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Why are wealthy countries failing developing nations?

UN report warns climate adaptation funding is falling far short of needs The United Nations Environment Programme has published a report warning that the world is not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with the growing human and economic costs linked to the climate crisis. The UN singles out wealthy countries – responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions – for failing to meet their financial pledges. At successive Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings, billions of doll…

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Trump blames Iran war for midterms losses

President Donald Trump said the war in Iran likely contributed to Republican setbacks in the midterm elections, as higher gasoline prices affected voters. Despite the political fallout, he stayed defiant, telling reporters that regarding Iran he would ‘do it again’.

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Democratic Socialists of America see record wins in US midterm elections

A record number of candidates for federal offices who were backed by or affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won in Tuesday’s US midterm elections, marking the most successful night the left-leaning movement has had in national politics so far. “This is a record for the DSA; these are numbers we have not seen in over a hundred years in socialist electoral activity,” National Electoral Commission member Chanpreet Singh said on a livestream on Tuesday nig…

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Sudan factories struggle to restart after devastating wartime losses

Khartoum, Sudan – Mansour Gaily’s factory in Khartoum produced sweets for local consumers and provided employment for workers. But when fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, production ground to a halt, like thousands of other businesses across the country. More than three years later, Gaily faces the challenge of bringing his business back to life. Production may have resumed, but the factory…

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Israel restricting treatment for 1,100 child amputees in Gaza: NGO

Israel is restricting child amputees in Gaza from seeking treatment abroad, a human rights organisation has claimed. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that Israeli restrictions on travel also include medical evacuations, preventing hundreds of children from seeking specialised treatment abroad. The monitor reported on Wednesday that 1,134 children in Gaza had undergone limb amputations due to Israeli attacks, but few are receiving the long-term medical care they need. T…

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Ukraine raises death toll from Russian strike on Zaporizhia to 40 people

Ukrainian authorities have raised the death toll from a Russian attack on an aid centre in the Zaporizhia region in the southeast of the country to 40 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the raised toll on Wednesday, adding that some bodies had not yet been accounted for and that more than 30 people may still be under the rubble. The strike on Monday was one of the deadliest strikes on civilians of Russia’s nearly five-year-long war on its neighbour. It came as K…

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Will the US resume its attacks on Iran?

That’s the warning from Iran as fears grow that the United States could renew all-out war after US President Donald Trump warned his country could attack Iran once US midterm elections were over. Trump’s Republican Party suffered a severe blow in the congressional elections, losing its majority in both the House and the Senate. And Trump has conceded that the US-Israel war with Iran was partly to blame. With the region on edge again, mediators have been trying to bring Tehra…

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Democratic progressive wing notches win in California Central Valley

Democratic candidate Randy Villegas has defeated Republican incumbent David Valadao in the race for California’s 22nd congressional district, clinching one of the state’s most closely watched congressional races and notching another win for the Democratic Party’s progressive left. Villegas, an educator who grew up in the Central Valley as the son of Mexican immigrants, ousted the Republican representative after a campaign that won support from figures such as Senator Bernie…

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Hakeem Jeffries promises ‘affordability’ focus after Democratic midterm win

Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries has celebrated his party’s sweeping victory in the United States midterm elections, calling the results an “American tsunami” as Democrats have taken control of both chambers of Congress. “It wasn’t simply a blue wave. It was an American tsunami,” Jeffries said at a news conference on Wednesday, a day after Democrats pulled off upsets in several Republican strongholds. Jeffries said Democrats expect to win at least 255 House seats once…

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WHO approves trials for two new Ebola vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved clinical trials for two new Ebola vaccines, as doctors fight to control the largest outbreak in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On Monday, WHO expert groups recommended adding two vaccine trials designed to fight the Bundibugyo strain, which has killed more than 5,300 people, most in the DRC, since May. Public health agencies have struggled to contain the Bundibugyo virus, which has a fatality rate o…

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The biggest winners and losers of the 2026 US midterms

Democrats had a big night in Tuesday’s United States midterm elections, winning control of both chambers of Congress and pulling off some surprising victories in longtime Republican strongholds. From turning Texas blue to electing the country’s first Muslim senator, there were plenty of historic wins. But the night also brought some major setbacks for US President Donald Trump and his allies, including one who spent hundreds of millions of dollars backing losing candidates.…

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Danish students join European protest wave against education funding cuts

Thousands of young people in Denmark have demonstrated against a government plan to cut student stipends under a decades-long allowance scheme, adding to a wave of youth unrest across Europe. Organisers said up to 13,000 students marched from Copenhagen’s city hall square to parliament over proposed cuts to free up funds for defence spending on Monday, under the banner “Enough is Enough”. The rally echoed student protests in France that spread to other European countries in…

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Netanyahu bet on Trump – but both lost

US President Donald Trump and his Republican party’s resounding midterm defeat has left many in Israel, particularly on the political right, grappling with the scale of the rebuke to those seen as their closest allies in Washington. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly sought to portray himself as almost uniquely qualified to maintain the unflinching support of Trump, who returned to the White House last year promising, among others, to not start “stupid foreign…

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Presidential hopeful Vance appears to question Iran war after polls debacle

US Vice President JD Vance has blamed the war on Iran for his party’s withering midterms defeat, suggesting that the conflict may not have been worth ceding control of the United States Congress to Democrats. “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” Vance wrote in a lengthy post on X. “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so.” “Everyone knows why we lost.

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Palestinian citizens of Israel face intimidation after election success

Israel has officially certified its election results – delivering a blow to right-wing claims of a stolen vote – but the record 19 seats captured by Palestinian-led parties have triggered aggressive police raids, arbitrary arrests, and targeted interrogations by state security apparatuses. The electoral gains made by the parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel – the Joint List and the United Arab List (Ra’am) – could give the Zionist opposition to Israeli Prime M…

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Owono enduring ‘hardest days of my life’ after De Miguel death

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono said he is enduring the “hardest days of my life” after the death of Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel, whom he collided with during a Spanish second division match on Monday. The 30-year-old Spanish footballer died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in the collision with Equatorial Guinea international Owono, who had raced into midfield to clear an aerial ball. “These are the hardest days of my life. I struggle to find the words,…

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