Iran and Trump Are Front of Mind at Saudi Summit
Leaders from across the Arab and Muslim world were in Riyadh for a meeting officially convened to discuss the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.
COP16 biodiversity summit, Cali, Colombia: A groundbreaking new plan to make companies pay for DSI
CALI, Colombia — In the face of extreme and accelerating wildlife declines, government officials from nearly every country have agreed to a groundbreaking new deal meant to funnel more money and other resources into conservation, especially in poor regions of the world. If it works, the deal — finalized Saturday morning at a United Nations […]
Papal summit ends with call for leadership roles for women
A month-long Vatican summit has ended with a call for women to have more leadership roles in the Catholic Church, but not a call for women to be ordained as priests, as some progressives had hoped at the start of the process. The synod was the end of a four-year consultation aimed at gauging the […]
At BRICS Summit, One of Putin’s Guests Stands Out: Turkey’s President
President Vladimir V. Putin, hoping to prove he is not the pariah that the West has tried to make him, this week welcomed leaders from China, India and Iran, among other nations. Then, there was the NATO member.
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro arrives in Russia for BRICS summit
STORY: :: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives in Russia for the BRICS summit :: Kazan, Russia :: October 22, 2024 Russia is expecting 22 leaders to attend the summit meeting of the BRICS, which accounts for 45% of the world’s population and 35% of the global economy. The summit runs through Thursday (October 24).
UN biodiversity summit hears appeals for action, money to save nature
The COP16 biodiversity conference opened in Cali with Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad (C) taking over the presidency. The world’s biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind’s rapacious destruction of biodiversity. With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk […]
UN biodiversity summit opens with call for ‘significant’ funding
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund was created last year to help countries achieve agreed UN targets to ‘halt and reverse’ the loss of nature by 2030. The world’s biggest nature protection conference opens in Colombia Monday with the United Nations chief calling for countries to “convert words into action” and fatten a fund seeking to […]
No UK apology over slavery at Commonwealth summit
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week. A Downing Street spokesperson had already ruled out financial reparations. Last year, the King spoke of his “greatest sorrow and regret” at […]
Nima Rinji Sherpa Becomes Youngest Climber to Summit 14 Highest Mountains
Nima Rinji Sherpa’s achievement highlights the role of Sherpas in an activity where they shoulder much of the risk but receive little glory.
RegenBio Summit: Understanding regulations for bringing breakthrough treatments to patients
Learn about navigating regulatory pathways that advance promising biotherapies to daily patient care at RegenBio Summit: Transforming Next-Gen Biotherapeutics 2024. Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will deliver a keynote address about guiding the development of new cell, gene and tissue […]