Politics Nov 17 Watch 4:35 News Wrap: Karen Bass elected as mayor of Los Angeles In our news wrap Thursday, Los Angeles voters elected Karen Bass as the city's first female mayor, air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians, a Dutch court convicted three men…
World Nov 17 Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations Experts say this summit's success or failure centers on the issue. And most of the negotiators and public faces of the issue are women. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
World Nov 17 Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal Diplomats say they are far from reaching a deal everyone can agree on at climate negotiations in Egypt, which are scheduled to end on Friday. By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy, Frank Jordans, Associated Press
Nation Nov 14 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: CIA director meets with Russian counterpart In our news wrap Monday, CIA Director William Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart to convey the consequences if Moscow were to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, police arrested a Syrian woman suspected of carrying out the bombing…
Nov 13 Watch 4:55 What’s on the climate agenda as COP27 enters its final week For 27 years, the United Nations has held annual gatherings of world leaders to discuss how to combat climate change. Yet progress towards the goal of stopping global warming has been elusive, and this year’s summit is happening against the… Continue watching
Nov 11 African nations negotiate funding for climate change mitigation at COP27 By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate… Continue reading
Nov 09 COP27 host Egypt negotiates energy and transport deals By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt, the host of this year's U.N. climate talks, is racking up a number of deals to green its energy and transport systems still heavily reliant on heavily polluting fossil fuels. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch 3:17 News Wrap: Zelenskyy urges world community to force Russia into peace talks In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy suggested he is open to peace talks with Russia and urged the world community to force Moscow into real negotiations, Iran's judiciary announced more than 1,000 people in Tehran Province alone have… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 4:21 Human rights case overshadows start of COP27 climate change summit in Egypt By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Global leaders are meeting at a pivotal conference in Egypt to discuss climate change, but human rights are overshadowing the beginning of the COP27 summit. The family of one of Egypt's most prominent political prisoners could die in detention within… Continue watching