NEWS IN BRIEF-2025-03-03
March 03, 2025 00:00:00
Nations fail to break deadlock on UN
climate report timing
BANGKOK, Mar 02: Nations failed to break a deadlock over the timing of the UN's next blockbuster assessment of climate change science after a marathon meeting in China that US envoys skipped. At issue was whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which informs policymakers, will deliver its next three-part ssessment before a 2028 United Nations' "stocktake" of the global response to rising temperatures. — AFP
Bus crash claims 37 lives in Bolivia
UYUNI, Mar 02: A crash involving two buses in Bolivia left at least 37 people dead and dozens injured in the western Potosi region, police and local authorities said on Saturday. The accident happened during the early morning hours on the route between the cities of Uyuni and Colchani, when one of the vehicles swerved into the oncoming lane. "As a result of this fatal accident we have 39 people injured in four hospitals in the town of Uyuni, and 37 people have lost their lives," a spokesman for the Departmental Police Command of Potosi told reporters. — Reuters
Lanka hunts for police chief over deadly raid
COLOMBO, Mar 02: Sri Lankan police were searching for their chief on Sunday after a court order for his arrest was issued over the killing of an officer during a botched raid, an official said. Inspector-General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon has been missing since a magistrate in the island's south ordered his arrest on Friday, following allegations that he had ordered the raid on December 31, 2023. — AFP
US aircraft carrier arrives in S Korea
SEOUL, Mar 02: A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Sunday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities. The arrival of the USS Carl Vinson was meant to display a solid U.S-South Korean military alliance in the face of persistent North Korean threats. —AP