Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: CLIMATE CHANGE
In clash with Trump, US report says humans cause climate change
:: The rapid pace of global climate change is almost certainly driven by human activity, like burning fossil fuels, according to a US government report that contradicts assertions by President Donald Trump and members of his administration. “For the warming
US officially tells UN it wants out of Paris climate deal
:: The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department’s announcement doesn’t formally start the process of the U.S. getting out of
Russian says US exit from Paris pact ‘terrible mistake’
:: Russian on Saturday criticized the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as “terrible mistake”. “It is a terrible mistake!!! President Trump will actually pull the US — the largest player — out of the Paris Agreement,” Minister
G-20 shut Trump out on climate, strike deal on trade
:: World powers lined up against US President Donald Trump on climate change, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming. The Group of 20 summit that ended Saturday in Hamburg also showed the tensions on trade, as
G-20 to press Trump to rejoin climate deal: May
:: Group of 20 (G-20) leaders meeting in Hamburg will seek to persuade US President Donald Trump to rejoin the 2015 Paris climate change accord, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday. “I believe it is possible. We’re not renegotiating
Trump’s climate policies are full of hot air
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: President Donald Trump’s theater of the absurd is continuing to produce reckless policies that make a mockery of the US and put Americans and the world in harm’s way. This week, it was the turn
Trump pulls us out of global climate change accord
:: President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Paris accord and try to negotiate a new global deal on climate change. “I promised I would exit or renegotiate any deal which fails to
G7 leaders divided on climate change, closer on trade issues
:: Under pressure from Group of Seven allies, US President Donald Trump backed a pledge to fight protectionism on Saturday, but refused to endorse a global climate change accord, saying he needed more time to decide. The summit of G7
Morocco climate rally: ‘Make love, not CO2’
Thousands of Moroccans and foreigners marched on Marrakesh Sunday to demand “climate justice” from global envoys gathered for UN talks on staving off worst-case-scenario global warming. “It is an international march for all the people who suffer the results of
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases
Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change. The talks on hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, were called the first test of
Paris climate agreement to take effect Nov. 4
The landmark Paris agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, after a coalition of the world’s largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it past a key threshold on Wednesday. US President
Abbas at UN says Israeli rule is ruining climate
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told world leaders at a UN ceremony Friday that Israel must stop “destroying” the climate in the Palestinian territories. “The Israeli occupation is destroying the climate in Palestine and the Israeli settlements are destroying nature in
UN: Over 130 countries will sign climate agreement
A record number of more than 130 countries will sign the landmark agreement to tackle climate change at a ceremony at UN headquarters on April 22, the United Nations said Thursday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hosting the signing ceremony on
World adopts historic global warming pact
Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t. The “Paris agreement” aims to
New draft climate deal emerges as Paris talks near end
Negotiators from China, the U.S. and other nations haggled into the early morning Friday over how to share the burden of fighting climate change and paying for a trillion-dollar transition to clean energy on a global scale. Some delegates said
The Gulf’s climate challenge
By : Manuel Almeida Contrary to previous international conferences on climate change, the weeks that preceded the U.N. Climate Change Conference currently being held in Paris were not marked by high-profile attempts to cast doubt on the threat of climate
Actions urged on ‘breaking point’ climate change
World leaders have launched an ambitious attempt to hold back rising temperatures, with the United States and China leading calls for the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming. In a series
World leaders gather at Paris climate summit
World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt to hold back the earth’s rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining meant to steer the global economy away from dependence on fossil fuels. They arrive
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