MOSCOW, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – Russia, blaming failures by the US-led coalition and meagre hopes for diplomacy, on Monday ruled out early moves to renew its ceasefire in Aleppo after a brief truce ended at the weekend. “The question of renewing the humanitarian pause is not relevant now,” deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax […]
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Russia rules out early renewal of Aleppo ceasefire
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Battle lines drawn fast at global whaling huddle
PORTOROZ, Slovenia, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – A key meeting on whales opened to early confrontation Monday with Japan seeking an end to a 30-year moratorium on whale hunting, and others proposing an Atlantic cetacean sanctuary. While meeting host Slovenia urged compromise for the marine mammals’ sake, member states of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) cleaved […]
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Anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden dies at 76
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (APP/AFP): Peace activist Tom Hayden, whose radical views were at the forefront of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, has died. He was 76. Hayden’s wife, Canadian actress and author Barbara Williams, told CNN that he died late Sunday at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, from complications related […]
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US warns Philippines’ Duterte over rhetoric, crime war
MANILA, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s fiery rhetoric and deadly crime war are becoming a growing concern around the world, the top US envoy for Asia warned on Monday in Manila. US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel met with the Philippines’ defence and foreign ministers […]
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Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits new high: UN
GENEVA, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere averaged a record 400 parts per million in 2015, an ominous milestone for the planet’s health, the UN said Monday. The greenhouse gas has previously passed the 400 ppm threshold on certain months in specific locations but never on an annual […]
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Russia says not currently considering new Syria truce
MOSCOW, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – Russia said Monday that it was not currently considering a new humanitarian truce in Syria after a brief ceasefire ended Saturday. “The question of renewing the humanitarian pause is not relevant now,” deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax news agency, saying that in order to renew the ceasefire, “our […]