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Lula lands in Amazon to press for climate deal
Lula lands in Amazon to press for climate deal

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Belem on Wednesday to press negotiators to reach an early deal at UN climate talks as nations remain far apart on contentious issues.

November 19, 2025

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Russian strikes kill 25 as Zelensky makes peace bid in Turkey
Russian strikes kill 25 as Zelensky makes peace bid in Turkey

A Russian strike on the west Ukrainian city of Ternopil on Wednesday killed at least 25 people, including three children, ripping off the top floors of a block of flats and overshadowing President Volodymyr Zelensky's push to revive a peace process in Turkey.

November 19, 2025

To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation
To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation

To handle the stress of negotiating deals on attempts to curb catastrophic global warming, Christiana Figueres, one of the main architects of the Paris Agreement, recommends meditation.

November 19, 2025

'Fantastic': nursing home pub lifts spirits in France
'Fantastic': nursing home pub lifts spirits in France

On a recent Saturday in a retirement home in the northeastern French village of Kunheim, happy hour started early.

November 19, 2025

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Macron slams 'bourgeois' drug users as French activist says won't be silenced
Macron slams 'bourgeois' drug users as French activist says won't be silenced

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday accused urban middle class drug users of fuelling a narcotics-driven crime wave that has caused alarm nationwide, and a wave of murders in the second city of Marseille.

November 19, 2025

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Netherlands halts Nexperia takeover in gesture to China: minister
Netherlands halts Nexperia takeover in gesture to China: minister

The Netherlands has suspended its proposed takeover of Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia in a sign of "good will" towards Beijing, Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said Wednesday.

November 19, 2025