The Biden administration has hailed South Korea as a model democracy and bolstered military ties as it relies on the country as a bulwark against North Korea, China and Russia.
He had been hailed by Chinese state media as a model for his efforts to promote Beijingβs interests in the United States. He was in fact an F.B.I. informant.
Syrian opposition fighters last month. They have made their most significant advance in years against government forces, shaking up a civil war that had long been at a stalemate.
In becoming the first American leader to visit Angola, President Biden said it was important not to forget the ugly legacy that originally defined relations with Africa.
Mark Rutte said it was up to Ukraine to decide when it was ready to begin negotiations with Russia β and that the West should help strengthen Kyivβs position beforehand.
World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing United Nationsβ envoy in the region says.
Tor Wennesland, the top United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, says: βPolitics failed. Diplomacy failed. The international community failed. And the parties failed.β
Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trumpβs election, could scuttle an agreement.
Volunteers collecting plastic waste in Manila last year. Nations around the world produce nearly half a billion tons of plastic each year, more than double the amount from two decades ago.
The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates.
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