Climate advocates slam COP28 draft text that drops language on fossil fuel ‘phasedown’

Climate advocates slam COP28 draft text that drops language on fossil fuel ‘phasedown’

The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ or ‘phaseout’, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier on Monday was one of the keys to the conference’s success and which many nations have demanded.  Rather, the draft text called for countries to reduce “consumption and…

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English to be declared third official language of SCO: Indian Foreign Minister

English to be declared third official language of SCO: Indian Foreign Minister

Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar – file photo Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has demanded that English be declared as the third official language of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar delivered the opening address at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the member countries of the…

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Bill to ban English language for office correspondence presented in Parliament

Bill to ban English language for office correspondence presented in Parliament

Italian Parliament, file photo Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s political party ‘Brothers of Italy’ has submitted a new law for approval, under which there will be a penalty for using English language in official correspondence. According to the report of the American Broadcasting Corporation, according to the law, if Italian citizens use any foreign language,…

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A rare disease in which a person begins to speak in an unfamiliar language

A rare disease in which a person begins to speak in an unfamiliar language

An American man began speaking with an ‘Irish accent’ after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, researchers say. Amazingly, the man had never been to Ireland. The North Carolina resident, who was in his 50s, likely suffered from Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) and was losing control of his accent, the British Medical Journal reported. This rare…

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Celebrating the world’s rich ‘linguistic tapestry’, UN officials call for realizing multilingual education on Mother Language Day

Celebrating the world’s rich ‘linguistic tapestry’, UN officials call for realizing multilingual education on Mother Language Day

Commemorating the world’s languages – all 6,700 of them – since 1999, the Day aims at celebrating ways of showcasing the world’s linguistic tapestry, committing to the preservation of the diversity of languages as a common heritage, and working for quality education – in mother tongues – for all, said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the…

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Russia only understands the language of weapons, Ukrainian president

Russia only understands the language of weapons, Ukrainian president

After traveling through the clouds for 16 hours, the passenger plane returned to the place from where it took off A passenger plane flying from New Zealand to America did not reach its destination after traveling through the clouds for 16 hours. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);…

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