US Senator Rand Paul has saved his colleague Joni Ernst from choking on food at a lunch meeting in Washington Read Full Article at RT.com
Japan has agreed to guarantee a $1.2 billion World Bank loan to Ukraine Read Full Article at RT.com
Israel says it has resumed combat against Hamas after accusing it of violating the Qatari-brokered ceasefire Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia’s Yandex has announced plans to double the number of its delivery robots to 260 next year Read Full Article at RT.com
A majority of Britons regret Brexit and want to rejoin the EU, even though it would restore the free movement of migrants, a poll says Read Full Article at RT.com
A US federal grand jury has agreed to indict a man accused of making anti-Jewish threats against Jacky Rosen and another US senator Read Full Article at RT.com
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (IPS) - Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Remarks to the UN Security Council on the implementation of resolution 2712 on the Middle East, 29 November 2023 Resolution 2712 was approved in a context of widespread death and wholesale destruction unleashed by the conflict in Gaza and Israel. According to Israeli authorities, more than 1,200 people were killed -- including 33 children -- and thousands were injured in the abhorrent acts of terror by Hamas on 7 October. Some 250 people were also abducted, including 34 children.
The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António Guterres said.
Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage caused by climate change, a major breakthrough on the first day of this year’s UN climate conference.
A last-minute extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Thursday offered hope that UN humanitarians and aid partners will be able to pursue their efforts to reach the enclave’s most vulnerable people.