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Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven “loss and damage” fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda An agreement reached on Saturday night as the COP26 climate talks closed pushed concerns

Provisional results from Cape Verde indicate that the main opposition candidate, José Maria Neves, has won the first round of the presidential election. Seven candidates are bidding to replace President Jorge Carlo Fonseca, who is not allowed to serve more than

Egypt will bar unvaccinated public service workers from entering government buildings from mid-next month. A cabinet notice on Sunday said workers would have to be vaccinated or take a weekly Covid test to be allowed into government buildings from 15 November.

Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it suffered a more than $4bn loss in revenues over the last fiscal year, as lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus pandemic slashed demand for long-haul travel. The major loss, which the state-owned airline largely attributed

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have narrowly beaten the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections, according to preliminary results. SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government, but his conservative rival, Armin Laschet,