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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers‘The ambition to invest globally stalled after Beijing urged them not to invest in countries like India and Turkey. According to Bloomberg, the Commerce Department in July convened executives from more than a dozen electric car makers under so-called “window guidance” to discuss the risks of building factories overseas. Two industry […]

Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct species coelacanth species which emphasizes the role that Earth’s plate tectonics plays in evolution. Also called Latimeria, coelacanths are a deep-sea fish that are now found off the coast of East Africa and Indonesia. This new ‘exceptionally well preserved’ ancient and primitive coelacanth is associated with a period of

PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — The trial of three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny began in Russia on Thursday. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were arrested in October 2023 on charges of involvement in an extremist group, in a case widely seen at the time as a way

Speaking with UN News for the International Day of South-South CooperationDima al-Khatib, Director of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation, explained the transformative power of solidarity among developing countries. UN News: Why is South-South cooperation so important? Dima al-Khatib: Today, countries in the Global South are grappling with a multitude of complex development challenges, which

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, rejected the allegations, saying “such false statements are unfounded and further threaten the safety of personnel and hamper our ability and that of our partners to serve the people of Yemen.” The allegations were made against the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

The storm made landfall in the north of the country on Saturday with winds of up to 213 kilometres per hour, causing severe flooding and landslides and forcing the evacuation of more than 50,000 people. At least 179 people, including children, were reported dead on Wednesday, with several hundred injured and more than 47,500 homes

“This is the highest death toll among our staff in a single incident,” UNRWA he said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Among the victims were the shelter manager and other UNRWA team members. Killings ‘completely unacceptable’: Guterres UN Secretary-General António Guterres regretted the incident. “What is happening in Gaza

Among the issues under discussion are accelerating sustainable development and reforming decades-old institutions, including the UN. Security Council and the international financial system. On Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy and summit leader Guy Ryder briefed journalists on the “very ambitious agenda” for the conference. A more ‘networked’ multilateralism “The idea of the top is to

by Oritro Karim (United Nations) Thursday, September 12, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) – An airstrike was carried out on Tuesday in Al-Mawasi, a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing 40 people and wounding more than 60, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Agency. Despite being designated a “safe zone”

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new prime minister Paetongtarn-Shinawatra promised in her inauguration speech to parliament on Thursday that she would continue many of her predecessor’s plans to solve the country’s economic problems. Paetongtarn, the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and daughter of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatratook office last month after a