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November 14, 2021

Has The Climate Agreement Achieved What It Needed To?

Cop26 has finally concluded with the agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact. The intense negotiations among 197 nations – with the aim of preventing catastrophic global warming – went down to the wire with a lengthy, 24-hour delay and then last minute interventions to water down language on coal by India and China.

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Give under-50s boosters to halt Covid, says Sage expert

Giving booster vaccines to young people would make a “big difference” in bringing down Covid transmission in the UK, a top government adviser has said.

2 mins

MPs Ask Truss To Intervene As Saudi Scholar Faces Death For ‘Contents Of His Library'

More than a dozen British MPs and peers have urged the UK government to stop Saudi Arabia from sentencing a prominent academic to death, as human rights campaigners put pressure on Riyadh to halt capital punishment for non-lethal offences and juvenile crimes.

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Scottish Tory leader refers himself to ‘sleaze' watchdog over undeclared earnings

The Scottish Conservatives leader has referred himself to parliament’s “sleaze” watchdog for failing to fully record his MSP salary and all his outside earnings as a football referee.

2 mins

Sleazegate leaves the Tories trailing as PM feels pressure

It has been a bad week for Boris Johnson. Words don’t hold too much value for this prime minister, so no doubt he will have shrugged off the negative headlines that have come his way during the gathering storm at Westminster. But he won’t be able to shrug off the cold, hard polling numbers.

3 mins

Ratcliffe ends hunger strike

The husband of detained Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is to end his hunger strike after 21 days.

1 min

Greece Offers UK A Deal For Return Of The Elgin Marbles

The Greek prime minister has reiterated his offer that Athens could loan alternative treasures to the British Museum as a way of resolving the decades-old dispute over the return of the “stolen” Parthenon marbles, also known as the Elgin marbles.

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Press Freedom Dealt Another Blow As Hong Kong Denies Visa To Economist Journalist

Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of The Economist’s journalist Sue-Lin Wong, without providing any reason or explanation, in the latest crackdown on press freedom in China’s financial capital, the publication said yesterday.

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