COP31 climate summit opens in Antalya under Turkish-Australian joint leadership, with no US negotiators present
Nearly 200 countries began two weeks of UN climate talks on the Turkish coast, where a fossil fuel transition roadmap and adaptation finance top the agenda as Washington stays away.
ANTALYA, Turkey — The United Nations climate summit, COP31, opened in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya on Monday. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries gathered for two weeks of talks, and the United States sent no negotiating team. Turkey's Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Minister, Murat...
Israeli army chief orders inquiry into West Bank commander's meeting with defence official over Jericho outpost
Lt Gen Eyal Zamir tasked investigators with examining Maj Gen Avi Bluth's contacts before an unauthorised outpost went up near Jericho, as opposition MPs demanded answers.
Israel's military chief, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, ordered an internal inquiry on Monday into a meeting between Central Command head Maj Gen Avi Bluth and a...
China's consumer prices rise 0.6% in October as core inflation firms despite factory slowdown
Official data show inflation in the world's second-largest economy stayed positive, even as October's manufacturing PMI signalled contraction and pressure for further stimulus mounted.
China's consumer price index rose 0.6% in October from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in Beijing on Monday. Inflation stayed positive...
WMO says 2026 is on course to be second-warmest year on record as COP31 opens in Antalya
The UN weather agency's provisional State of the Global Climate report finds the twelve years since 2015 are the warmest yet measured, with a strengthening El Niño adding heat.
The World Meteorological Organization said on Monday that 2026 is on course to be the second-warmest year on record. It published its provisional State of...
US braces for loss of measles elimination status as PAHO panel prepares four-day review of transmission chains
With US cases at a roughly 35-year high, a regional commission meets from Tuesday to judge whether measles has spread continuously in the US for more than a year.
The United States entered the week facing the likely loss of its measles elimination status, as a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) commission prepared...
Wycombe and Blackpool learn FA Cup second-round fates as draw sets up December ties
The Football Association made Monday evening's second-round draw, giving weekend survivors including Wycombe and Blackpool their path towards January's third round.
The Football Association made the FA Cup second-round draw on Monday evening. Wycombe Wanderers, Blackpool and the other first-round survivors learned their...
ITV confirms I'm A Celebrity 2026 line-up as campmates prepare for Monday launch in Australian jungle
The broadcaster named this year's celebrities a week before the series begins in New South Wales, with Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly returning as presenters.
ITV confirmed the line-up for the 2026 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Monday. The celebrities fly to the Australian jungle ahead of a...
Delhi wakes to 'very poor' air the morning after Diwali as AQI tops 300 and hotspots slip into 'severe'
Central Pollution Control Board data showed smoke from Sunday night's celebrations, plus stubble fires and still winds, trapping a dense haze over the capital on Monday.
Delhi's air quality fell into the 'very poor' category on Monday, the morning after Diwali, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. Its daily...
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