Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. Turkmenistan has advanced its climate commitments through a series of national strategies and policy initiatives, Trend reports, citing data from the latest Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) report on carbon pricing policy opportunities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan. The country revised its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2023, setting a…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Denmark has said it was the victim of a “hybrid attack” after repeated unexplained drone activity near five of its airports this week. The most recent was…
Shorouk Express Long-term trouble The battle over the EU’s NDC is closely linked to the bloc’s overarching climate target for 2040, proposed by the Commission in July. Discussion on that target was put on hold after France and Germany joined Poland, Italy and a handful of other countries to form a blocking minority and postponed…
Shorouk Express The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Target warehouses are so large that workers spend almost 30 minutes walking from the entrance to their…
Shorouk Express How Melania Trump emerged as one of Zelensky’s key allies in the White House The first lady could be Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s unlikely ally in the White House, influencing Donald Trump’s recent tougher stance on Russia. “I go home, I tell the first lady, ‘I spoke to Vladimir today, we had a…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Moscow’s four airports were forced to close temporarily as Ukraine launched a second night of drone attacks on the Russian capital just days ahead of a major…
Shorouk Express The decision comes despite a Dutch court ruling in January that ordered the government to meet its existing 2030 deadline to protect sensitive nature areas from nitrogen pollution, most of it from manure, with fertilizer use also contributing. Brussels may also weigh in, as the delay risks breaching the EU’s Habitats Directive, which…
Shorouk Express As a result, the officials added, it is possible that Rome will be forced to eat into other budgets to drum up fresh funds for defense. It might also initially hit the 2 percent target and then gradually trim that amount to focus on the “maintenance” of its armed forces. But the official…
Shorouk Express CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on Monday that France would need to go beyond NATO’s current spending target, especially if United States President Donald Trump pulls the American military out of Europe. While many other European countries have said since the war in Ukraine began three years ago that defense spending…
Shorouk Express Although Trump can only impose punitive trade measures against the entire EU, “you can be pretty sure that the tariffs that he might want to impose will be targeted in such a way that they will particularly hit the German economy,” Habeck argued. In the past, Trump has vented his fury at the…
