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From the beginning, the mood of the 'finance COP' in Azerbaijan has been far from optimistic. In the first week, Adaptation Fund head Mikko Ollikainen spoke about the 'great paradox' at the heart of the latest UNFCCC meet — the urgent calls of world leaders to safeguard vulnerable populations from worsening climate impacts, and the lack of funds to make that a reality. The UN's Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come Hell and High Water, released on Nov 7, estimates that the adaptation finance gap stands between $187-359 bn a year. Much larger numbers are floating around in Baku. The report stresses another aspect: need to improve the design and modalities of adaptation projects to ensure that projects enhance resilience of vulnerable communities.

Narendra Modi met with the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, for a bilateral discussion in Georgetown, Guyana. The meeting, held during PM Modi's visit to Guyana, is part of India's ongoing engagement with Caribbean nations to strengthen ties and foster cooperation. India and the Commonwealth of Dominica have enjoyed traditionally cordial bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1981. While Dominica does not maintain a diplomatic mission in India, it is concurrently accredited to India's mission in Port of Spain.

A judge has ruled that Virginia can’t withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the Legislature agrees to it

Total contributions to donor-advised funds dropped 21.7% in 2023, while grants made to charities from those funds declined 1.4%, according to a new report by the National Philanthropic Trust

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at an abandoned mine, apparently fearing arrest by police officers at the site

Guyana as President Irfan Ali broke the protocol to receive PM Modi at the airport. Both Guyana and Barbados, another small Caribbean country, will confer their highest national awards on Modi. People of Indian origin, the biggest ethnic group in Guyana, make up 43.5% of the population. There are around 3,20,000 people of Indian origin in Guyana, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which described it as «one of the oldest Indian diasporas, which migrated more than 185 years ago». «Prime Minister received a rousing and colorful welcome from the Indian community and the Indo-Guyanese diaspora in the presence of several Cabinet Ministers of Guyana,» the MEA said in a statement. However, the presence of a large Indian-origin community is not the only reason PM Modi is visiting Guyana. It may be a tiny country but it is assuming great global significance due to its huge oil reserves. Forging economic relations with smaller countries is part of Modi's agenda to bring together the Global South.

Americans unhappy with the outcome of the US election are offered $1 homes by an Italian village. A village on the Italian island of Sardinia has spotted a possible opportunity, as many communities around the world have been unsure how to react to Donald Trump's reelection as president, as quoted in a report by CNN. After decades of depopulation, Ollolai, like many other rural Italian communities, has been attempting to attract outsiders to help turn things around. To sweeten the deal, it has been offering to sell run-down homes for as little as one euro, or slightly more than a dollar.

Iraq has begun its first nationwide population census in decades in a step aimed at modernizing data collection and planning in a country long impacted by conflict and political divisions

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary

President Joe Biden’s pending request to Congress for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid includes money to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after its deadly collapse in March

From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic

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Bangladesh that it does not support government involvement in violent crackdowns on peaceful protests. This statement follows a recent clash between members of the Hindu community and law enforcement forces in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong, triggered by a Facebook post criticising ISKCON. When questioned about the reported crackdowns on protests and the situation of minorities in Bangladesh, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller reiterated that the US supports the right to peaceful protest and opposes any government engagement in violent responses to such demonstrations.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the media in Bengaluru that the government was examining registering a case against the ruling coalition in Maharashtra for running an ad campaign calling the state’s guarantee schemes as fake. Siddaramaiah listed out the programmes the state’s Congress regime came up with and said people cutting across communities and religions had benefited from them. The government, he added, was spending Rs 56,000 crore a year on them, while wondering why the BJP was not implementing the same in states it was in power.

COCOMI on Monday locked the front doors of several government offices in Imphal West district to protest the recent killing of three women and three children in Jiribam, officials said. Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) is an influential organisation of the Meitei community, the majority ethnic group in the Imphal Valley region that comprises five districts including Imphal West. The Manipur government on Monday also extended the suspension of internet services by two more days till Wednesday in seven districts of the northeastern state. Raising slogans demanding justice for the victims and their families killed by suspected tribal militants in Jiribam district, the protesters stormed into the office complex of the Chief Electoral Officer at Lamphelpat and locked its main entrance door with chains and locks, officials said.

Produced by Renu Pitti and Kangana Ranaut under the Manikarnika Films banner, the film boasts a stellar cast, including Shreyas Talpade, Anupam Kher, Bhumika Chawla, and others, with Kangana Ranaut herself taking on a pivotal role. She will be stepping into the shoes of India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The music for Emergency has been composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar. Last month, Kangana announced that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had finally approved the film for release. In an October 17 post on X, she shared the news, expressing gratitude to her fans and supporters for their unwavering encouragement.

bilateral talks with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and interacted with the Indian community. Modi arrived in the Nigerian capital early Sunday on the first trip to the West African country by an Indian prime minister after a gap of 17 years. After concluding his «productive» visit, Modi posted on X, «Thank you Nigeria for a productive visit, which will add strength and vigour to India-Nigeria friendship.» «PM @narendramodi concludes a productive visit in Abuja, Nigeria,» the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a post on X.

Sudha Murty has spoken of her pride in son-in-law Rishi Sunak, a British citizen with «good Indian cultural values» imbibed from his parents' upbringing in the UK. Murty joined Sunak and her daughter Akshata Murty as the guest of honour at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's annual Diwali gala in London on Saturday evening. The parents of the British Indian former prime minister, Usha and Yashvir Sunak, were also in the audience as Bhavan UK students showcased a variety of Indian classical music and dance forms. «I always believe when you are abroad, your parents must do two things: one is good education, which gives you wings in return and you can fly anywhere and settle; the second is great culture, your origin which is Indian origin or roots which you can get at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan along with your parents,» said Murty, delivering her keynote address.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Amazon India is moving its corporate headquarters from its longtime base in the northwest part of the city to close to the city's airport as part of the e-commerce and cloud computing giant's cost-cutting exercise, a development that has disturbed the idyllic setting of the bohemian residential community. Significantly, Amazon India's plan to move out of the World Trade Centre, where it occupies nearly half a million square feet of office space across eighteen of the thirty-floor building owned by Brigade Enterprises Ltd, raises questions about how the publicly-traded real estate developer would find a new tenant and on the rental income of adjoining flats.

Manipur Violence News LIVE Updates: The National People's Party (NPP) withdrew support from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Manipur over the year-long failure of law and order in the state. The Manipur violence began following the clash of the Meitei and Kuki communities in May 2023.

The Canada Post strike is set to have the sharpest impact on small businesses and customers of the postal service, particularly those living in remote and rural communities, according to experts who spoke to Global News.