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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Are Teetering

New York Times Western countries are confronting demands for trillions of dollars to fight climate change and to cope with its worsening effects. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/climate/cop20-climate-summit-negotiations.html

Iran hiding missile, drone programs under guise of commercial front to evade sanctions

Fox News FIRST ON FOX — Iran has turned to its commercial sector to conceal its development of ballistic missiles in a move to circumvent international sanctions, turning private companies into fronts for its illicit military dealings. Sources embedded within the Iranian regime and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and who are also affiliated…

Fearing war, Georgia chooses a return to Russia’s embrace

Washington Post The pro-Russian ruling party won elections with the message that angering Moscow risks turning Georgia into another Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/21/georgia-russia-elections-influence/

Who is Gautam Adani? Indian billionaire hit with fraud charges in U.S.

Washington Post Adani, an Indian business magnate and one of the richest men in Asia, faces new allegations of fraud to secure solar energy supply contracts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/21/gautam-adani-fraud-charges-new-york/

Archaeologists discover 12,000-year-old pebbles that could provide new insights about the wheel

Fox News 12,000-year-old perforated stones found over years of excavations in Israel may “represent early evidence for the adoption of spinning with the ’spindle and whorl’ device,” according to newly published research in PLOS ONE. The wheel-shaped stones were found at Nahal Ein-Gev II in the Jordan Valley of Israel, over many years of excavations.…

Billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in New York on bribery charges

Washington Post Indian energy billionaire Gautam Adani, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was indicted in New York for alleged bribery involving solar energy supply contracts https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/20/india-billionaire-gautam-adani-narendra-modi/

Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican

Fox News Pope Francis has announced that he will forgo the traditional, elaborate burial rites of his predecessors in a decision that may modernize the Catholic Church. When the time comes, the 87-year-old pontiff has chosen to be laid to rest in a single wooden casket lined with zinc, breaking from the centuries-old practice of…

Brazil marks Black Consciousness Day, a new holiday, for first time

Washington Post The holiday marks the anniversary of the death of Zumbi, a key figure in Black resistance to slavery in Brazil. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/20/brazil-black-consciousness-awareness-day-holiday-national/

Senate Democrats force Israel weapons vote, citing Biden inaction

Washington Post The Senate will vote on measures brought by Sen. Bernie Sanders and a handful of Democrats to block the sale of some $20 billion in U.S.-made weapons to Israel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/20/senate-vote-israel-weapons-gaza/

Chief opponent to Uganda’s president appears in court days after going missing

Fox News A well-known Ugandan opposition figure appeared in a military court Wednesday days after he was reported missing in neighboring Kenya, and denied a charge of seeking military support from abroad to destabilize Uganda’s military forces. Kizza Besigye, a fierce critic of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and once his personal doctor, has faced arrest…