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A handful of protesters gathered outside the Peace Palace

'Future Of Planet' At Stake At ICJ Hearings: Vanuatu

The future of the planet is at stake during hearings at the top United Nations court, a representative for Vanuatu said Monday, opening a historic case that aims to set a legal framework on how countries should tackle climate change.
WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is likely to face turbulence in her second term given Donald Trump's renewed tariff threats

WTO Chief Reappointed As Trump Threat Looms

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was reappointed Friday for a second term, in the shadow of the coming return of Donald Trump and his disdain for international trade rules.
Nearly 200 nations gathered in Azerbaijan over the past two weeks for UN climate talks where finance for poor countries was top of the agenda

Developing Nations Slam 'Paltry' $300 Bn Climate Deal

The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low.
Musk on a trip to Beijing last year where he met then foreign minister Qin Gang

Can The Trump-Musk 'Bromance' Last?

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has been an ever-present sidekick for President-elect Donald Trump since the US election at the start of the month.
Tech ambitions include producing sustainable jet fuel out of the carbon dioxide in the air

Tech's Green Wave Hits Choppy Waters

Tech entrepreneurs have spent years selling the dream that we can save the planet without changing our ways, but the current focus of innovation is dividing experts and investors.
Donald Trump is filling out his future cabinet and will visit Washington

Trump Shapes Team Ahead Of White House Return

Donald Trump named more of his incoming team Tuesday, including seasoned figures and hard-liners, ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden in what will be the Republican's first White House visit since exiting amid scandal four years ago.

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