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Shimon Peres offered strong support of President Obama at AIPAC. President Obama says that he will honor President Peres with the US Medal of Freedom.
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This failure on behalf of rich countries exposes not only a lack of ambition, but a troubling erosion of trust, as they once again sidestep their moral responsibility and place profits over people, and allow fossil fuel companies to call the shots. Now, the Brazilian COP30 Presidency must take on the crucial task of leading a credible process to scale up finance and ensure its quality and impact.
As a first reflection of Parties indications the New Collective Quantified Goal decision contains a call on all Parties to work together to scale up financing to developing countries for climate action from all public and private sources to at least USD
The UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, together with a former Hamas commander, citing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
But both the Chief of Navy and the Samoan government say community engagement is being led by local authorities.
Called 'Te Mana o Te Tohorā' ('the enduring power of whales'), the proposed legislation offers a pathway for nations to adopt similar laws and contribute to a global movement recognising the rights of nature.
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.