3/20: CBS News Prime Time – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Xi Jinping, the war in Iraq 20 years later, and why a United Nations climate report says we’re on “thin ice.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive … Read more
United Nations – A group of experts found that Finland continues to be that the happiest country in the worldaccording to a report released Monday in conjunction with the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness. The World Happiness Report placed the Nordic state first for the sixth year in a row. According to the report, … Read more
A local reacts to watch a forest fire advance in Orjais, Covilha municipality in central Portugal, on August 16, 2022. Patricia De Melo Moreira | Afp | Getty Images A landmark UN report published on Monday called on governments around the world to begin an urgent course correction to tackle the climate crisis, warning that … Read more
CNN — The United Nations has released a plan to offload 1 million barrels of oil from a rusting supertanker that has been moored off the coast of Yemen for more than 30 years. In an attempt to avert what could be one of the worst environmental disasters in history, a very large crude oil … Read more
United Nations – After intense negotiations and several shuttle trips to Kiev, Moscow and Istanbul by UN officials, including the Secretary-General, Russia agreed to an extension of the so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative. The agreement, which will allow continued exports of crucial grain supplies from Ukraine, was due to expire on Saturday evening. Shipments from … Read more
London CNN — A committee of US senators has called on the United Nations to investigate a network of secret torture centers in Iran that was exposed by a CNN investigation last month. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the CNN report – which revealed a series of secret detention centers used by the … Read more
CNN — Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” of Georgia. They are officially part of Georgia, but have separate governments that are not recognized by most countries. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are supported by Russia. During the five-day … Read more
The COP27 climate conference represents an opportunity to move forward, but a significant step-up of efforts will be required in the coming years, according to a former special assistant to President Barack Obama. Speaking at CNBC’s Sustainable Future Forum last week, Alice Hill was asked if she was optimistic or very concerned about the pace … Read more
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — With the world on “a highway to climate hell with its foot on the accelerator,” the U.N. chief told dozens of leaders Monday to “cooperate or perish,” singling out the two biggest polluting countriesChina and the United States. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was not alone in preaching fire and brimstone … Read more
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry plans to propose a new carbon credit program aimed at increasing funding from companies and governments in wealthy economies to help developing countries cut fossil fuels. Mr. Kerry said in an interview that he plans to make the proposal at the United Nations climate conference … Read more