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Experts warn of ‘unimaginable’ health crisis
From extreme heat to worsening hunger and water shortages, accelerating climate change threatens “unimaginable” health consequences, scientists and health officials warned on Saturday on the sidelines of the COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow.
7 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion.
7 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Several people were wounded yesterday in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany, local police said, adding the alleged perpetrator had been arrested.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1917 - October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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The United States announced a $10 million reward Thursday for help finding leaders of the high-profile ransomware gang DarkSide, authorities’ latest try at combating spiking cyber-extortion attacks.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1813 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1605 - Catholic ‘conspirator’ Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Iran agreed Wednesday to resume talks on November 29 with world powers on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap, with the United States urging a quick resolution.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
UN rights chief decries ‘extreme brutality’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
The UN rights chief yesterday slammed the extreme brutality characterising the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, following a joint UN-Ethiopian report warning of possible “crimes against humanity” by all sides.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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It just is a gigantic issue and they walked away. How do you do that and claim to be able to have any leadership?
Joe Biden on Xi Jinping’s absence from COP26
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Negotiations to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers will fail unless US President Joe Biden can guarantee that Washington will not again abandon the pact, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said yesterday.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Chinese President Xi's absence from G20, COP26 talks draws criticism from US
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and this week’s global climate talks in Scotland, drawing criticism from US President Joe Biden and questions about China’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
3 November 2021, 10:16 AM
This day in history
644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Muslim caliph, is killed in Medina by an enslaved Persian captive.
2 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Elon Musk offers to donate $6 billion to UN if it can solve world hunger
Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, says he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations’ food agency if it could show how the money would solve world hunger.
2 November 2021, 08:28 AM
COP26 inaccessible for Israeli minister in wheelchair
Israel's energy minister was unable to participate in the United Nation's COP26 summit in Glasgow on Monday because the transportation offered to her was not accessible by wheelchair, she said in a TV interview.
2 November 2021, 05:51 AM
‘We are digging our own graves’
World leaders must act to “save humanity”, UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday as they met for the historic COP26 climate summit with code-red warnings from scientists ringing in their ears.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1917 - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Macron says Australian PM Morrison lied to him over submarine contract
French President Emmanuel Macron said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him over the cancellation of a submarine building contract in September and indicated more efforts were required to rebuild trust between the two allies.
1 November 2021, 10:40 AM
Erdogan cancels plans to attend COP26 in security dispute
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled plans to attend the COP26 climate conference after Britain failed to meet Ankara's demands on security arrangements, two Turkish officials told Reuters on Monday.
1 November 2021, 08:56 AM
‘Vax’ becomes Oxford Dictionary word of 2021
Vax has been chosen as the word of the year of 2021 at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
1 November 2021, 03:20 AM