Negotiators sought Tuesday to break a deadlock at UN climate talks after G20 leaders backed the need for “trillions” of dollars for poorer countries but left key sticking points unresolved. Details by Liza Kaminov. Source link
French farmers planned on Tuesday to step up their protests against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, saying it threatens their livelihoods. More information on the deal with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Brussels, Dave Keating. Source link
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted of subversion in the city’s largest national security trial, with “mastermind” Benny Tai receiving the longest term of 10 years. Story by Liza Kaminov and Bilal Tarabey. Source link
Booming Indigenous Maori “haka” chants rang out across New Zealand’s capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation’s founding treaty. Story by Morgan Ayre. Source link
A year after far-right leader Geert Wilders’ victory in the Dutch general elections, the Dutch government is set to introduce its strictest asylum policy ever. The new measures will limit family reunification and make it more difficult to submit new asylum applications. Report by Fernande Van Tets and Alix Le Bourdon. Source link
The severing of two undersea fiber-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea must be seen as an act of sabotage, although it is still unclear who is responsible, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday. Two undersea fiber-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, were cut between Sunday … Read more
French farmers launched new protests Tuesday against a proposed deal between the EU and the four South American countries of the Mercosur trade bloc. The French government is strongly opposed to the deal but protesters want French President Emmanuel Macron to do more to help amid rising discontent over foreign competition. Source link
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years Source link
Ukraine on Friday condemned Germany’s Olaf Scholz call to Russia’s Vladimir Putin as an “attempt at appeasement” that Moscow would see as a sign of weakness. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, while confirming that Scholz had told him he would be calling Putin, warned that the talks would open “a Pandora’s box”. Source link
David Pelicot, the son of Gisèle Pelicot described the “house of horror” the family lived in during his testimonial at an Avignon court in southern France on Monday. For a decade, his father drugged his mother to have her raped by dozens of strangers. Caroline Darian, Pelicot’s daughter, also took the stand and said she … Read more