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Saudi Arabia's arid climate challenges mirror those faced by regions like Rajasthan, presenting a unique opportunity for collaboration and knowledge sharing, a Saudi minister official said on Monday. Dr Osama Faqeeha, Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and Advisor to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP16 Presidency, made the remarks days ahead of the COP16 meeting to be held in Riyadh from December 2 to 13 under the theme — 'Our Land. Our Future'. «Successful initiatives like the Ghandivan project in Jaipur, which has transformed a barren wasteland into a thriving ecosystem through community-driven efforts, offer valuable insights that can be adapted across different regions,» he said, adding that Saudi Arabia is leveraging water conservation practices and pursuing ambitious rural development programs. «We are focused on raising awareness of the impact of land degradation, drought, and desertification. The scale of our challenge is stark: globally, we lose land equivalent to four football fields every second, amounting to 100 million hectares annually,» Faqeeha said.

«It was a decision that was a totally good one,» Macron said in Brazil, on the sidelines of a G20 summit also attended by US President Joe Biden, who made the policy change. «I understand it was also triggered by a grave change in the conflict which shouldn't be underestimated, which is the entry of North Korean troops alongside Russia on what is European soil,» he told journalists.

Xi Jinping warned Monday the world faces «turbulence,» as G20 leaders met in Brazil two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House. US President Joe Biden was attending his last summit of the world's leading economies, but as a lame duck eclipsed by Xi who has cast himself as a protector of the international order in the Trump 2.0 era. World leaders are meeting for two days to try to jumpstart stalled UN climate talks and overcome their differences on wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and extracting more tax from the super-rich.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional

Fossil fuel executive Chris Wright, Donald Trump's choice for Energy secretary, is a strong supporter of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of the president-elect’s quest for U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market

Elon Musk has been quite instrumental in the US Presidential elections 2024 and his contributions have been significant for Donald Trump's massive victory against Kamala Harris. Musk, after the win, has been placed as the co-head of a crucial committee for monitoring government expenses in the upcoming Trump administration, being seen as a reward for his continued support for Trump throughout the campaign season.

NASA describes the potential for an international space station leak. NASA is worried about the Russian module's structural integrity and the possibility of a catastrophic failure, according to Bob Cabana, chair of the ISS Advisory Committee. Since 2019, there has been a continuous air leak on a Russian portion of the ISS, which has NASA increasingly concerned, as quoted in a report by the People.

Brazil is pushing for concerted action to alleviate hunger as it hosts a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

The Associated Press says it is looking to cut 8% of its workforce, primarily through buyouts, and employees eligible to leave their jobs would begin getting notifications

Senegal's governing party is poised to win a majority of seats in the National Assembly

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he wants a strong and durable relationship with China as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil

One of the top remaining vacancies in President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet is his treasury secretary — and the views of his top contenders there reflect broader questions about how the president-elect might wield tariffs in his new administr...

The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine

President-elect Donald Trump has named the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband

PM Narendra Modi while addressing the maiden session of the Rio G20 Summit on Monday pointed out that the countries of the Global South are most adversely impacted by the food, fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by global conflicts (read Ukraine and Gaza) and in that context supported Brazil's initiative for a 'Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty'. Addressing the session titled 'Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty', Modi noted that the G20 discussions can only be successful when «we keep in mind the challenges and priorities of the Global South». «This is an important step towards the implementation of the Deccan high-level principles for Food security, adopted at the New Delhi Summit.» Simultaneously, the PM called for reforms of the global institutions which has also been a key priority at the Brics as well as for G20 hosts Brazil and South Africa, among other countries. «And just as we amplified the voice of the Global South by granting permanent membership of G20 to the African Union during the New Delhi Summit, we will reform institutions of global governance.» The second session of the G20 Summit focused on reforms of Global institutions.

Himachal Pradesh government completes two years in power on December 11, chief minister Sukhvinder Sukhu has decided to make a sharp political point through anniversary celebrations. His government will hold the celebrations in Bilaspur — the home district of BJP national president JP Nadda. Tiger is a famous nickname given to politicians in Jharkhand.

BJP Jiribam Mandal have resigned, citing the deteriorating situation in Jiribam and Manipur. Led by the BJP president of Jiribam Mandal, the group submitted their resignation letters expressing deep concern over the current political and social climate in the region. The Governor has constituted an Inquiry Committee to study the cause of the incident and the circumstances leading to it. The Committee has to submit its findings within 30 days.

US President Joe Biden for undermining US Vice President Kamala Harris's Presidential campaign after he dropped out of the US Presidential race in July, reported Huffpost. In a blog post on FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver noted that Joe Biden assigned Kamala Harris pretty challenging tasks related to the US border and US voting rights while disrupting her campaign schedule which he eventually described as detrimental to her messaging. According to Huffpost, Nate Silver also pointed out that even as Joe Biden's internal polling indicated he was losing significantly in the US Presidential Election, at the same time, the White House reportedly suggested to reporters that Kamala Harris was a far weaker candidate than Joe Biden. Also Read: Cancer-stricken King Charles unable to control his son Prince William and brother Prince Andrew; here's what reports say

The comments came as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the UNESCO-protected Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea that left 10 dead and more than 40 wounded. Kyiv has long sought authorisation from Washington to use the powerful Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to hit military installations inside Russia as its troops come under growing pressure.

International Development Association fund for the world's poorest countries, two sources with knowledge of the commitment said on Monday. Biden announced the U.S. pledge during a closed session of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The amount is a record and substantially exceeds the $3.5 billion Washington committed in the previous IDA fund replenishment round in December 2021. A White House spokesperson in Washington declined comment on the World Bank's IDA replenishment.

Canada Post and its workers’ union are entering a fresh round of mediated negotiations as a nationwide postal strike enters its fourth day