News24 | Development bank financing pledge gives COP29 summit early boost

13/11/2024 19:19 News 24

COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit.

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News24 | Nuclear watchdog chief heads to Iran after Israel warns of 'strikes on its nuclear facilities'

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran for crucial talks on Iran's nuclear programme, warning just ahead of his trip that room for manoeuvre is narrowing....

13/11/2024 12:31 News 24

News24 | US Navy repels Houthi attacks on warships off Yemen coast

US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed....

13/11/2024 11:00 News 24

News24 | 'Gravest international crimes': Israel cruelty in Gaza has 'no limits', UN aid chief warns

The United Nations's humanitarian aid chief told a meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) that "acts reminiscent of the gravest international crimes" are being committed in Gaza....

13/11/2024 07:00 News 24

News24 | COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running out to limit a destructive rise in global tempera...

12/11/2024 19:30 News 24

News24 | Russian strike on Ukraine kills mother, newborn baby and two more children - minister

Ukraine has said that the toll from a Russian strike on the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky had risen to four people, identifying the dead as a mother and her three children, including a newborn....

12/11/2024 10:57 News 24

News24 | Israel's parliament bans and gags lawmaker Ofer Cassif for supporting SA's genocide case at ICJ

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has suspended lawmaker Ofer Cassif for six months due to comments he made about the IDF, the war in Gaza, and his support for South Africa accusing his country of genocide against Palestinians....

12/11/2024 10:57 News 24

News24 | 'A just and comprehensive peace': Arab-Muslim summit demands end to Israel occupation

Arab and Muslim leaders demanded that Israel withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories as a precondition for regional peace, while denouncing "shocking" Israeli crimes in war-ravaged Gaza....

12/11/2024 07:00 News 24

News24 | US climate action won't end with Trump, envoy tells COP29

Washington's top climate envoy sought to reassure countries at the CO29 talks Monday that Donald Trump's re-election would not end US efforts to tackle global warming....

11/11/2024 19:00 News 24

News24 | SA and Russia plan deal on education, closer cooperation at UN

South Africa is one of three African countries for which Russia wants new mutual-recognition deals on tertiary qualifications, while SA and Russia spoke about closer cooperation at multilateral forums....

11/11/2024 14:22 News 24

News24 | Russia launches 'record 145 Shaheds' on Ukraine following claimed Trump-Putin call

Russia and Ukraine launched record drone attacks on each other despite a phone call reported by the Washington Post from US president-elect Donald Trump urging Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the conflict....

11/11/2024 12:36 News 24

News24 | Taiwan risks paying a price for hailing Trump win - analysts

Taiwan has publicly hailed Donald Trump's US election victory, but analysts warn it may end up paying a high price for American support to defend itself against China....

07/11/2024 14:03 News 24

News24 | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha | 1 000 days of resilience: Surviving against all odds

A coalition of like-minded countries behind Ukraine would be able to force Russia to negotiate in good faith and accept the restoration of a comprehensive, just and long-lasting peace, writes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybhia....

07/11/2024 12:00 News 24

News24 | 'Self-serving propaganda': Green Party's Jill Stein rejects 'spoiler' label in US election

US Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she's riding a wave of support unlike anything she's experienced in past campaigns - and is unfazed by warnings that her run could tip the scales in Donald Trump's favor in a tight race....

06/11/2024 08:30 News 24

News24 | Harris vows Gaza peace, Trump tone darkens in final hours

Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours....

04/11/2024 06:49 News 24

News24 | 'It's a bloody war, we need to stop it.' Demand for Israel to reach deal to free hostages

Hundreds of Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv voiced their frustration with the government for failing to secure a truce deal to bring the remaining hostages in Gaza home....

03/11/2024 07:39 News 24

News24 | North Korea talks up 'friendly relations' with Russia, vows to support Ukraine war

North Korea will back Russia until it achieves victory in the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said at talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov....

01/11/2024 13:00 News 24

News24 | North Korea conducts longest ballistic missile test amid storm over troop deployment to Russia

North Korea conducted what appeared to be its longest ever intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday as South Korea warned Pyongyang could seek missile technology from Russia in exchange for deploying troops to help with the war in Ukraine....

31/10/2024 12:01 News 24

News24 | North Korea sent 10 000 troops to train in Russia, US says

North Korea has sent 10 000 troops to train in Russia and likely fight Ukraine in weeks, Washington said, as Seoul warned Tuesday that the accelerating deployment posed a "significant security threat."...

29/10/2024 08:00 News 24

News24 | Scientists warn of possible collapse of Atlantic currents

A group of scientists warned Monday of the greatly underestimated risk of a collapse of ocean currents in the Atlantic which could have catastrophic consequences for the Nordic countries as the region's leaders gathered in Iceland....

28/10/2024 14:49 News 24

News24 | Georgia braces for protests after contested vote as Russia rejects accusations of interference

Georgia braced for protests on Monday, after the pro-EU opposition called for mass demonstrations, accusing the ruling party of "stealing" this weekend's parliamentary election in what the Caucasus country's president called a "Russian special operat...

28/10/2024 13:10 News 24

News24 | Iran warns will defend itself after Israeli strikes

Iran warned on Saturday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes killed at least four soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East....

27/10/2024 07:33 News 24

News24 | Moscow denies secret Musk-Putin talks, as Musk campaigns, possibly illegally, for Trump

Billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest man and an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was plunged into new controversy on Friday after a report that he is in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin....

25/10/2024 20:15 News 24

News24 | 'Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant': Bruce Springsteen shows support for Harris

Bruce Springsteen took the stage at Kamala Harris' star-studded campaign rally in swing state Georgia, with the rock legend warning that White House hopeful Donald Trump aims to be an "American tyrant"....

25/10/2024 09:00 News 24

News24 | 3 Lebanon journalists killed, Israel warns of being near 'sites belonging to Hezbollah'

Lebanese state media said that separate Israeli air strikes killed three journalists in eastern Lebanon and flattened buildings in southern suburbs of Beirut....

25/10/2024 07:00 News 24

News24 | ICC seeks action against Mongolia for failing to arrest Vladimir Putin

The International Criminal Court on Thursday accused member state Mongolia of failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin during a trip there last month, and referred the matter for further action....

24/10/2024 20:27 News 24

News24 | 'The whole city shook': Six buildings levelled as Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold, Lebanese state media said, as the Iran-Hezbollah war reached its one-month mark....

24/10/2024 07:02 News 24

News24 | SA's silence raises eyebrows, Ukraine claims victory at BRICS meeting

President Cyril Ramaphosa had nothing to say about Ukraine, but China and others were firm enough for Kyiv to say Russia had failed to gather the support it sought....

24/10/2024 06:13 News 24

News24 | Kim Jong Un praises missile force for 'pivotal role' in the North Korea war deterrence

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a strategic missile base, state media said, releasing images of him viewing transport and launch vehicles for the country's largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic weapons....

23/10/2024 11:00 News 24

News24 | 'No two ways about it': Porn stars campaign against Donald Trump

Donald Trump may have become involved with a porn star, but if elected president he could try shutting down the entire industry, adult film stars are warning in a push to get young men to vote against the Republican next month....

23/10/2024 09:00 News 24

News24 | 'Huge numbers of supporters': Alexei Navalny widow Yulia Navalnaya lauds his memory

Well-wishers cover the grave of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with flowers every day, showing he still has "huge numbers of supporters", his widow Yulia Navalnaya said....

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