The launch of a ‘loss and damage’ fund on Thursday at the start of the United Nations COP28 summit marks a landmark moment but is only the first in a series of necessary steps in the fight for climate justice, say experts and activists. For years, climate-vulnerable countries have asked wealthier nations – who have…
Quetta Gladiators’ pace sensation Naseem Shah has joined Islamabad United for Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 in a swap deal with pace bowler Mohammad Wasim Jr. and spin prodigy Abrar Ahmed. The trade deal saw Quetta Gladiators getting two players as well as Islamabad’s first-round pick in the platinum category for Naseem Shah and…
Israel’s attacks on Gaza have stretched into a second day after a seven-day truce with Hamas ended, as talks continue with the Palestinian group to renew a pause in hostilities under the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. The city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where thousands of civilians moved from the north of the enclave,…
West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin and Ireland’s Kim Garth have been slotted in the top bracket of players for the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction to be held on December 9 in Mumbai for the second season of the tournament. “Rs 50 Lakhs is the highest reserve price with 2 players – Deandra Dottin…
Hundreds of trucks carrying aid for Gaza were lined up in a long queue at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing. Drivers and volunteers, many of them waiting for more than a week at the border, were having their lunches on carpets next to the trucks in the evening sunlight on Thursday. A…
Israel-Gaza as seen in Europe: examining how history has informed coverage in Germany, France and Ireland. If the United States has aided and abetted Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, the European Union’s role has been one of quiet complicity. In a special edition of The Listening Post, we examine the discourse around the…
Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells. The United States has given so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs and an array of other munitions to Israel for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Washington has transferred 100 BLU-109 bombs to…
Israel's war on Gaza has wiped out entire neighbourhoods and reduced businesses to rubble. Source link
The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s resolution to end the United…
When India’s ODI squad for the three-match series against South Africa was announced on Thursday, there was a sense of certainty that one man would return to the squad: Yuzvendra Chahal. A similar sense of inevitability would spring up when the team for the World Cup was being announced. Back then, it felt almost a…