THE climate summit held in Glasgow did not produce the agreement that the ailing planet that we all inhabit so desperately needed.... This would be the most hopeful characterisation of the climate summit that was.... A harsher assessment would be that this entire model of glitzy and massive diplomatic convenings, one that permits huge droves of bureaucrats within the world’s largely inept international institutions, mischaracterises the entire nature of the problem that sits before the world a

The Senate narrowly averted financial calamity Tuesday by passing legislation to raise the federal

of water in Sindh and urged government to declare the province ‘calamity-hit’.... It said Wapda was

provincial government had decided to declare Gwadar calamity-hit and impose an emergency.He said

Officials have banned Halloween festivities in Hongdae, another popular drink-and-party neighborhood in Seoul, to help prevent congestion-related accidents.... Hongdae was expected to attract more crowds this year if people shunned Itaewon for Halloween. Image Bar and nightclub owners in Itaewon say that business is still well below what it was before the Halloween disaster.... They will open an ad hoc control center there to monitor the crowd....

Sea surface temperatures around Asia were increasing three times faster than the global average, particularly in the Arabian sea.... Last year, 48.8 million people in South-East Asia, 305.7 million in South Asia and 42.3 million in West Asia were undernourished.... “ The true impacts of covid-19 on food security and nutrition are yet to be established," it added. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters* Enter a valid email* Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter....

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This screengrab shows cities with the highest AQI levels on Thursday.... — iqair. com On Monday night, Lahore was the most polluted city in the world, touching 708 AQI points.... This screengrab shows the AQI level recorded in Lahore on Thursday....

18." This would be a manufactured crisis we had imposed on this country, which has been going through a very difficult period and is on the road to recovery," she said.... She has said nearly 50 million seniors could temporarily stop receiving Social Security payments, troops could go unpaid and millions of families who receive the monthly child tax credit could experience delays.... A default could also trigger a spike in interest rates and result in a steep drop in stock prices and other fin

After a controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry announced plans to release his memoir next year as the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee.... Royal experts have suggested the Duke of Sussex could make further “ thorny ” claims about the Royal Family, a move broadcaster Andrew Neil branded “ unfortunate ” and “ unnecessary ” by broadcaster Andrew Neil.... Concerns about the upcoming book have allegedly left the family" quaking in their boots" at the allegations Harry could m