“We cannot address climate catastrophe without tackling its root cause: fossil fuel dependence,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. Twenty petrostates responsible for 84% of carbon dioxide emissions in 2021 plan to produce about 110% more oil, gas, and coal through 2030 than is compatible with limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a United […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in San Francisco, where U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet, a study comparing views of China and the U.S. across 24 countries shows that people’s views of Washington are more favorable than those of Beijing, especially among high and […]
“Persistent impunity has created the conditions for the consolidation of the Israeli apartheid regime, which is intent on committing ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Indigenous Palestinian population,” says the open letter. Israelis Against Apartheid, a group representing more than 1,500 citizens, on Friday urged the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor “to take accelerated action against the escalating […]
“Still questioning a genocidal intent?” asked one human rights campaigner. An Israeli lawmaker from the ruling right-wing Likud Party on Wednesday offered fresh evidence that the Israeli government’s aim in its bombardment of Gaza is a genocidal effort to kill or forcibly remove the more than 2 million Palestinians living there, declaring, “Gaza should be […]