GLASGOW (REUTERS) – United States climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday (Nov 3) that current commitments on cutting carbon emissions meant the world had a 60 per cent chance of capping a rise in
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Climate, Covid and Biden’s Challenged Credibility Underline U.N.’s Big Week
The United Nations General Assembly session, the world’s biggest diplomatic convocation, will commandeer attention with a lineup of leader speeches starting Tuesday. By Rick Gladstone The United Nations convenes its annual speeches by world leaders
Read moreThe I.M.F. says it will block Afghanistan from getting $460 million in reserve funds.
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that it will block Afghanistan from accessing emergency reserves in the aftermath of the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country. The decision came as the fund was scheduled
Read moreRushed Evacuation in Kabul Highlights Disconnect in Washington
WASHINGTON — There was gunfire at the airport and a dire warning from the State Department to shelter in place as the United States began the frantic evacuations of Americans and Afghan allies from the
Read moreUS in first meeting with Israel's new FM amid Iran moves
PARIS (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israel’s new top diplomat Yair Lapid on Sunday (June 27), in the United States’ first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government that seeks a
Read moreU.S. Blocks Websites Linked to Iran at Key Point in Nuclear Talks
Officials seized the domains of about three dozen websites just days after Iran elected a new, hard-line president, and at a critical moment in nuclear negotiations. By Lara Jakes, Farnaz Fassihi and Katie Benner WASHINGTON —
Read moreBiden Calls for U.S. to Enter a New Superpower Struggle
President Biden justified his broad vision to remake the American economy as the necessary step to survive long-run competition with China, a foot race in which the United States must prove not only that democracies
Read moreBiden Officials Place Hope in Taliban’s Desire for Legitimacy and Money
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and others say the prospect of recognition — and financial aid from the United States — can moderate the militant group. Some call that delusional. By Michael Crowley Source:
Read moreBiden and Suga Agree U.S. and Japan Will Work Together on 5G
The subtext of the meeting was responding to China’s influence and its aggressive actions in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga resisted being drawn into a rivalry. By David E. Sanger and
Read moreBlinken Will Meet Chinese Officials After Asia Tour Next Week
In his first foreign trip, the secretary of state will visit Japan and South Korea before the first in-person diplomatic encounter between the United States and China in several months. By Michael Crowley WASHINGTON —
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