COP29 opens for talks on climate funding | Newsfeed
NewsFeedThe United Nations climate summit has kicked off in Azerbaijan. This year’s talks are centered on climate funding to help developing nations battle the climate…
COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding | Climate Crisis News
The annual United Nations climate summit has started in Azerbaijan, with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather…
Gavin Newsom proposes to increase California film and TV tax credit
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal Sunday to more than double the annual amount of money allocated to California’s film and TV tax credit program…
Europe must double funding for research and simplify procedures, top expert suggests
An independent expert report on the EU’s Framework Programmes for research and innovation recommends major role for research funding and a restructuring of funding mechanisms.By…
Argentina’s Congress fails to overturn Milei’s university funding veto | Business and Economy News
Lower house of Congress fails to achieve a two-thirds majority needed to overrule president’s veto despite mass protests.Argentina’s lower house of Congress has failed to…
U.S. marks anniversary of Gaza war with sanctions targeting Hamas funding network
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Hamas-related sanctions on Monday, the grim one-year mark of Israel's war against the Iran-backed militia in Gaza. File Photo by…
Northvolt’s Funding Travails Hit Battery Projects from Germany to Canada
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessNorthvolt AB’s tribulations are causing headaches far beyond its home base of Sweden, as taxpayer-supported EV battery projects face delays stretching from…
Defying protesters, Argentina’s Milei shoots down university funding plan | Business and Economy News
Milei vetoed a law that would guarantee funding for free public universities, angering students and educators.Argentina’s President Javier Milei has followed through on his threat…
Syria funding crisis leaves vital Idlib hospital on brink of closure | Syria’s War News
Idlib, Syria – Ayman al-Khayal, 43, sat with his family as he waited for his latest dialysis session at Bab al-Hawa Hospital in the north…
Senate, House pass short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown
1 of 3 | The U.S. Senate and House voted Wednesday to approve a short-term funding bill and avert a government shutdown ahead of Monday's…
IMF approves $7bn funding agreement for Pakistan | Business and Economy News
Approval comes more than two months after international lender and Islamabad said they had agreed on programme.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new…
House Speaker Johnson plans Wednesday vote on short-term government funding, SAVE Act
1 of 2 | House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., intends to hold a joint vote to fund the federal government for six months and approve…
The proposal to end homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion
It would cost $20.4 billion to end homelessness in Los Angeles in a decade, a price tag requiring local, state and federal governments to more…
Africa CDC urges Western countries to boost funding for mpox response | Health News
Health agency reports 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases over the last week, says toll ‘not acceptable’.The head of the African Union’s health agency has…
House Republicans push to link gov. funding to voter citizenship check
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is heeding the demands of the more conservative wing of his Republican conference and has teed up a vote this…
Opinion: The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook that would overhaul much of the federal government under a second Trump administration, has sparked fear and concern…
White House unveils $100M in funding to boost construction of new, affordable housing
1 of 3 | There are more housing under construction now than at any point in fifty years with some 60,000 multi-family units complete in…
Politics to roar back in blame game over funding
Getty ImagesRachel Reeves (right) with Jeremy Hunt For the first time since the general election, party politics will come roaring back at Westminster on Monday.Yes,…
Netanyahu accuses pro-Palestinian protesters of secret Iranian funding | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his speech to the US Congress to accuse pro-Palestinian protesters of being ‘useful idiots’ who receive secret Iranian funding.Published…
UK to resume funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees | Israel-Palestine conflict News
New Labour government says UNRWA ‘absolutely central’ to humanitarian aid, commits to providing $27m.The new Labour government in the United Kingdom has announced it will…