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India slammed developed countries for causing the climate crisis during a landmark hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, saying they exploited the global carbon budget, failed to honour climate finance promises and are now demanding that developing countries restrict their resource use. The court is examining what legal obligations countries have to address climate change and...

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said on Thursday after the government was toppled by lawmakers. Michel Barnier, a veteran conservative, became the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history when he resigned on Thursday after parliament voted him...

The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him – just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a...

South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday proposed impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for his sudden decision to declare martial law, which he rescinded after a chaotic standoff between parliament and the army that damaged the country’s standing. Yoon’s declaration of martial law late on Tuesday attempted to ban political activity and censor the media in South Korea, which has Asia’s fourth largest economy and is...

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will travel to Paris to attend this weekend’s reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, in his first foreign trip since winning the election. Notre-Dame, a Gothic masterpiece, is one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments. It will reopen its doors later this...

Restoring the world’s degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time. More frequent and severe droughts as a result of climate change combined with the food needs of a...

At Mar-a-Lago this Thanksgiving, President-elect Donald Trump took on the role of DJ-in-chief, spinning tracks for a star-studded crowd that included “Rocky” legend Sylvester Stallone, football mastermind Bill Belichick, and tech mogul Elon Musk. The Mar-A-Lago club dinner, which attracted over 300 guests, was a lively affair, with Trump kicking things off with YMCA and serenading the crowd with hits from Elvis...

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to strike “decision-making centres” in Kyiv with Russia’s new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine’s energy grid in an attack that left a million people without power. Russia fired more than 90 missiles and around 100 drones during the barrage, Kyiv said, in what the Kremlin chief called a “response” to Ukrainian strikes...

Lebanese group Hezbollah said Wednesday it had achieved “victory” over Israel and that its fighters were at the ready, after a truce between the two sides took effect. “Victory from God almighty was the ally of the righteous cause,” a statement from the Iran-backed group said, adding that its fighters “will remain in total readiness to deal with the Israeli...

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a US-France-brokered ceasefire agreement, presented by Prime Minister Netanyahu, according to his office. US President Joe Biden called the development “good news” and announced efforts to push for a ceasefire in Gaza. Joe Biden also confirmed, via a post on X, that both Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the US proposal to end the...