GOP congressman hopes for 'rude awakening' to get US back on track fiscally 04:40 Expert Gordon Chang warns China wants to go to war and 'kill Americans' 01:09 Trump nominates a special envoy to the United Kingdom 01:58 Hits and misses 05:51 Joe Biden's final climate push 06:...
As such, it says the United States and other industrialised countries should move first and fastest with climate action. Beijing also rejects calls for it to contribute to climate finance for developing countries. China will send to COP29 a new diplomat for climate change as ...
He is also optimistic about the United States's resumed position on the world stage, saying it deserves to be taken seriously on climate again. In January, within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden reinstated the Paris Agreement, which had been repealed by th...
As of 2023, special envoys are potentially subject to Senate confirmation, though the White House has managed to circumvent that law,as exhibited by the appointment of special climate envoy John Podesta. It is also unclear whether Trump plans to subject Witkoff to...
“I don’t think they’re walking in with any preconceived notion that this needs to be cut,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), who is running to lead the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee. “We’ll have to see what they come up with.” ...
He was considered a top contender for secretary of state, which went to Marco Rubio, and for special envoy for the Ukraine war. Brooke Rollins Former White House aide Brooke Rollins will be Mr Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary - and is the president-elect's final pick for executive...
On 26 May 2021, the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) issued astatementreviewing initial reports of mild myocarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is an inflammation of the li...
A documentary team discovered human remains onMount Everestapparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazinereportedFriday. Climate changeis thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasinglyexposing the bodies of mountainee...
historical perspective – the USA – was well-represented, too. Not only did President Joe Biden make the trip, but so too did climate envoy John Kerry. Elsewhere, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and newly-elected Brazilian President Lula also descended on Shark El Sheikh for the conference...
“Egypt’s journey from having one of the world’s highest rates of hepatitis C infection to being on the path to elimination in less than 10 years is nothing short of astounding,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “Egypt is an exam...