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December 9, 2025
IDB, CAF, and CDB launch Caribbean debt-for-resilience joint initiative
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched at COP30 on November 13 the Caribbean…
December 9, 2025
Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a US-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials. The head of the Ukrainian…
December 9, 2025
Nations and environmental groups slam proposals at UN climate talks, calling them too weak
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Several nations and environmental groups on Friday slammed proposals put forward at the UN climate talks in Brazil, saying they failed to explicitly mention the cause of global…
December 9, 2025
Armed men abduct children and staff at a Catholic school in Nigeria, days after latest abduction
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in…
December 9, 2025
Detention order issued for woman who posted picture of the Trinidad PM’s private residence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A detention order has been issued for a woman who posted an image of Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s private residence on social media and urged…
December 9, 2025
UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for countries at climate talks in Brazil to compromise and "show willingness and flexibility to deliver…
December 9, 2025
Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A fire spread through pavilions being used for UN climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference but nobody was hurt,…
December 9, 2025
Dick Cheney's funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarising vice president who in later years…
December 9, 2025
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts, blanketing villages with ash and prompting evacuations
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Semeru, the highest peak on Java island, erupted Wednesday, blanketing several villages with falling ash, prompting evacuations and leading authorities…