropped from the rolls. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GyL4SO

Australia advises caution overseas when border opens Monday

Australia has advised its nationals traveling overseas to exercise a high degree of caution as it prepares to open its borders for the first time in 19 months from World https://ift.tt/3jMf9oj

Taiwan president confirms US troops training soldiers on island

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Tensions between Taiwan and China, which has not ruled out taking the island by force, have escalated in recent weeks as Beijing raises military and political pressure. "We have a wide range of cooperation with the US aiming at increasing our defence capability," Tsai told CNN in the interview aired on Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Go3m9z

Iran Will Rejoin Nuclear Talks, Top Negotiator Says

https://ift.tt/3jJsYUA on reviving the 2015 nuclear accord are to resume in November, but it is unclear if the United States will take part in them. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3pJgGzl

Act with determination on Afghanistan, says UN chief

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At COP26, climate inequality will meet vaccine inequality

A United Nations summit beginning next week will focus on climate change. But it will be influenced by transformations wrought by another pressing global concern: covid-19. from World https://ift.tt/2Zt9Qmq

Your Thursday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3Cs4WVq access to a Covid-19 antiviral pill. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/31ayGIL

India is concerned about situation in Afghanistan: Pentagon

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G20 leaders to meet in the shadow of Mussolini's palaces

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The summit of the world's major economies will be held away from Rome city centre, home to the Colosseum and the Pantheon, where the tourists, historic buildings and tiny streets pose a nightmare for security and access. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bgpzrF

New Zealand eases quarantine but won't welcome tourists yet

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New Zealand officials said Thursday they will gradually loosen their border quarantine requirements, which have been among the toughest in the world throughout the pandemic. But while the changes will make it easier for New Zealanders stranded abroad to return home, officials gave no date for when tourists might be welcomed back. That change is likely still months away. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pJCbQp

Chinese hypersonic test like a 'Sputnik moment': Top US general

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Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed for the first time the Chinese test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile. "I don't know if it's quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it's very close to that," he said. "It's a very significant technological event that occurred... and it has all of our attention." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZrZt2r

Thai police: Woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high

Thai police say a resident of a high-rise condominium near Bangkok cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them from World https://ift.tt/3mj2gUx

China’s Weapon Tests Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment,’ U.S. General Says

https://ift.tt/3Bh6C2x. Mark A. Milley said China’s testing of a hypersonic missile “has all of our attention.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Goug0W

Nicaraguans heading to Honduran border to be vaccinated

Honduras, one of the last countries in Central America to receive COVID-19 vaccine, has designated a portion of its stockpiles for citizens of neighboring Nicaragua as fewer Hondurans line up to be vaccinated from World https://ift.tt/3vPYZPJ

UN envoy blames to Syria for failure of constitution talks

The U.N. special envoy for Syria says the Syrian government’s refusal to negotiate on revisions to the country’s constitution is a key reason for the failure of talks last week that have left the road map to peace in the conflict-torn country in question from World https://ift.tt/3EoFMYs

Young Saudi man released from prison after nearly a decade

A young Saudi man was released from prison after spending nearly a decade behind bars from World https://ift.tt/3GvCVP6

Moroccans protest mass vaccination rules; some skirmishes

Demonstrators took to the streets in cities around Morocco to protest the country’s decision to require COVID-19 vaccination passes to be allowed to work and access public venues from World https://ift.tt/3w4hkc1

Bengali Hindus protest outside UK Parl and BBC over anti-Hindu atrocities in Bangladesh

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Your Thursday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3CnF8d6 Covid pill could help hundreds of countries. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EmAGfk

SpaceX Crew-3 mission to help test space tech: Raja Chari

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Couple in Spain granted joint custody of their pet dog, Panda, in rare ruling

Lola García, a lawyer who specializes in animal rights and represented the plaintiff, told The Post that the case stands out because she used the 1987 European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals as an argument to advocate for her client’s rights to the dog. from World https://ift.tt/3Er7CTZ

United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker

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The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the State Department said Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nyHz6v

Brazilian Lawmakers Seek Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro

https://ift.tt/30XXxPI voted to recommend nine criminal charges against President Jair Bolsonaro, including “crimes against humanity,” after a six-month investigation reported that he intentionally allowed Covid-19 to spread and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mkqMEP

Japan’s Communists Are Hardly Radical, but Make a Handy Election Target

https://ift.tt/3Cy25ul have minimal support in polls. But by teaming up with other opposition parties for the first time, they have been made a boogeyman by the unpopular party in power. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3bgK9bA

Your Wednesday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3bgJkQ2 plans fall short. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Gu35SC

US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew

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US challenges Assange extradition block in UK court

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China reports 59 new coronavirus cases for Oct 26

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Of the new infections, 50 were locally transmitted cases, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, compared with 29 a day earlier. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mhHS63

Taliban approves plan to regulate academic ranks of religious scholars

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Behind power grabs in Sudan and Tunisia, the shadow of Gulf monarchies

A trio of Arab autocracies — Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — find themselves on the winning side of recent anti-democratic power plays. from World https://ift.tt/3vPHpv9

EXPLAINER: Brazil senators urge COVID charges for Bolsonaro

A Brazilian Senate committee has recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world’s second highest COVID-19 death toll from World https://ift.tt/3EixYap

Brazil senators recommend Bolsonaro face charges over Covid

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Trump could get big 'bonus' shares in new social media firm

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FDA panel backs Pfizer's low-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kids

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A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, that the vaccine's benefits in preventing Covid-19 in that age group outweigh any potential risks. That includes questions about a heart-related side effect that's been very rare in teens and young adults despite their use of a much higher vaccine dose. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CoaksE

Trudeau names Anita Anand as defence min; 3 PIOs in cabinet

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Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand was on Tuesday appointed as the country's new defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle by PM Justin Trudeau, over a month after his Liberal Party returned power in the snap polls and amid calls for major military reforms. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pKmbOb

New Zealand Expands Vaccine Mandate to Cover 40 Percent of Workers

https://ift.tt/2XNjz6C rule will cover employees at restaurants, gyms, bars and hair salons. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mdMRVs

Canadians Expect ‘Big Things’: Trudeau Swears In New Cabinet

https://ift.tt/3Cim1kp Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada laid out a sweeping agenda during his inauguration ceremony and renewed his commitment to ending the coronavirus pandemic and fighting climate change. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GnCBC7

Familiar drive pushes migrant caravan through Mexico

After three days of walking along a scorching highway in southern Mexico, a couple thousand migrants decided to rest here, receive medical attention for badly blistered feet, wash clothing in the river and doze in any shade they could find from World https://ift.tt/3GpcE4W

Iraqi officials: 11 killed in IS attack northeast of Baghdad

Iraqi security officials say at least 11 civilians have been killed and several wounded in an attack by gunmen of the Islamic State extremist group on a village northeast of Baghdad from World https://ift.tt/3Ci4xF7

Your Wednesday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/briefing/climate-glasgow-un-myanmar-pakistan-cricket.html‘Imminent peril’ from global warming. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GAneqb

Queen Elizabeth, Advised to Rest, Will Skip Climate Summit in Glasgow

https://ift.tt/2ZiIHm9 95-year-old queen, after 70 years on the throne, is the oldest and longest-serving monarch in British history. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EgPiwD

Poland’s Heartland Would Rather Keep E.U. Money Than Break With Bloc

https://ift.tt/3CpfKDW the flame-throwing rhetoric of their leaders, conservative supporters of Poland’s ruling party are dependent on millions of euros in aid, and don’t want to risk it. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mh1Ii0

Sudan strongman is seen as an insider with powerful allies

Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, who led this week’s coup in Sudan, has been a little-known figure who mostly stayed behind the scenes from World https://ift.tt/3jCG4CW

Group defends work in Haiti of 17 abducted missionaries

A religious organization whose 17 missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti almost a week ago is defending its work in dangerous places from World https://ift.tt/3BnVIs8

2 on trial for stabbing of elderly French Holocaust survivor

Two men went on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of killing an 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor from World https://ift.tt/3pDQar2

UK's Queen Elizabeth pulls out of COP26 following advice to rest

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The Rich World’s Promise of $100 Billion in Climate Aid Inches Forward

https://ift.tt/3nqUyXL announced a plan to make good on an unkept promise of climate aid, a key point of tension in upcoming global climate talks. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nrVHhF

Your Tuesday Briefing

https://ift.tt/312WG0k military seizes power in Sudan. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3vHRPwR

Australia sets 2050 net zero target, but won’t adopt steeper short-term emissions mark

The nation, one of the top per capita emitters and fossil fuel exporters, has faced criticism for resisting firmer action to curb climate change. from World https://ift.tt/3mls9TP

UN: Iran executes people at `alarming rate' -- 250 in 2020

A U.N. human rights investigator says Iran executed over 250 people, including at least four child offenders, in 2020 and so far this year has carried out 230 executions that included nine women and one child who was executed in secret from World https://ift.tt/2ZsXawg

Former top UN official appointed next UN envoy for Myanmar

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of former U.N. undersecretary-general Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore as the new U.N. special envoy for conflict-torn Myanmar from World https://ift.tt/3CeNrYD

Deadly Protests Follow Sudan Military Coup

https://ift.tt/3jASsDz soldiers fired on pro-democracy protesters who flooded the streets of the capital Khartoum after the nation’s top military commander dissolved the government and declared a state of emergency. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GwxGPo

Eitan Biran Custody Ruling Issued by Israeli Court

https://ift.tt/3bbDkYA Biran, the 6-year-old survivor of a cable car accident in Italy, should live there with his aunt, not his grandfather in Israel, ruled a judge in Tel Aviv. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2ZtMv4u

Sudan’s Military Seizes Power, Casting Democratic Transition Into Chaos

https://ift.tt/2ZtGMvw and military leaders were supposed to share power after a popular uprising in 2019 overthrew a decades-long dictatorship. On Monday the military detained the civilian prime minister. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3BqlHzb

Egypt’s Leader Ends State of Emergency, Says It’s No Longer Needed

https://ift.tt/3nKRXbt move by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi theoretically rolls back sweeping powers the government wielded in the name of fighting terrorism, but critics called it a cosmetic change. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2ZmJ7IL

Guatemalan town calm under martial law after mining dispute

Police and soldiers are frisking people at checkpoints and a tense calm reigns in the streets of the lakeside town of El Estor after protests against a mining project erupted into violence over the weekend from World https://ift.tt/3ChZaFL

More than a half of Afghanistan’s population faces ‘acute’ food crisis this winter, U.N. finds

Afghanistan is on the brink of a starvation crisis, with more than half of its population — some 22.8 million people — projected to face acute food insecurity this winter. from World https://ift.tt/3mcGrpy

Belgium poised to boost COVID-19 measures to counter surge

Belgium is poised to reinforce pandemic measures in an attempt to stunt the sharp increase of coronavirus cases, with officials looking at  increased mandatory use of face masks and virus passports from World https://ift.tt/3pyg9jL

Officials say 18 villagers shot dead at mosque in Nigeria

Local authorities and police say at least 18 worshippers have been killed by gunmen who attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during morning prayers from World https://ift.tt/3vKRidF

Your Tuesday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/briefing/sudan-coup-moderna-kids-hong-kong.htmlSudan’s military seizes power. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3GodbUG

U.S. Halts Aid to Sudan Government After Coup

https://ift.tt/2Zx5xqx Biden administration, calling for immediate restoration of the transition government, froze $700 million in direct aid. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3nvrXQW

Sudan’s military has taken over. Here’s what to know about who’s in charge.

Over two years after a popular uprising set Sudan on the road to change, the military has seized power and detained the country's civilian prime minister. from World https://ift.tt/3nrdi9E

Taliban deputy PM Baradar meets UNDP director in Doha, seeks help

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An Italian Politician’s Quest for Attention Gets a Boost From Richard Gere

https://ift.tt/3CfkGem actor may testify against Matteo Salvini, Italy’s former interior minister, in a case involving the treatment of migrants. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3b9t6bf

Who is Abdalla Hamdok, Sudan Leader Ousted in Coup

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/world/africa/abdalla-hamdok-sudan.htmlSudan’s prime minister spent much of his career at international institutions before joining his country’s government. Now he has been forced out. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3BaWRTz

U.N. chief Guterres doesn’t want his grandkids ‘to say that the planet is hell’

Secretary General António Guterres spoke with The Washington Post on the eve of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. from World https://ift.tt/3BiuXoB

The U.N. chief’s relentless, frustrating pursuit to bring the world together on climate change

The COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, could ‘become a missed opportunity,' Secretary General António Guterres told The Washington Post. from World https://ift.tt/3jCDEUR

Erdogan drops threat to expel envoys, averting crisis with U.S. and other Western allies

The Turkish leader had said the ambassadors were no longer welcome after their embassies called for an activist’s release. from World https://ift.tt/3mbYKLq

Egypt's president says he won't extend state of emergency

Egypt’s president says he will not extend the state of emergency that had been imposed across the country for more than four years from World https://ift.tt/3Cjqcww

Ministers, party leaders detained in apparent coup in Sudan

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Russia Challenges Biden Again With Broad Cybersurveillance Operation

https://ift.tt/3BdG7uO new campaign came only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of spy operations it had conducted around the world. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3puYmtH

Explosion at Chinese university laboratory kills 2

State media report that a laboratory explosion at a university in eastern China has killed two people and injured nine from World https://ift.tt/3B8zn1n

Sudanese govt officials detained; group sees apparent coup

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New Covid outbreak: China locks down thousands

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Ejin, a county in China’s Inner Mongolia region, asked its 35,700 residents to stay home from Monday and warned of civil and criminal liabilities should anyone disobey the order, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing a local government statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Zp4VmU

Sudan Rocked by Protests Amid Warnings of a Coup

https://ift.tt/2XEDSD8 burned tires and chanted slogans in the capital, Khartoum, and there was a “significant disruption” to the internet. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3Gj12AA

The climate catastrophe is here, whether governments face it or not

Reports from U.S. federal agencies underscore the gravity of the planetary crisis, even as governments struggle to muster a strong collective response ahead of a major international climate summit. from World https://ift.tt/3Gjj9WT

Hurricane Rick heads for landfall on Mexico's southern coast

A slightly strengthened and compact Hurricane Rick is closing in on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, heading toward a predicted landfall late Monday morning amid warnings of potential flash floods in the coastal mountains from World https://ift.tt/3ptlj0m

Xi calls for global cooperation on terrorism, climate change

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Julian Assange's long fight against extradition

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Taliban welcome Putin's plan to remove them from terror list

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Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it, says WHO chief

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Your Monday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3m8Hcjm failed playbook in Somalia. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XHvB1t

Hurricane Rick heads toward Mexico's Pacific coast

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