Why Africa keeps employing Russia’s bad boy mercenaries Russian mercenaries, like the Wagner group, have an awful reputation. Multiple Western outlets have reported on their military ineffectiveness, their abysmal human rights... (photo: AP / French Army) Asiatimes Africa Mali Photos Russia |
Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. | The meeting started ju... (photo: Creative Commons / Muntaka Chasant https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_Pollution_in_Ghana.jpg) Phys Dot Org Climate change Environment Photos Plastic pollution |
G7 hopeful for Mideast ceasefire FIUGGI, Italy -- Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations expressed cautious optimism Monday about possible progress on a ceasefire between Israe... (photo: Ben Dance / FCDO) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Italy Middle East Photos Ukraine |
$300 billion climate deal reached at COP29 Countries participating at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku have adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target to help poorer natio... (photo: AP / Anupam Nath, File) Gulf-Times COP29 Climate Change Extreme Weather Photos Wikipedia: Climate Change |
Ukrainians Less Hopeful About the Future This article is the fourth in a series based on Gallup’s latest surveys in Ukraine. In 2023 and 2024, some occupied territories with entrenched Russian control were... (photo: AP / Andriy Andriyenko, File) Gallup NATO Photos Russia Ukraine |