Record temperatures are driving food prices higher. Here are some of the crops facing the biggest impacts. What’s in your regular shopping basket? What are the foods you can’t live without? And what are your occasional treats? Whatever they are, it’s pretty likely you’ve noticed a change in their price over recent months—some more than...
No quick fix to reverse Antarctic sea ice loss as warming intensifies, scientists say. The Climate Reality Project has launched a campaign urging President Biden to reconsider the appointment of Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company, as the leader of the upcoming COP 28 climate talks. EarthActionGlobalLeague.com...
TELL PRESIDENT BIDEN: AN OIL MAN CAN’T LEAD COP 28. The Climate Reality Project has launched a campaign urging President Biden to reconsider the appointment of Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company, as the leader of the upcoming COP 28 climate talks. EarthActionGlobalLeague.com is endorsing this initiative...
UK sanctions entities in Turkey, the UAE, and Iran for their alleged role in the Ukraine war. Britain sanctioned more than two dozen targets Tuesday. Including firms and individuals in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran. London described this as the “largest ever UK action” targeting Russia’s access to foreign military supplies for its...
An Oil-Rich Ally Tests Its Relationship With the U.S. The ruler of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, is a key American ally who counts on the United States to defend his country. But he has traveled twice to Russia over the past year to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin, and in...
It’s estimated that the fashion industry is one of the world’s greatest polluters, responsible for about 20% of the planet’s waste water and around 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The EU is setting out to change this – but is it a real possibility? Could fast fashion finally be running out of steam?...
When Matthew Hedges was imprisoned and tortured in the UAE, Britain was shamefully slow to act. The reason for this cowardice now seems clear: a web of sinister relationships between ministers, Conservative donors and Gulf allies had left human rights an afterthought. Hedges’ ordeal showed the human cost of Britain’s craven policy with the UAE....
The next stage of the battle for Khartoum will, it seems, be decided in Cairo, Ankara and Abu Dhabi. The middle powers of the Middle East are talking peace even while they are arming their favored clients. The theory is that when one side gains a clear battlefield advantage, the other will sue for peace....
Though few details of the exercise are known, analysts said the emirates could be sending a signal to Washington about security “options” in the region. BEIRUT — Chinese armed forces will hold the first ever military drills with United Arab Emirates in China this month, in a move that raised eyebrows for analysts as Washington and Beijing...
Parliamentary ombudsman says Matthew Hedges was let down by UK government during imprisonment. The UK’s parliamentary ombudsman has found that the Foreign Office “failed to notice signs of torture” when officials visited a British academic imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates. Matthew Hedges was convicted on spying charges by the UAE in 2018 after travelling to...