President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who is participating in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28) at Expo City Dubai.
Dubai has announced an ambitious plan to achieve carbon neutrality, targeting a 50 per cent reduction in emissions by the year 2030.
The second edition of the RewirEd Summit, which was hosted inside COP28’s Green Zone, has made history by bringing education to the forefront of climate action, to impact billions of children and youth.
The United States used its veto power against a draft UN Security Council resolution that requested an immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds in the Gaza Strip.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would run for president again in 2024, a move expected to keep him in power until at least 2030.
Volunteers waded through stagnant water to hand out food and supplies, and some manufacturing plants remained shut in India's southern tech-and-auto hub district of Chennai on Friday, four days after cyclone Michaung lashed the coast.