2025 • Nov 20
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states
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2025 • Nov 20
Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots
Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that...
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2025 • Nov 20
Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened
UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from al...
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2025 • Nov 19
Mount Semeru eruption in Indonesia prompts evacuations
More than 300 people most at risk are move to shelters as tallest peak on Java island unleashes clouds of hot ashIndonesia’s Mount Semeru, the highest peak on Java island, has erupted, blank...
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2025 • Nov 19
Cop30 live: Brazil aims for early agreement on ‘big four’ issues
In an unorthodox move, the Brazilian organisers have hatched a plan to wrap up the trickiest topics at the climate summit by this evening, two days earlier than normalMother Earth is watchin...
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2025 • Nov 18
Venezuela’s top opposition leader claims ‘new era’ is coming despite lack of clear plan
María Corina Machado pens a ‘freedom manifesto’ as plan to force Nicolás Maduro from power remains unclearVenezuela’s top opposition leader, the Nobel laureate María Corina Machado, has decl...
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2025 • Nov 18
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and fundingIn October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers ...
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2025 • Nov 18
Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions
Chinese airlines offer free cancellations and film releases postponed after Japanese PM’s comments on TaiwanChinese travellers are estimated to have cancelled hundreds of thousands of ticket...
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2025 • Nov 18
Cop30: UN accused of crackdown on Indigenous people – as it happened
As the summit entered its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomesColombia will host a first international conference on the phase out of fossil fuels...
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2025 • Nov 18
Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries
Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutritionNestlé is still adding sugar to most baby cereals so...
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2025 • Nov 17
Pakistani parliament votes to give army chief new powers and legal immunity
Critics say constitutional amendment, which will also limit supreme court’s independence, is ‘funeral for democracy’Pakistan’s parliament has passed a controversial amendment to its constitu...
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2025 • Nov 17
India confirms deadly Delhi car blast being treated as terror incident
Cabinet says explosion near Red Fort that killed 12 is suspected to have been perpetrated by ‘anti-national forces’India has confirmed it is treating the explosion that killed 12 people outs...
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