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Team India's Return Date: When is Rohit Sharma and co returning after T20 World Cup win in Barbados?
The Indian cricket team, support staff, BCCI officials, and families are set to return home on Tuesday evening after being stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl. The airport is expected to reopen within six to 12 hours. Despite the disruption, the team's spirits remain high after their T20 World Cup victory against South Africa.
Team India stuck in Barbados as Hurricane Beryl shuts down airport, expected to open in next 6 to 12 hours
The Indian cricket team, stranded in Barbados after winning the T20 World Cup, may finally return home as Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley expects the airport to reopen within the next six to 12 hours. Hurricane Beryl had forced a shutdown, but Mottley is overseeing efforts to resume normal operations urgently. Despite damage to coastal areas, Barbados avoided a direct hit. Mottley acknowledged the team's patience and spirits after their victory, hopeful they will soon depart before the next hurricane arrives midweek.
Hurricane Beryl closes in on southeast Caribbean after strengthening into dangerous Category 4 storm
Beryl was centred about 150 miles (240 kilometres) southeast of Barbados late Sunday. It had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and was moving west at 20 mph (31 kph). It is a compact storm, with hurricane-force winds extending 30 miles (45 kilometres) from its centre.
Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it nears the southeast Caribbean
Beryl was located about 335 miles (570 kilometers) east-southeast of Barbados. It had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and was moving west at 21 mph (33 kph). It is a compact storm, with hurricane-force winds extending 15 miles (30 kilometers) from its center. Beryl is expected to pass just south of Barbados early Monday and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on a path toward Jamaica.
UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left 'to save the world'
Humanity has only two years left "to save the world" by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said on Wednesday. With governments of the world facing a 2025 deadline for new and stronger plans to curb carbon pollution, nearly half of the world's populations voting in elections this year, and crucial global finance meetings later this month in Washington, United Nations.
Don't ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate
Leaders of developing nations press rich industrial countries at the UN climate summit to share knowhow and ease financial burdens. The 28th annual UN Conference of the Parties in the UAE features about 150 presidents, prime ministers, royals, and leaders presenting plans to cut emissions. Pope Francis injects moral authority, emphasizing the responsibility of rich countries. Several African leaders highlight their rainforests' role in absorbing carbon dioxide.
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COP28: Calls for more nuclear and less 'destructive' methane
Washington has announced it will tighten curbs on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The new standards would phase in eliminating routine flaring of natural gas produced by oil wells and require comprehensive monitoring of methane leaks from wells and compression stations. Methane emissions also come from the agriculture sector, with cows and sheep releasing the gas during digestion and in their manure.
New 'From Billions to Trillions' report : A reality check
It's easy to come up with neat numbers. But how do you make this happen? With so many countries in debt and fiscal distress, how are they expected to raise the additional $2 trillion a year that the expert group calls for when they will struggle even to maintain what they have, as Barbadian PM Mia Mottley and Kenyan President William Ruto emphasised?
If you want our countries to address climate change, first pause our debts
Africa has been borrowing at a cost up to eight times higher than the rich countries to rebuild despite receiving funds to tackle the climate crisis.
Absent for 12 days, where is Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang? Speculations rise about his health
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's absence for 12 days raises concerns and speculation about his well-being. His scheduled meetings were postponed, and rumors suggest health issues. China is secretive about leaders' health, leaving uncertainty around Qin's absence.
At Paris summit, World Bank unveils debt payment pause for disaster-hit countries
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a summit on Thursday and Friday in Paris to pin down a roadmap for easing the debt burdens of low-income countries while freeing up more funds for climate financing. Nearly 40 heads of state and government are set to back a push for multilateral development banks like the World Bank to put more capital at risk to boost lending, Reuters reported this week, citing a draft summit statement.
World leaders, activists in Paris seek financial response to climate emergency, poverty
A two-day summit focusing on the global financial system's role in tackling poverty and climate change issues has begun in Paris. There are concerns that the summit will not meet expectations, and participants are expected to back a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, and debt restructuring and cancellation.
Developing countries should ride financing wind channels
Mobilising climate finance is growing increasingly urgent, as $8.3tn is required by 2030 to help developing countries meet their climate goals. A new report recommends increasing lending capacity by valuing callable capital and accurately assessing risk to enable multilateral development banks to increase their lending capacity. G20 finance ministries must also prioritise designing bankable projects to attract climate financing from the private sector at scale and speed, according to the report, while strong public financial management systems and transparency will be a key part of the solution. The Bridgetown Initiative aims to help countries address immediate needs and longer-term options.
G20 Sherpa Meet: Call for new green transition fund, emission tax
Avinash Persaud, special envoy on climate finance to Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, made a detailed presentation to G20 sherpas on measures that would reshape the international financial system and unlock $2 trillion a year in development financing.
Incoming World Bank chief Ajay Banga faces tests before he gets to climate
Joe Biden and his team have ambitious plans for overhauling the 77-year-old World Bank, which critics have said under its outgoing chief David Malpass was too timid in financing climate initiatives and still funds substantial fossil fuel projects across the developing world.
COP27: What are they saying at the climate summit?
World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
Global Citizen Festival generates $2.4 billion in pledges to fight extreme poverty and disease
To attend, supporters must volunteer time to take various action.
Barbadian writer George Lamming, a literary giant who chronicled Caribbean colonial experience, dies at 94
His calling was to address the crimes of history, unearth and preserve his native culture.
Barbados plans January 19 snap election after becoming republic
Mottley, the leader of the Barbados Labour Party and first female prime minister of her country, won election in May 2018 for a five-year term. The new ballot would be held on Jan. 19 with nomination day earmarked for Jan. 3, she said.
China and the US agree to work together to tackle climate change
The pact between the world’s two biggest polluters came as a surprise to the thousands of attendees gathered here for a UN climate summit.
At COP26, over 100 countries pledge to end deforestation
Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the UN climate conference in Glasgow. But campaigners say they need to see the detail - such promises have been made, and broken, before.
Barbados PM thanks PM Modi for supply of made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines
"PM Modi @narendramodi made it possible for more than 40K persons in Barbados and tens of thousands elsewhere, to receive their 1st dose of COVISHIELD via Vaccine Maitri before receiving his. A genuine demonstration of generosity. Thank you and we wish you continued good health," Mia Amor Mottley tweeted on Wednesday.
Barbados PM requests PM Modi for access to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being manufactured in India
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Barbados PM has asked access to 200,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being manufactured in India.
Women Inc grows globally; Stacey Cunningham, Dhivya Suryadevara, Sudha Balakrishnan up the game
Women have come a long way and have been able to carve a niche for themselves in various domains.
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