Key words : world leader 1.5 degree
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World leaders have reached an agreement at the COP26 UN climate conference in Scotland. The pact includes a commitment to limiting increases in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
It represents a last-minute success for tough talks that lasted over two weeks but many participants say it is not enough.
"I am deeply sorry," COP26 President Alok Sharma said. "I also understand the deep disappointment, but I think it's also vital that we protect this package."
The conference was initially scheduled to end on Friday. But it was extended after some countries expressed opposition to the second draft of the final statement.
One of the main sticking points was financial aid. The final deal includes greater support through a fund set up specifically for developing countries.
All countries also agreed to revisit and strengthen their emissions targets for 2030 next year.
The deal also includes a landmark agreement to reduce coal power. But there was a compromise in the wording of the final statement.
It urges countries to "phase down" unabated coal power, changed from "phase out" in earlier drafts. This was requested by India and some other countries.
"How can anyone expect that developing countries can make promises about phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies," Indian Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said.
"I wish to read into the record our profound disappointment with the change in the language on coal from 'phase out' to 'phase down'," Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the agreement as a "big step forward" but admitted there was still "a huge amount to do in the coming years."
The agreement comes amid catastrophic weather events around the world, including scorching heat waves and heavy rain. It underscores a growing international consensus that countries must work together to take action.
Key words : un secretary
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on countries to make greater efforts to fight climate change.
Guterres spoke in a video message on Saturday after an agreement was reached at the COP26 UN climate conference in Scotland.
The UN chief said the outcomes of the conference are "welcome steps, but they are not enough."
Calling the pact a "compromise," he said it reflects "the interests, the conditions, the contradictions and the state of political will in the world today."
He said he reaffirmed his conviction that fossil fuel subsidies must be ended.
Guterres said some goals were not achieved at the conference, and called on people to go into emergency mode.
He said, "We are in the fight of our lives. Never give up. Never retreat. Keep pushing forward."
Key words : Greta Thunberg
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Key words : expert target
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An expert in international negotiations with the environmental NGO, World Wildlife Fund Japan, has praised the deal reached at the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
The pact includes a commitment to limiting increases in the global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Konishi Masako of WWF Japan says it was a significant achievement to make a common goal for the world from the efforts that were to be pursued in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
She says she assumes the target has become more acceptable as a sense of crisis about climate change has become more widespread, and companies are being urged to take action.
Konishi added that analysis shows that the new goal cannot be achieved even if nations achieve their current targets for curbing emissions, and they need to raise them by 2030.
She says countries will be urged to implement tangible measures to achieve their goals, such as those relating to coal that became a focal point of the conference.
Key words : further effort essential
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Key words : putin criticized nato
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the US and its NATO allies for conducting unscheduled drills in the Black Sea, calling them a serious challenge to Moscow.
He said in an interview with a state television which was aired on Saturday that strategic bombers were also deployed in the drills.
The Black Sea borders on the southern regions of Ukraine including Crimea, which was annexed by Russia seven years ago.
Russia is reportedly deploying about 90,000 troops near the Ukrainian border.
The Russian president also accused the US of supporting Ukraine's use of Turkish made drones in October to attack pro-Russian armed groups in violation of a ceasefire agreement.
Separately Putin had branded the actions of the forces of the US and its allies "provocative" in the Black Sea in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday.
Key words : oldest daughter
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The oldest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has filed her candidacy for next year's vice presidential election.
The Philippines will hold presidential and vice presidential elections on May 9, 2022. The current president cannot run because of the constitutional limit of a single term.
Candidates for the upcoming elections had to be registered by October but Sara Duterte was able to do so on Saturday since she took the place of her party's original candidate, who had withdrawn. Filings by substitutes are due Monday.
One of the presidential candidates is the son of the late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who is said to be close to President Duterte.
Observers say the senior Duterte wants Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to be president and Sara Duterte to be vice president so he can maintain his influence over the next government.
Key words : other candidate senator
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Key words : massive 68 people
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A massive fight at a prison in Ecuador has left at least 68 people dead and 25 injured.
Prosecutors say the violence broke out on Friday at a prison in the western city of Guayaquil and lasted for about eight hours.
A similar incident at the same prison in September left 118 dead.
Local media outlets say members of criminal organizations bribed prison officers and brought guns and explosives inside.
Reports also say gang members were fighting each other to gain control of the facility.
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in September and deployed military forces to restore order at prisons.
The violence is believed to be linked to international drug cartels.
Key words : mako left japan
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Former Princess Mako and husband Komuro Kei have left Japan for the United States. The couple will live in New York. Mako is the eldest daughter of Crown Prince and Princess Akishino.
The couple departed from Tokyo's Haneda Airport Sunday morning. They married on October 26 and have been living in an apartment in Tokyo since.
Komuro is employed by a New York-based legal firm. Sources say he has been working online as a law clerk while in Japan.
The newlyweds are said to have expressed gratitude to the Imperial family and people who supported them before leaving.
Komuro failed the New York state bar exam earlier this year. But he says he will continue to study and retake the test in February.
The couple will be renting an apartment in New York that Komuro's friends helped arrange.
Key words : automaker sales forecast
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Major Japanese automakers have downgraded their unit sales forecasts for fiscal 2021 due to a lack of semiconductors and other auto parts. The outlook of seven companies for the year through March will drop more than 2 million vehicles from their previous forecasts.
Auto firms announced revised forecasts along with their midterm earnings reports.
Toyota cut its forecast for its group companies to 10.29 million vehicles, down 260,000 from its previous forecast.
Honda cut its outlook by 650,000 to 4.2 million vehicles, and Nissan slashed its estimate by 600,000 to 3.8 million.
Suzuki announced a cut of 225,000 vehicles, Subaru 130,000, Mazda 98,000 and Mitsubishi 64,000.
A global chip shortage and parts supply disruptions in pandemic-battered Southeast Asia have forced the companies to slash output.
But the impact of the pandemic is gradually easing in Southeast Asia.
Toyota now expects its domestic factories to return to normal next month -- for the first time in seven months.
But the impact may linger for some other automakers.
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