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Washington 3 December 2025 #1

Washington 3 December 2025 #1 gnada Thu, 12/04/2025 – 02:48 Washington Thu, 12/04/2025 – 12:00 3 December 2025 The U.S. offered up to $10m for information on two Iranians linked to a “malicious cyber organisation… [whose] campaigns have targeted multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including news, shipping, travel, energy, financial, and telecommunications in the U.S., Europe, […]

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Brazil’s Congress defies Lula to push through “devastation bill” on COP30’s heels

Brazil’s Congress has pushed through legislation to weaken environmental safeguards for mining, infrastructure and agricultural projects, overriding a partial presidential veto just days after the end of COP30 and setting the stage for a possible showdown in the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed some of the most controversial […]

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Trade breaks into agenda of UN climate talks – but will it have teeth?

After two years of stonewalling, governments agreed at COP30 to hold a series of annual discussions about how their trade policies can enable emissions reductions while helping, rather than hindering, economic development. But analysts warn the process may not be able to achieve much in practice. Since COP28 in Dubai in 2023, emerging economies including […]