A subcurrent of worry pulsed through a summit involving distant Asian nations this week in Washington, but the event also offered a window into angst of global concern: Fears of a military standoff with China. CBC | World News
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Alberta given ‘Fossil of the Day’ award by activists at global climate summit
Environmental activists put a spotlight on Alberta’s climate record on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit by giving the province the so-called “Fossil of the Day” award. CBC | World News
Read More »Prime Minster reveals King Charles to open the COP28 Climate summit with call to arms
King Charles will lead a “call to arms” on green issues today as world leaders gather for a crunch climate change summit, Rishi Sunak has said. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »COP28 leader denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals at summit
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals. CBC | World News
Read More »As major Pacific summit wraps, Canada is sidelined on a new U.S.-led trade initiative
Canada left a major summit centred on Pacific economic development on the outside of a new U.S. initiative, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a group of 14 trading partners that concluded agreements this week on supply chain protections, lowering carbon emissions and fighting corruption. CBC | World News
Read More »Xi to meet Biden on U.S. soil: 5 things to watch for at tense superpower summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be on U.S. soil next week. He’ll meet with U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time since a spectacular blowout. The goal now: to stabilize relations with a rocky year ahead. Can they? Here are five clues to watch for. CBC | World News
Read More »How can AI be developed safely? There’s a global summit tackling this right now
Digital officials, tech company bosses and researchers are converging Wednesday at a former codebreaking spy base near London to discuss and better understand the extreme risks posed by cutting-edge artificial intelligence. CBC | World News
Read More »Francis warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate change as key Vatican summit begins
Pope Francis challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.” CBC | World News
Read More »After dismal start, UN hosts ‘halftime summit’ in bid to save development plan
After a dismal start, the UN is hosting a “halftime summit” about its 15-year plan to meet a series of human-development targets by 2030. Delegates will try to focus on problems like extreme poverty and gender equality while watching for sparks between the representatives of Ukraine and Russia. CBC | World News
Read More »Hockey Canada summit puts elite men’s hockey under the microscope
The two-day Hockey Canada summit deals with elite men’s hockey, which dominates the sport’s culture in Canada, and the toxic masculinity in it that can also breed racism, sexism and homophobia in the game. CBC | Sports News
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