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UAE banks pledge $270 billion in green finance at COP28 climate talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Banks in the United Arab Emirates on Monday pledged to mobilise 1 trillion dirhams, or around $270 billion, in green finance, the chair of the country's banking federation told the C...
Dec 04, 2023
Russia’s Black Sea ports working as weather permits – ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea ports are working on Monday as weather conditions permit, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement, after storms caused considerable disruption to loadings o...
Dec 04, 2023
Rockefeller Foundation at COP28 backs early coal retirement using carbon credits
By David Stanway and Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - A consortium led by the Rockefeller Foundation has launched a pilot initiative to use carbon credits to retire a coal power plant in the Philip...
Dec 04, 2023
Asian Development Bank to provide $10 billion climate finance for Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it will allot $10 billion in climate finance for the Philippines between 2024 and 2029. The funds will help the Philippines implement...
Dec 04, 2023
Climate finance takes centre stage at COP28 climate talks
By Simon Jessop, Maha El Dahan and Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) -Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in the nee...
Dec 04, 2023
Tanzania flood, landslide death toll jumps to 47
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The number of people killed by floods and landslides in northern Tanzania has jumped to 47, with another 85 people injured, following torrential rain, a senior government off...
Dec 04, 2023
COP28: UAE signs deal with Bill Gates’ nuclear company on advanced reactors
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bill Gates' advanced nuclear reactor company TerraPower LLC and the United Arab Emirates' state owned nuclear company ENEC said on Monday they have agreed to study the potential deve...
Dec 04, 2023
Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 50 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Temperatures in parts of Siberia plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) while blizzards blanketed Moscow in record snowfall and disrupted flights as win...
Dec 04, 2023
COP28: Abu Dhabi teams up with HSBC, others on climate finance think-tank
DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi will host the newly launched Global Climate Finance Centre in partnership with nine founding members including the World Bank, lender HSBC and asset managers BlackRock and ...
Dec 03, 2023
Showbiz in 2023: Hollywood strikes, Beatles last song, ‘Swift effect’
LONDON (Reuters) - From strikes paralysing Hollywood to the Beatles releasing their last ever song, the world of entertainment provided many headlines this year. Below are some of the biggest showbiz ...
Dec 03, 2023
