COP30 highlights growing need of countries for resilience to storms, flood and fires
BELEM, Nov 11 (Reuters): With typhoons tearing across Southeast Asia this week while areas of Jamaica and Brazil are still clearing debris from damaging storms, delegates at Brazil's COP30 summit began grappling with how best to help the vulnerable withstand worsening weather and other climate extremes.The topic of "adaptation" has...
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Suicide bombing kills 12 in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (BBC/AFP): A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured at least 27 more, the country's interior minister said.Mohsin Naqvi said a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse but was unable to get inside. He said authorities would...
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Thailand halts Cambodia ceasefire deal
BANGKOK, Nov 11 (Reuters):Thailand said on Tuesday it was halting implementation of a ceasefire pact with Cambodia a day after a landmine blast maimed a Thai soldier, posing the biggest test for a truce brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Thai government has accused Cambodia of planting fresh landmines along...
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Russia foils Ukrainian-UK plot to hijack jet with missile
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (AFP): Russia said Tuesday it had foiled an Anglo-Ukrainian plot to hijack a military jet carrying a hypersonic missile which they planned to take to Romania in a "large-scale provocation".Russia, which launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in 2022, regularly accuses Kyiv and its European allies of...
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