Fears rise Baku conference may not yield much as nations skirt goal on cash for climate action
At the moment, the sides are far away, which is sort of normal for this stage. The technical details that are worked out by negotiators now have to give way to the bigger, harder number decisions made by climate and finance ministers to make more political decisions, said Ani Dasgupta, president of World Resources Institute.
Debts: Kamala Harris raises $1 billion-plus in defeat, still sends appeals to donors for more
Internally, the apparent cash crunch is being blamed for the campaign’s decision to stop paying many senior staff as of Saturday, even those initially told they would be paid through the end of the year. Facing internal frustration, the campaign notified those affected in recent days that their health insurance would be covered through the end of the year, according to one person with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal discussions.
War on terror: Abu Ghraib detainees awarded $42m in torture trial against US defence contractor
The case was filed 16 years ago but got caught up in procedural hurdles, as CACI tried more than 20 times to dismiss the lawsuit. November’s case was a retrial; in an initial trial in April, jurors were deadlocked following more than a week of deliberations.
Wary of erratic Trump, China’s Xi cautions US at meeting with President Biden to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
Xi, who is firmly entrenched atop China’s political hierarchy, spoke forcefully in his brief remarks before reporters. Biden, who is winding down more than 50 years of public service, talked in broader brushstrokes about where the relationship between the two countries has gone. He reflected not just on the past four years but on the decades the two have known each other.
Celebrated ‘Soweto’ movie star Whoopi Goldberg gets the flak for alleging NYC bakery rejected her order over politics
The flap started on Wednesday when Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on the ABC talk-show by sharing a tray of Charlotte Russe – small sponge cakes topped with whipped cream and a cherry that she said were her mother’s favourite dessert when she was growing up.
Doctors in US ‘dancing around the elephant in the room’ as cancer rates in young adults spikes
Dr Margaret Christensen, a clinical educator and co-founder of the Carpathia Collaborative, said USA Today’s recommendations that younger people engage in “fine-tuning” their “diet and exercise routines,” stay up-to-date on cancer screenings and visit their doctor regularly, are important.
Russia cuts gas supplies to Austria but still pumping steady volumes to Europe via Ukraine
Without Austria, significant Russian supplies will only go to two European countries, Hungary and Slovakia, in Hungary’s case via a pipeline running mostly through Turkey.
