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Historic ‘loss and damage’ fund adopted at COP27 climate summit

INTERNATIONAL Countries at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt have adopted a final agreement that establishes a fund to help poor nations cope with the extreme weather events caused by global warming. Following tense negotiations that ran through the night, the summit’s Egyptian presidency released a draft text of the overall agreement early on Sunday and also called a plenary session to push the document through as the final, overarching agreement for […]

today20 November 2022

Local

Parliament told historical fabric destroyed in parliament fire cannot be restored as Hawks finalise probe

LOCAL National head of the Hawks Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya said once the outstanding investigations into the fire in parliament in Cape Town earlier this year are received, the case will be transferred to the Cape Town high court for trial. Paliament's joint standing committee on financial management, the SA Police Service, the department of public works and infrastructure and the SA heritage resources agency were briefed on progress made in […]

today21 May 2022

International News

Vatican and China prepare to renew historic deal, angering US

The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations, but has angered the United States. Pope Francis has given the go-ahead for the renewal of the agreement, which is still in "experimental" mode, for another two years, AFP news agency reported on Tuesday. The extension is expected to be signed next month, according to a source close […]

today22 September 2020

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