
India’s delayed action plan raises eyebrows at COP30 climate summit
India says it has met a key target of its previous climate action plan, but many say it needs to do more.
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India says it has met a key target of its previous climate action plan, but many say it needs to do more.

Officials say a fire that spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil has prompted evacuations on the next-to-last day of the conference.

Nearly 1,000 women were raped and 137 murdered in the first three months of this year.

A beloved pageant tries to maintain its footing as its owners change and the media landscape evolves.

The U.S. has proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, but the EU has already indicated it won’t accept the deal.
South Korea’s coast guard launched an investigation into a ferry that ran aground overnight, arresting the first officer and an Indonesian crew member for suspected gross negligence, officers said.

Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out.
A fire that forced the evacuation on Thursday of the site hosting the UN’s COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil, has been brought under control, causing no injuries, tourism minister Celso Sabino said.

Cheney died aged 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease in early November.

Álvaro García Ortiz is barred from the post for two years and must pay €10,000 in compensation.

Charlotte’s Democratic leaders say border agents are “stoking fear” in the city.

Munich’s famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to resurrect the beloved wave but impatient surfers have also tried their own methods.

Soldiers from more than 20 countries, diplomats and aid workers are based at the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC).

US President Donald Trump has approved a bill that orders the release of material from investigations into Epstein, the late sex offender.

The assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo at a Day of the Dead ceremony triggered mass protests.

The DOJ’s case against former FBI Director James Comey faces new challenges. And, newly released emails name powerful figures who stayed close to Jeffrey Epstein even after his conviction.

Ari Gisell instigated the carjacking that killed three surfers in Mexico last April, a court has heard.

Trump has repeated debunked claims that Afrikaners are facing a “white genocide” in South Africa. Critics say the false statements are causing conflict in a country still recovering from apartheid.

As Venezuela braces for potential U.S. military intervention, residents at the Colombia border tell NPR about their fears and hopes.
US President Donald Trump said he will host New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign.
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers stepped down from positions at Harvard University and the OpenAI board amid the continuing fallout from his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.