
OECD chief calls for phase out of ‘distortive’ farming subsidies globally
Public spending must move away from distortive and environmentally harmful farming subsidies.

Public spending must move away from distortive and environmentally harmful farming subsidies.
There are very few certainties in life.
To move away from fossil fuels would benefit human health ‘enormously’, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts argued ahead of COP27, calling for ‘severe action’ from the governments.
Presidents and heads of government of more than 120 countries have confirmed their participation in the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-27), which will be held in Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian government’s special representative for COP27 Wael Aboulmagd said on Friday.
The EU should speed up the integration of the Western Balkan states in order to ensure that other powers could not exert influence over the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, Integration Minister Susanne Raab said in Berlin on Thursday.

Xi pointed out both the CPC and the Tanzanian Revolutionary Party (CCM) shoulder the historical mission of strengthening themselves and the country they govern.
This aerial photo taken on October 26 shows the autumn scenery of Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Area in Sihong County, east China’s Jiangsu Province (XINHUA)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for Egypt to free political prisoners as leaders prepare to visit for the global climate summit.
Israeli religious leaders gathered today at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP27 next week in Sharm al-Sheikh.
G7 foreign ministers gather in Germany on Thursday (3 November) to discuss how to better align policies and stay united in the face of intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine, China’s growing assertiveness, and Iran’s crackdown on protesters.