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COP26: Roadmap to avert cooling-generated climate crisis
Their plan, dubbed the "Cold Road to Paris", calls on governments, industry and the international community to organize and implement a coordinated strategy to drive out greenhouse gas emissions from cooling by 2050 while at the same time providing the cooling services that are needed to meet the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Gun violence costs America $280 bn a year: US media
Citing data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US TV network also reported that more than 1,94,000 were killed by gun violence in America over the past five years, averaging about 39,000 deaths annually, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel tests new missile detection system
The Defence Ministry issued photos of the system, which is designed in the shape of a massive zeppelin, reports Xinhua news agency. The system, comprised of the High Availability Aerostat System and an advanced radar, designed to detect long-range threats when operating at high altitudes. "It will provide additional detection and early warning capabilities to the existing operational air defence detection array deployed around Israel," the Ministry said in a statement.
PLA's evolving capability to strengthen China's ability to coerce rivals
With a force that totals approximately two million personnel in the regular forces, the PLA has sought to modernise its capabilities and improve its proficiencies across all warfare domains so that as a joint force it can conduct the range of land, air, and maritime operations as well as space, counterspace, electronic warfare (EW), and cyber operations, the report said.
Israeli NSO spyware firm says to work to reverse US ban
Earlier on Wednesday, the US Department of Commerce announced in a statement that it added NSO Group, along with three other foreign companies, to the "entity list", a blacklist prohibiting firms from receiving American technologies, reports Xinhua news agency. The move was made after the department ruled that NSO Group engaged "in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US".
Macron offers Merkel French national honour on her farewell trip
This visit by Merkel "comes to close years of fruitful work between the President and the Chancellor in order to strengthen Franco-German bilateral cooperation", Xinhua news agency quoted the French presidential office, the Elysee as saying. The farewell visit by Merkel to Beaune in central-eastern France "comes to close years of fruitful work between the President and the Chancellor in order to strengthen Franco-German bilateral cooperation", said the Elysee.
N.Korea says weapons development is 'inevitable choice' for self-defence
North Korea conducted a series of missile launches in the last two months, including a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test in October, reports Yonhap News Agency. "Our strengthening of self-defence capabilities is an inevitable choice to prevent a war and protect our country's sovereignty, dignity and the people's right to survival and improvement," the ministry said in a note posted on its website.
Japanese PM to double as FM until Cabinet re-launch next week
After Akira Amari resigned from the post of the secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) due to his shock defeat in a single-seat district in Sunday's House of Representatives election, the party officially decided to appoint Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to the party's No. 2 post, reports Xinhua news agency.
China seeks to surpass US global influence, power and displace alliances in Indo-Pacific
This strategy can be characterized as a determined pursuit of far-ranging efforts to expand the PRC's (People's Republic of China) national power, the report said. The PRC has characterised China's view of strategic competition in terms of a rivalry among powerful nation states, as well as a clash of opposing ideological systems. Beijing views the US as increasingly determined to contain the PRC, creating potential obstacles to its strategy. Additionally, the PRC's leaders are increasingly willing to confront the United States and other countries in areas where interest diverge.
UK unveils coin on Mahatma to mark Diwali
Available in a range of standards, including gold and silver, the special collectors' coin was designed by Heena Glover and features an image of a lotus, India's national flower, alongside one of Gandhi's most famous quotes -- "My life is my message". Building on the enduring relationship and cultural connections between the UK and India, it is the first time that Gandhi has been commemorated on an official UK coin.
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