United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters on Feb 4, 2020 in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP) UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other speakers called for massive support provided to the developing nations and an urgent reform of the global financial system […]
People wait to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at Ngando informal settlement in Nairobi on Dec 16, 2021. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) GENEVA/LONDON – Global talks have begun on drafting new health rules for combating pandemics, and developing nations are lobbying for fairer access to treatments than they got during COVID-19. But they worry that the […]
Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 18, 2022. (MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Negotiators were poised to make a final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on […]
A participant walks at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, during the COP27 climate conference, on Nov 14, 2022. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries on Tuesday began the hard slog of finding common ground […]
JAKARTA, Nov 15, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Pertamina and ExxonMobil have signed a cooperation agreement for developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) for cutting carbon emissions while supporting economic growth. Pertamina and ExxonMobil have signed a cooperation agreement for developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of efforts to reduce carbon […]
A police officer stands in front of the entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre during the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Nov 9, 2022. (EMILIE MADI / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – One week into this year's UN climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting […]
A police officer stands in front of the entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre during the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Nov 9, 2022. (EMILIE MADI / REUTERS) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT – Finance took center stage at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, with UN […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (front) speaks during the opening of the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 20, 2022. (WANG YING / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the world is in big trouble and needs […]
A cargo ship is pictured moored to the quayside at the dock in Hartlepool in north east England on May 3, 2021. (LINDSEY PARNABY / AFP) LONDON – Britain has launched a scheme to extend tariff cuts to hundreds of products, such as clothes and food, from developing countries, part of London's post-Brexit efforts to […]
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU, the Brexit trade deal, at 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec 30, 2020. (LEON NEAL / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will praise the benefits of free trade between Commonwealth countries […]