by News Feed Editor | Nov 23, 2024 | Climate Change
COP29: Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in climate deal BBC.comWith talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal NPRCOP29: Climate-vulnerable nations walk out of overtime talks DW (English)Developing nations say $300bn COP29 deal...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 23, 2024 | Technology
Now you can appear to be on a Zoom call in your office, even when you’re sipping a margarita in a hammock far, far away. Courtesy of a months-old startup called Pickle, its pitch is simple: submit a five-minute-long training video of yourself to create an avatar, and...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 23, 2024 | Top Stories
AFPForty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and Irish pop music past and present are once again asking whether Ethiopians know it is Christmas.In 1984, responding to horrific images of the famine in northern Ethiopia broadcast on the BBC,...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 23, 2024 | World
United States President-elect Donald Trump is encouraging a Florida legislator who celebrated the killing of an American citizen by the Israeli military to run for Congress.Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that if State Senator Randy Fine decides to seek a...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 23, 2024 | Top Stories
Eko Siswono Toyudho/Getty ImagesRicher countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change.The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, and came within inches...