The recent election of Donald Trump as the next US President has sparked widespread concern among environmentalists and climate advocates across the globe. Christiana Figueres, former Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, expressed optimism that the global transition to decarbonisation would persist despite political shifts. Figueres argued that the rapid move towards clean energy technologies …
By CHEN WEIHUA in Brussels | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-07-18 09:30 French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on July 16. French President Emmanuel Macron officially accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday evening, but the latter will stay on in a caretaking capacity …
About 300 rebels landed in the Qatari capital, seeking a peace deal, but find themselves in a curious cohabitation. A risky cohabitation But as one rebel said, “The pre-dialogue is already in full swing … it’s happening everywhere, at the cafe, at the corridors, in the rooms of this hotel.” Some rebels, having spent decades in exile, describe a sense …
Fighters from the Libya-based Front for Change and Concord in Chad crossed into Chad last week with the aim of overthrowing President Idriss Deby. Deby’s 37-year-old-son, four-star General Mahamat Idriss Deby, was swiftly named transitional leader at the helm of a military council, despite constitutional protocol saying that the speaker of the parliament should have taken power. This led to …
