‘Find a breakthrough’, Pope Francis sends message to UN climate summit
DUBAI: Pope Francis, unable to attend the COP28 climate summit, called on world leaders on Saturday to find a breakthrough to tackle global rising temperatures, […]
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Fossil Fuels: Developing nations press rich world to better fight climate change at UN climate summit
DUBAI: Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming – and they have the pope’s blessing. Leaders of developing nations jumped into […]
As Dubai prepares for COP28, some world leaders signal they won’t attend climate talks
DUBAI: Dubai prepared Tuesday to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis signaled they would not […]
Francis: In a first, pope to have day of private meetings with world leaders in Dubai
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will have nearly an entire day of bilateral meetings with world leaders attending the COP28 climate conference in Dubai next month, […]
Bombarded Gazans seek news of loved ones as blackout eases
GAZA: Gazans struggled to find their loved ones and heard news of family members killed as communications gradually returned to the enclave on Sunday after […]
Israel presses ground campaign against Hamas in ‘second stage’ of Gaza war
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces waged ground operations against Hamas in Gaza on Sunday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the second phase of a […]
Israel launches Gaza war’s second phase with ground operation, Netanyahu says
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israeli forces had entered the second phase in the war in Gaza as they pressed ground […]
Release of hostages needs ceasefire, Hamas official says
GAZA/MOSCOW: An official of the militant Hamas group conditioned the release of hostages in Gaza to a ceasefire in Israel’s bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, […]
Kazakhstan: Astana to host meeting of world leaders, traditional religions
ASTANA: The 21st meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions will take place in Astana on October 11, […]