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Newsroom
A first draft of the COP26 deal reveals remaining conflicts between nations - and sessions on global air travel show the scale of the challenge to move to cleaner fuels. Rod Oram reports.
NZ Herald
Pressure goes on developed nations to shut down coal-fired power plants.
the Guardian
A new agreement would phase out fossil fuel vehicles but activists want a focus on public transport, walking and cycling
The Biden administration wants the vaccine mandate for private employers to stay in place while challenges play out in court. More COVID-19 updates.
Mother Jones
We’ve heard this industry’s promises before.
www.abc.net.au
Former prime minister Paul Keating warns the federal government not to be drawn into a military conflict over Taiwan and plays down the prospect of a Chinese military invasion.
Stuff
NZ has been pushing for a "halt" to fossil fuel subsidies among APEC nations. While it is not across the line yet, there has been some progress.
the Guardian
Trump lawyers vow to appeal move, which would allow transmission of documents as soon as this week
Asia Times
Beijing has been employing “gray zone” tactics that range from overflights of Taiwanese air space to cyber warfare, in order to increase pressure on the Taiwanese military – all in acco…
The Conversation
A new climate projection found Glasgow pledges leave the world off-track for limiting warming to 1.5℃. What needs to happen in the final days of frantic COP26 negotiations to close the ambition gap?
Thousands of migrants are at the Belarus-Poland border, camping in cold and dangerous conditions.
France 24
The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party gather this week to ratify a resolution on the ruling party’s “great achievements”, a move that will likely allow President Xi Jinping to secure an unpreced…
www.9news.com.au
Barack Obama has taken aim at China and Russia for what he called a "dangerous lack of urgency" in cutting ...
Smugglers tell the BBC the number of Afghans leaving has more than doubled since the Taliban takeover.
Stuff
Brought in to lift spirits at the UN climate summit, former president Barack Obama urged young people to "stay angry" but also accept incomplete victories.
A flood of foreign visitors is expected as tough restrictions on entry come to an end on Monday.
Nicaraguans are voting today in the country's presidential election, which has raised concerns within the international community over the legitimacy of the process. Follow here for the latest news.
Asia Times
The historian Barbara Tuchman described Europe, in the run-up to World War I, as “a heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws; one could not be pulled out without moving the others…
Iraqi prime minister calls for ‘calm and restraint’ after escaping unhurt from a drone attack on his Baghdad residence.
Mother Jones
More than 70 percent of Republicans say fraud affected 2020 results.
www.abc.net.au
While some diplomats sympathise with France's position, others worry there are much bigger concerns at play — like regional security in the Indo-Pacific.
Newsroom
On a rest day in Glasgow ahead of five more days of intense climate negotiations, Rod Oram provides insights into the inner workings of COP26
Asia Times
The forthcoming Chinese Communist Party of China (CCP) plenum, set to focus on China’s history and revise it, is no small or weird matter. Within the party’s and China’s own logic, it is an importa…
Tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out to pressure world leaders to make real, impactful changes to slow the climate crisis.
After months of political wrangling, the House late Friday night passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to modernize highways, rebuild water lines and provide billions for electric vehicle charging stations
RNZ
The 2021-2022 Pacific cyclone season has started, and officially runs from November 1, 2021 to the end of the cyclone season in 2022.
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