COP26: CHINA AND US AGREE TO BOOST CLIMATE CO-OPERATION China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The world's two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint decla
PHILIPPINES HIGHLIGHTS 'CONCRETE' CLIMATE EFFORTS IN COP26, BUT GROUPS SAY GOV'T SHOULD DO MORE GLASGOW, United Kingdom — The Philippines said it is “moving ahead with urgency” in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions through localized climate change interventio
AFGHANISTAN MUST NOT BECOME HAVEN FOR TERROR, SAYS DELHI DECLARATION India, Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries on Wednesday vowed to work for ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a 'safe haven for global terrorism' and called for the formation of an open and trul
COVID IS SURGING AGAIN IN EUROPE AS WINTER LOOMS Coronavirus cases may be falling in much of the world but they are on the rise again in Europe, where pandemic restrictions have been relaxed and cold weather has moved into some countries. Low vaccination rates in Eastern Europe
PHILIPPINES EYES VACCINATING 15 MILLION PEOPLE VS COVID-19 IN 3-DAY DRIVE Government aims to vaccinate some 15 million Filipinos in a nationwide 3-day COVID-19 vaccination program around the end of November, an official leading the effort said. The "Bayanihan, Bakunahan"
FRENCH MEDIA REPORT ON RAFALE KICKBACKS TRIGGERS POLITICAL SLUGFEST A fresh political war of words erupted on Tuesday over the Rafale issue as the BJP accused the Congress leadership of corruption citing claims of a French media report on 'commissions' being paid during the UPA
PAKISTAN LIFTS BAN ON FAR-RIGHT TLP BEHIND ANTI-FRANCE PROTESTS Pakistan said Monday, it has lifted a ban on a radical Islamist party behind a violent anti-France protest last month that triggered clashes with police, leaving six officers and four demonstrators dead. &nbs
PHILIPPINE ECONOMY GROWS 7.1 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTER AS RECOVERY CONTINUES MANILA - The Philippine economy continued to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as gross domestic product expanded 7.1 percent in the third quarter, the state statistics bureau said Tuesday
UNHAPPY WITH LAKHIMPUR PROBE, SC WANTS IT MONITORED BY RETD HC JUDGE Unhappy over the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight persons, including four farmers, were killed, the Supreme Court on Monday said it wanted to appoint a retired judge of the Punjab and Hary
PHILIPPINES URGES UN RIGHTS BODY: RESPECT STATE SOVEREIGNTY MANILA — Opposing the “politically motivated” use of human rights, the Philippines called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to observe the highest standards of balance, fairness, inclusi
