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Brazil proposes global forest conservation fund at COP28
DUBAI (Reuters) - Brazil on Friday unveiled a proposal at the COP28 climate summit to set up a global fund to finance forest conservation that it hopes can raise $250 billion from sovereign wealth fun...
Dec 01, 2023
At climate summit, Turkey, South Africa hit out at Israel over Gaza war
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed, some world leaders at the U.N. climate summit criticized Israel on Friday and called for the Gaza war to en...
Dec 01, 2023
World Bank, UAE lead climate financing boost at COP28
By Simon Jessop, Valerie Volcovici and Katy Daigle DUBAI (Reuters) - Governments, development banks and companies announced on Friday initiatives to mobilise billions in climate cash at the COP28 summ...
Dec 01, 2023
Reaction to the death of former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are reactions to the death of retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her...
Dec 01, 2023
Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Para state, which leads the country for the highest levels of Amazon rainforest destruction, will launch a mandatory program to track cattle in a bid to crac...
Dec 01, 2023
Brazil to launch FX hedge platform for ‘green’ investments
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's finance ministry and the Inter-American Development Bank will launch a foreign-exchange hedge platform aimed at smoothing volatility for investments under the country's g...
Dec 01, 2023
US appeals court says Trump must face lawsuits over US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former pr...
Dec 01, 2023
Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to steer the nation's law for much ...
Dec 01, 2023
Spain to contribute 20 million euros to climate disaster fund – PM Sanchez
DUBAI (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday his country will increase its contribution to the climate disaster fund by 20 million euros. Sanchez made the announcement during ...
Dec 01, 2023
Conductor Gergiev, shunned in West, named director of Russia’s Bolshoi
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, shunned by Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. ...
Dec 01, 2023
