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Inger Andersen

Inger Andersen

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    Guterres warns world is off track on biodiversity targets ahead of COP17

    Only 26% of land and 12% of sea would be protected if current pledges are met, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a press conference in Armenia, four days before COP17 opens in Yerevan.

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Two tankers burn off Sulina

Trump squeezes Kyiv as Europe haggles over money and Black Sea shipping burns

Ukrainian officials said the White House ordered a 160 km/h speed cap on Starshield terminals used by fast drones, as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause. In the Black Sea, two tankers burned near Romania and at least seven sailors were missing, while rescuers in Peshawar counted at least 34 dead after a school roof collapsed.

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  • Buenos Aires student protests

    Police deploy water cannons and tear gas against student protesters in Buenos Aires after stone-throwing clashes outside Congress.

  • Rome prosecutors probe Israeli ministers

    Rome prosecutors have also placed Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir under investigation, bringing those probed to about a dozen, Tgcom24 reports.

  • Oregon elementary school shooting

    Oregon Governor Tina Kotek thanks the bystander who "heroically intervened to stop further loss of life" at the Bend school, according to The Independent.

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Demography and migration

A summit clash over Spain's regularisation plan and an IMF warning adjust the debate but adopt no binding migration measure.

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