11:29 pm, Sunday, 7 December 2025
BREAKING NEWS
U.S. Bets on Rare Earths Push to Close Gap With China
Federal backing and new tech reshape critical-minerals race The United States is ramping up efforts to rebuild a rare earths
U.S. Sticks to G20 Boycott, Undercutting South Africa’s ‘U-Turn’ Claim
Washington pushes back on Johannesburg summit narrative U.S. officials have moved to quash talk of a diplomatic about-face over this
CEASEFIRE TALKS STALL AS NEW STRIKES HIT GAZA BORDER ZONES
Mounting diplomatic pressure but no breakthrough Negotiators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar failed to secure a new ceasefire
COP30 Draft Deal Drops Global Fossil Fuel Transition Plan
New text sidelines phaseout roadmap, intensifies North–South tensions Negotiators at the UN’s COP30 climate summit in Belém have released a
Trump’s Ukraine Envoy Expected to Leave as Controversial Peace Plan Takes Shape
Kellogg exit adds uncertainty to Trump’s new Ukraine strategy The Trump White House is preparing for the departure of Keith
India’s solar module boom heads for painful consolidation
Overcapacity, tech shifts and China squeeze smaller players India’s fast-growing solar module manufacturing sector is heading toward a sharp consolidation
Japan’s PAC-3 missile export to US deepens security ties
Japan’s first licensed missile export and what it means Japan has completed the export of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air
MASSIVE FIRE RIPS THROUGH COASTAL CITY IN SOUTHWEST JAPAN
Over 170 homes damaged in Oita blaze Firefighters and army helicopters have battled a large blaze in the coastal city
COP30 climate talks enter fraught final week in Brazil
Delegates split over fossil fuel exit and climate finance UN climate negotiations in Brazil have entered a decisive final stretch,
UN food agency sounds alarm over deepening global hunger crisis
Funding collapse leaves millions without safety net The world’s main humanitarian food agency is warning that a deepening hunger emergency
