Author: Mike Nova

Republican lawmakers are pushing back against criticism from some Democrats that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence services is “compromised” by her comments supportive of Russia and a meeting with an ally of that country.

Richer kontris don promise to increase dia funds to help poor kontris fight climate change for UN COP29 summit for Azerbaijan.

Israel also struck Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, where intensified bombardment over the last two weeks has coincided with signs of progress in US-led ceasefire talks.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, with Israeli media reporting that a building had been hit near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in Beirut the day before. Israel also struck Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, where intensified bombardment over the last two weeks has coincided with signs of progress in U.S.-led ceasefire talks.

Some countries say deal should not have been done and is ‘abysmally poor’ compared with what is needed

After running more than 24 hours over time, COP29 finally sealed a deal on climate finance. You can read our full story of the hard-won agreement — and all of our COP29 coverage — for free on Bloomberg.com. Today we give you our five takeaways from the summit.