Nations have pledged 345 million dollars (294 million euros) to care for Myanmar's Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, an "encouraging" step in the response to the intensifying crisis, the UN said Monday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte incorrectly based his threat to expel European ambassadors within 24 hours on news reports, and there are no plans to kick them out, his spokesman said Friday.Duterte threatened in a fiery speech on Thursday to quickly send European envoys home as he accused their governments, without citing evidence, of plotting to have Manila "excluded" from the UN."You think we are a bunch of morons here. You are the one.
Shock belts, spiked batons, and electrified thumbscrews can serve no other purpose than to inflict pain on people.
Some 30 environment ministers will push forward on the Paris climate accord at a meeting Saturday requested by Canada, China and the European Union.With more than half of G20 members attending – representing most of the world's largest economies – "this first gathering of its kind aims to further galvanise global momentum for the implementation of the Paris Agreement," the European Commission said.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, who will make a brief appearance at the
