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COP27: Financing for climate damages gets a foot in the door
COP27: Financing for climate damages gets a foot in the door
World
by  AFP

UN climate negotiations on Sunday offered a sliver of hope and "solidarity" for developing countries battered by increasingly costly impacts of global warming, in agreeing to discuss the thorny issue of money for "loss and damage". But he said that getting negotiators to agree to discuss the issue was only an initial step.

New Iran protests erupt in universities, Kurdish region
New Iran protests erupt in universities, Kurdish region
World
by  AFP

New protests erupted in Iran on Sunday at universities and in the largely Kurdish northwest, keeping a seven-week anti-regime movement going even in the face of a fierce crackdown. But they have now become a broad movement against the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the fall of the shah.

Hacking gang targeted Qatar World Cup critics
Hacking gang targeted Qatar World Cup critics
World
by  AFP

An India-based computer hacking gang targeted critics of the Qatar World Cup, an investigation by British journalists said on Sunday, as the Qatari government furiously denied it had played any part in commissioning the eavesdropping.

E.Guinea accuses France, Spain, US of election 'interference'
E.Guinea accuses France, Spain, US of election 'interference'
World
by  AFP

Equatorial Guinea on Sunday accused Spain, France and the United States of "interference" in its presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November 20. In a tweet on Thursday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Washington was "concerned by reports of arrests and harassment of opposition members and civil society" and called on the government to hold "free and fair" elections.