English Premier League rivals resort to double-team marking but can’t pin down pacey Saka, Martinelli
In Arsenal’s last five games, against Burnley, Brentford, Lens, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Luton Town, they have beaten an opponent playing a back five. Their winning streak of six games is their longest in all competitions in over a year.
Attempts to phase out fossil fuel elicit OPEC pushback at COP28 as Russia, Saudi Arabia fight back
Other countries including India and China have not explicitly endorsed a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28, but have backed a popular call for boosting renewable energy. China’s top climate envoy, Xie Zhenhue, described this year’s climate summit as the hardest in his career.
No ceasefire: Israel pummels Gaza after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war
Israel holds the Hamas militants responsible for civilian casualties, accusing them of using civilians as human shields, and says it has made considerable efforts with evacuation orders to get civilians out of harm’s way. It says 97 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 240 hostage.
Sleeping giant: Rethinking science, technology in Africa in light of knowledge integration
Blame compartmentalisation of knowledge, specialisation, over-specialisation and engagement of science and technology for disintegration of knowledge for glorification and actualisation of a few at the expense of the whole society. In the process, intellectual capital and complexity has been eroded in favour of scholasticism, academicism and simplicity.
Activists stage rare UAE politics protest at COP28 climate summit to demand release of pro-democracy prisoners
Unlike at past UN climate talks that sparked huge protest rallies, including 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow and 2015’s COP21 in Paris, there have been no demonstrations outside the venue.
Inside Joe Biden’s fundraisers: Top dollar, swanky homes, old jokes and more candid Democrat
Biden upset China in June by describing President Xi Jinping as a “dictator” during a different fundraiser in California. He also said Xi was unaware that a Chinese balloon that floated over the United States was being used for spying.
Terrorism in Uganda: Factors that are driving the Islamic State-linked rebels
Since 2021, the Islamic State Central Africa Province has launched two different types of attacks against Uganda. First, terror attacks and assassinations far from the Congolese border in places like Kampala. Second, heavy, more military-style attacks against civilians in Uganda’s border with the DRC.
Intensified fighting across Gaza as US vetoes ceasefire, Israel expands ground campaign
The vast majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have already been forced from their homes, many fleeing multiple times. With fighting raging across the length of the territory, residents and UN agencies say there is now effectively nowhere safe to go, though Israel disputes this.
Trump’s vow to be dictator for just a day provokes fear in US, puts media on red alert over free speech
Trump’s extensive policy plans also rely on a dramatic expansion of executive power. He wants to strip tens of thousands of career federal workers of their civil service protections, has vowed new ideological tests for those entering the country and has talked about increasing the military’s role on domestic soil, including sending the National Guard to the border and to cities like Chicago to tackle crime.
Energy poverty is a humanitarian crisis and Africa will need pragmatism to achieve a just transition
For activists who refuse to believe this economic reality, I invite them to reread the financial pledges made by developed states at COP15. Wealthy nations acknowledged the transition challenges facing developing nations and pledged $100 billion by 2020 to help them fight climate change. Thirteen years later, the real spending value came in around $24.5 billion. Climate promises do not often survive first contact with a chequebook
