Myanmar rebel alliance agrees to ceasefire with ruling military
Reuters A rebel alliance in northern Myanmar has agreed to a ceasefire with the ruling military during China-mediated talks, according to some of the parties involved, after a months-long coordinated offensive that threatened to weaken the junta’s grip on power. The military, which overthrew an elected government in 2021, has been battling an alliance of […]
World delegates appear to kick deal to halt nature loss into long grass
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Negotiations on an ambitious global biodiversity deal to halt or reverse nature loss closed in Switzerland on Tuesday, with countries agreeing to little more than further talks in June. The Geneva meeting of around 1,000 negotiators from 164 countries was meant to be the last before the postponed UN Convention on Biodiversity […]
China confirms all on board China Eastern plane died in crash
Beijing, China Reuters China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died. Flight MU5735 was travelling from the south-western city of Kunming to the port city of Guangzhou on Monday when it plummeted from cruising altitude to crash in a heavily […]
Updated: Chinese Boeing crashes with 132 on board, no sign of survivors
Updated: 10am (AEDT), 22nd March, 2022 Guangzhou, China Reuters A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday after a sudden descent from cruising altitude. Media said there were no signs of survivors. The airline said it deeply mourned the passengers […]
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
Kunming, China Reuters The global community must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of its pledges to protect nature and prevent species loss, a senior UN official said on Sunday on the eve of a new round of global biodiversity talks. The first part of the twice-postponed “COP15” biodiversity negotiations begin in […]