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Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:33
COP28: UAE denies claims of deals on fossil fuels
President Sultan al-Jaber has denied allegations that the UAE plans to use the COP28 climate summit to negotiate oil and gas deals with other nations, as reported by the BBC on 27 November. Leaked briefing documents…
Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:30
Tajikistan: challenges facing the Church
Tajikistan is a beautiful mountainous country; the Tajik language is related to Iranian. After gaining independence in the early 1990s, the country endured a tribal-based civil war that resulted in significant loss of life. Despite having…
Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:24
Sierra Leone: weekend coup attempt foiled
The information minister has declared that attacks on several locations in the capital, Freetown, were in fact a failed coup attempt led mainly by bodyguards of the previous president, Ernest Koroma. On 26 November they attacked…
Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:22
Australia: apology to thalidomide victims
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has issued a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families, marking the government's first acknowledgment of its role in the tragedy. Thalidomide, initially a sedative but widely used…
Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:18
Ecuador: new president sworn in
In October we prayed for the presidential election in Ecuador. Now millionaire Daniel Noboa has been sworn in as president, marking a significant shift in the country's political landscape. A businessman with no prior political experience,…
Friday, 24 November 2023 11:11
Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
Blue whales, Earth's largest creatures, have returned to a part of the Indian Ocean where they were once decimated by whaling. Researchers in the Seychelles captured footage of these magnificent creatures in 2020 and 2021. Recent…