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Factbox-Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan - This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
Factbox-UN Resolution 1701, cornerstone of any Israel-Hezbollah truce
DUBAI - A United Nations resolution that ended the last round of deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 is seen as the...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Factbox-What is Russia's 'Oreshnik' missile?
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to...
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Facts-COP29 climate talks enter final stretch: What happens next?
BAKU - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Factbox-Trump's cabinet: who's been picked, who's in the running?
President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his...
Nov 20, 20248 min read
Facts-COP29 climate talks enter final stretch: What happens next?
BAKU - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Facts-Cricket-India v Australia test series
Following are facts and figures ahead of the five-match test series between Australia and India, which begins on Friday: FIXTURES First...
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Facts-What Russia's invasion has cost Ukraine as war reaches 1,000th day
KYIV - Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches its 1,000th day on Tuesday, a grim milestone in Europe's deadliest conflict since...
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Facts-Shifting red lines in West's support for Ukraine now allows strikes deep into Russia
KYIV - The United States will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons such as ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Facts-How Sri Lanka elects its new parliament
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a...
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Facts - Did Israel meet US Gaza aid requirements? Israel, UN respond
UNITED NATIONS/JERUSALEM - The United States on Tuesday said Israel is not currently impeding humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip and...
Nov 20, 20245 min read
Facts: The legal status of assisted dying in different countries
LONDON - Britain is to debate whether to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill, potentially paving the way for the law to...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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