CAIRO, Nov. 7, 2024 — On 2 November 2024, at the Second High-Level Meeting on Financing Sustainable Urban Development, held during the Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum, UN-Habitat and Shanghai SUS Environment Co. Ltd. signed a Contribution Agreement to support the Cities Investment Facility. UN-Habitat will collaborate with Shanghai…
Kevin Rudd, Australia's former prime minister and current ambassador to the United States in Washington, has deleted tweets critical of President-elect Donald Trump after he won the presidential election.Rudd had described Trump in a 2020 post as "the most destructive president in history," according to reporting from NDTV. He served as…
A British doctor was sentenced to over 31 years in prison on Wednesday for a daring but unsuccessful attempt to kill his mother's partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccination. The doctor, Thomas Kwan, 53, disguised himself as a nurse and even took his own mother's blood pressure before administering poison…
A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), which manages the plant, considers this a significant step towards beginning the cleanup of…
Australia announced a landmark legislative measure on Thursday that would set a minimum age of 16 years for children to use social media platforms, making the platforms responsible for enforcing the rule."Social media is harming our children, and I’m putting a stop to it," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.The legislation…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday dismissed calls for a no-confidence vote following the dismissal of his finance minister, a move signaling the imminent collapse of his coalition government. Scholz asserted that he would continue governing with a minority government until early next year.Friedrich Merz, leader of the largest opposition…
