اتخذت دولة توفالو الواقعة في المحيط الهادئ نهجًا مبتكرًا للتعبير عن المخاطر التي تواجهها بسبب آثار أزمة المناخ وأثارت الطريقة التي عبرت بها الدولة عن المخاطر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي.
ونشرت وكالة "رويترز" البريطانية، صورة لوزير خارجية دولة توفالوا (...)
Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies were unable to agree on communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment dominated the meeting.
“You know the two big giants in the (...)
The soccer championship for non-recognized states, regions and peoples may not be as famous as its FIFA counterpart, but for fans and players there is no experience quite like it. Ruairi Casey reports from London.Football may be the world's game but (...)
LONDON, April 19, 2018 (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed
her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies.
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Taiwan will increase future defence spending by two percent each year, President Tsai Ing-wen said during a visit to Hawaii where the United States expressed concern over a possible military imbalance in the Taiwan Straits, Taiwan media reported.
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The failed attempt by the U.S. and Russia to revive a cease-fire in Syria stole the spotlight at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders but every other global hotspot had its moment — and there were some chuckles as well including a message to (...)
The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global (...)
The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global (...)
For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable.
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As Germany grapples with an ongoing refugee crisis, delegates from around the world are also meeting in Bonn to negotiate a new climate treaty. A climate refugee advocate, Scott Leckie, talked to DW about future perspectives.
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Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine were greeted by huge crowds as they landed in the lush, steamy Solomon Islands on Sunday, while a row raged in Europe about topless photos of the Duchess.
Pacific warriors gave the glamorous royal couple a (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians were noticeably excited at the arrival on Thursday of Britain's most popular couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Throngs of onlookers attempted to get glimpses of the couple who are on a Southeast Asia tour as part of (...)
SINGAPORE: Praise and excitement was all around Singapore on Tuesday as Britain's Prince William and wife Kate Middleton arrived in the Southeast Asian country.
Onlookers at Singapore's Botanic Gardens tried to grab a glimpse of one of the world's (...)
A United Nations independent expert on Thursday called on the international community to not turn its back on the small island State of Tuvalu, where communities are being seriously affected by climate change.
“Climate change is an everyday reality (...)
In an effort to hobble the Iranian government, the EU joined the US this week in refusing to buy oil from the Islamic Republic.
At the same time, the US will now penalise banks of any nation that make oil deals with Iran, with a few notable (...)
London (dpa) – When the Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Britain's Prince William, this week announced which charities she was to support, their reaction said it all – there is no more popular patron to have right now.
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Among the richest countries in the world attending the UN Climate Change conference in Durban were also some of the world's poorest and most desperate countries.
Tokelau Island lays half-way between Hawaii and New Zealand and is among the most (...)
Kyoto, which was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005, commits most developed states to binding emissions targets. The talks are the last chance to set another round of targets before the first commitment period ends in 2012.
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WASHINGTON, DC: With America's Republican presidential candidates lining up to declare their fealty to a flat tax — a system of personal-income taxation that assesses a single rate for all — opponents have focused on why it is a bad idea to raise (...)
Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead this year's newly released Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations measure of progress in human well-being, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger and Burundi are (...)
Amid growing concerns about drought crises in some small island States of the Pacific, the United Nations today called for comprehensive risk reduction steps to be put in place to protect vulnerable populations living in delicate ecosystems.
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The small island of Tuvalu will be able to access $4 million from the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund for desalination plants and solar-power generation.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade said “this is a (...)
New Zealand said on Tuesday that it has sent a team to assist in Tuvalu after the Pacific Island country issued a state of emergency after it reported a critical level of drinking water.
Tuvalu, which has a population of less than 11,000, (...)
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency due to a severe shortage of fresh water, with officials saying on Monday that some parts of the country may only have a two-day supply.
New Zealand's foreign minister, Murray (...)
More states recognise the state of Palestine than an independent Kosovo, but while the latter is unquestioned by the Western media, the former is deemed an aspiration, writes John Whitbeck*
On 7 January, Chile extended diplomatic recognition to the (...)