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A man waves a Georgian national flag in front of a burning barricade as other protesters stand behind near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, 9 March 2023.
Tbilisi accuses Ukrainian official of plot to overthrow Georgian government
TBILISI — Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has accused a senior Ukrainian official of trying to topple the Caucasian country's government, at a time of fraught relations between Kyiv and Tbilisi .The SSG claimed Georgi Lortkipanidze, the deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence, was "plotting" to "violently overthrow" those in power this winter.Lortkipanidze is a former member of a strongly pro-Western Georgian government.Ukraine rejected these accusations as false, while the SSG did not provide evidence to support their claims.Under the increasingly pro-Russian Georgian Dream party, Tbilisi has allegedly helped the Kremlin, even though a majority of Georgians support Ukraine.This is at least the seventh time since Georgian Dream came to power in...
September 20, 2023

Tbilisi accuses Ukrainian official of plot to overthrow Georgian government

Rishi Sunak seen in this file photo.
Sunak considering weakening key green policies
LONDON —British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering weakening some of the government’s key green commitments in a major policy shift.It could include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and phasing out gas boilers, multiple sources have told the BBC.The PM is preparing to set out the changes in a speech in the coming days.There is no suggestion that Sunak is considering abandoning the legal commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.But he is expected to declare that other countries need to bear more of the burden of dealing with climate change.If Sunak presses ahead with the plan it would represent a significant shift in the Conservative Party’s approach to net zero policy, as well as establishing a clear dividing line with the Labour...
September 19, 2023

Sunak considering weakening key green policies

Children line up outside a community education class in Spera District, Afghanistan. Reaching the SDGs will likely cost more than $1,200 per person per year to 2030. — courtesy UNICEF/Mihalis Gripiotis
Annual cost for reaching the SDGs? More than $5 trillion: UNCTAD
GENEVA — The cost of achieving ambitious sustainable development targets is estimated at between $5.4 and $6.4 trillion per year between now and 2030, UN economists said on Tuesday.According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), this represents between $1,179 and $1,383 per person, per year.The study factors in 50 SDG indicators across 90 countries, covering three quarters of the global population.For the world’s 48 developing economies, the shortfall is estimated at $337 billion annually, if they are to take the required action on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.When expanded to cover all developing economies, using the median per-capita cost for the 48 in the study, total annual needs rise to between $6.9 trillion and $7.6 trillion.Although finding...
September 19, 2023

Annual cost for reaching the SDGs? More than $5 trillion: UNCTAD

Grain being collected during a harvest near Kyiv, Ukraine. In this file photo. — courtesy EPA
Ukraine sues EU neighbors over food imports ban
KYIV — Ukraine has filed lawsuits to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Slovakia, Poland and Hungary over their bans on food imports from Kyiv.It said such restrictions were a violation of international obligations by Ukraine’s EU neighbors.They say the bans are needed to protect their farmers from cheap imports.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year all but closed the main Black Sea shipping lanes, with large grain quantities ending up in central Europe.“It is crucially important for us to prove that individual member states cannot ban imports of Ukrainian goods,” Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a statement on Monday.“That is why we are filing lawsuits against them [Slovakia, Poland and Hungary] to the WTO.”She added that Ukrainian...
September 18, 2023

Ukraine sues EU neighbors over food imports ban

Students attend classes at a school in southwestern Haiti. — courtesy UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier
UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school
GENEVA — The number of children missing out on any schooling has increased by six million, bringing the total to 250 million, according to new figures released on Monday by the UN Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).The increase is partly due to the mass exclusion of women and girls from education in Afghanistan but can also be attributed to broader stagnation in education provision worldwide.The findings undermine UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, which sets the goal of quality education for all by 2030.If countries were on track with their national SDG 4 targets, six million more children would be in pre-school, 58 million more children and adolescents would be in school, and at least 1.7 million more primary school teachers would have been trained, according to the...
September 18, 2023

UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school

Russian media says Wang’s trip will lay the ground for Vladimir Putin to make a landmark visit to Beijing. — courtesy Getty Images
China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks
BEIJING — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks, as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine.A close ally of Moscow, Beijing is accused of supporting Russia indirectly during the war, which it denies.His visit comes after Vladimir Putin met North Korea’s Kim Jong Un amid US fears they could strike an arms deal.Russian media said Wang’s trip would also lay the ground for Putin to make a landmark visit to Beijing soon.Earlier this month Putin said he expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, but did not say when.He has not traveled abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March over war crimes in Ukraine.Putin last ventured onto foreign soil in December 2022 when he visited Belarus and...
September 18, 2023

China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks

Sir Keir Starmer is currently in Canada meeting with centre-left global leaders
Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says
MONTREAL — Sir Keir Starmer has said he will seek a "much better" Brexit deal with the EU if Labour wins the next general election.The opposition leader told the Financial Times that the current deal, which is due for review in 2025, is "too thin".Sir Keir was speaking at a conference of centre-left leaders in Montreal, Canada.But he ruled out re-joining the customs union, the single market or the EU.It remains unclear, however, if Brussels would be open to making major changes to the agreement, which was agreed by former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2021.Sir Keir has repeatedly said he would not seek to rejoin the EU if his party comes to power, promising to "make Brexit work".His party has consistently held double-digit leads in the...
September 18, 2023

Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says

Kim Jong Un talked about military cooperation with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday. — courtesy Russian Defence Ministry/Handout/Reuters
North Korean leader gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia
MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received body armor and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia that has alarmed the West.The send-off capped a rare, six-day visit that saw him hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, raising the possibility North Korea could provide Russia with weaponry to aid its invasion of Ukraine.Kim travels little abroad and was given a lavish welcome, spending much of the trip visiting military sites. North Korea is heavily sanctioned and is in need of everything from energy to food to military technology.As he left, the governor of the far eastern Russian region of Primorye gave him a bulletproof vest and a set of drones, Russian state media TASS reported.“This is a body armor with protection zones for the chest, shoulders,...
September 17, 2023

North Korean leader gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said we should be prepared for a long war in Ukraine.
NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine
BERLIN — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains.Ukraine’s allies have sought to accentuate campaign gains in recent weeks, but it has been under way for months with no major breakthroughs. The fall will bring changing conditions on the ground and the possibility that Russia will once again try to pummel Ukrainian energy infrastructure.“Most wars last longer than is expected when they first start. Therefore, we must prepare ourselves for a long war in Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost published Sunday.“We are all wishing for a quick peace. But at the same time, we must recognize: If President...
September 17, 2023

NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. — courtesy Reuters
Lampedusa: Von der Leyen, Meloni visit island after migrant boat fears
LAMPEDUSA — The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has visited a migrant reception center on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the country’s prime minister called for EU help with small boat arrivals.More than 8,000 migrants have arrived on the island over the past three days. Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said Italy is being placed under “unsustainable pressure”.Von der Leyen acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was “a European challenge and needs a European answer”.At a news conference with Meloni, she praised the people of Lampedusa for the support they had given to migrants, who she said had arrived on the island “simply because of its location”.She pledged to increase support to transfer migrants out of Lampedusa as well as stepping up efforts...
September 17, 2023

Lampedusa: Von der Leyen, Meloni visit island after migrant boat fears

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