Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection
Reuters :An alliance of nations said on Tuesday members would raise $12 billion to protect coral reefs from threats such as pollution and overfishing, but...
International
At least 10 migrants killed in Mexico truck accident
AFP :At least 10 Cuban migrants were killed and 25 injured on Sunday when a cargo truck carrying them overturned in southern Mexico, local officials...
Women’s rights campaigner to take Feinstein’s vacated Senate seat
AFP :California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday appointed women’s rights campaigner and former labor union leader Laphonza Butler to the United States Senate, filling the...
Brazil’s Lula leaves hospital two days
AFP :Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to his official residence on Sunday, just two days after a hip replacement operation, his office...
Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives election in victory for pro-China camp
Al Jazeera :Mohamed Muizzu has won the presidential election in the Maldives after a second-round run-off against incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, which was seen as...
UK PM Sunak says there are no plans for now to send British troops to Ukraine
Reuters :British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday there were no immediate plans to deploy military instructors to Ukraine, rowing back from reported comments...
Trump co-defendant in Georgia election conspiracy trial pleads guilty
AFP :A co-defendant of Donald Trump pleaded guilty Friday in a case alleging a criminal conspiracy to overturn the former US president’s 2020 election loss...
Mexico’s president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba
AP :Mexico’s president on Friday slammed US aid for Ukraine and economic sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba and other nations as the first of two high-level...
Sikhs protest in Amritsar after Canada’s allegations
DW :Hundreds of Sikh activists on Friday staged a demonstration outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, demanding punishment...
Maldives vote begins in shadow of India-China power play
AFP :The Maldives began voting Saturday to decide their next president in a referendum on whether to hitch their fortunes to China or India, both...
