By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici BAKU (Reuters) – The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday. The shift in position came after a $250 billion…
By Mohamed Ezz and Valerie Volcovici ALEXANDRIA, Egypt/BAKU (Reuters) – Black dust coats streets and collects on rooftops in the neighbourhood adjoining a sprawling cement factory in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Activists and local residents accuse the plant operated by the Alexandria Portland Cement Company (APCC), a subsidiary of Greece’s Titan Cement, of fouling…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss, Donald Trump considered firing the leadership of the Justice Department and installing a loyalist who would echo his false claims of fraud. As he prepares to return to the White House, Trump is pushing to install an attorney general…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea condemned on Saturday recent joint military drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan, warning that it would take immediate actions if needed to defend the state. Last week, the three countries held a three-day joint exercise, dubbed “Freedom Edge”, featuring fighter jets and marine patrol aircraft as well…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he has choosing former State Department official Alex Wong to serve as deputy national security adviser. Wong, who served as deputy special representative for North Korea during the first Trump administration, “helped negotiate my Summit with North Korean Leader, Kim Jong Un,” Trump said in a…
By Valerie Volcovici BAKU, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – Russia has included the territories it occupies in Ukraine in its recent greenhouse gas inventory report to the United Nations, drawing protests from Ukrainian officials and activists at the COP29 climate summit this week. The move by Moscow comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin eyes potential peace deal…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout on Saturday but warned that the economy remains vulnerable. In a statement, the global lender said it would release about $333 million, bringing total funding to around $1.3 billion, to the crisis-hit South Asian nation. It said…
By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A U.S. bribery indictment of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is linked to one contract of Adani Green Energy (NS:ADNA) that makes up some 10% of its business, and no other firms in the conglomerate are accused of wrongdoing, the group’s CFO said on Saturday. On Wednesday, Gautam…
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced Dave Weldon, a former congressman and a medical doctor, as his choice for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a sweeping agency with a $17.3 billion budget used as a public health model around the world. The CDC tracks…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he has picked NFL veteran Scott Turner to serve as housing and urban development secretary. Source
