Havana (AFP) Sept 15, 2023 - The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the world's population, kicked off a summit in Cuba Friday with a call to change the rules of the game of the global order.
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2023 - French startup Verkor said Thursday it has raised more than two billion euros ($2.15 billion) to build a gigafactory for electric car batteries, boosting Europe's efforts to develop a sector dominated by Asia.
Havana (AFP) Sept 14, 2023 - The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the global population, gathers Friday in Cuba seeking to promote a new economic world order amid warnings of growing polarization.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - President Xi Jinping announced Wednesday an upgrading of China-Venezuela relations in a meeting with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro, state media reported.
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - The EU aims for a fair and just transition to a carbon-neutral future, balancing the climate change fight with the concerns of business and farmers, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - Equities mostly fell Wednesday ahead of a crunch US inflation report, with investors increasingly nervous that a recent spike in oil will put fresh upward pressure on consumer prices and force the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates again.
Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2023 - The United States on Wednesday signed an agreement with Bahrain to enhance defense and economic ties, a show of support for the Gulf monarchy that a decade ago faced an arms embargo.
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - For the first time, world demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast to peak this decade due to the spectacular growth of cleaner energy technologies and electric cars, the International Energy Agency's chief said Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - The construction sector - the most polluting and difficult to decarbonise - must build less, use more sustainable materials and clean up conventional ones to slash its emissions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Sept 11, 2023 - Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometre (430-mile) power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy ministry said Monday, pushed by an energy crisis.
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 11, 2023 - The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it regained control of critical oil and gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea near Crimea that had been in control of the Russian military for the past eight years.
Aberdeen, United Kingdom (AFP) Sept 10, 2023 - With the provision of a swathe of new oil and gas exploration licences and a crisis in offshore wind energy, clouds are gathering over the UK's net zero promises.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2023 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking Beijing's support to join the recently expanded BRICS group of emerging economies, as he makes a state visit to China.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2023 - G20 leaders meeting Saturday failed to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels, despite a UN report a day earlier deeming the drawdown indispensable to achieving net-zero emissions.
London (AFP) Sept 8, 2023 - No offshore wind power projects received public funding in the latest round of support for British green electricity projects, which jeopardises plans to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, environmental groups warned Friday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2023 - A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official progress report out Friday.
