Here’s a roundup of the top developments from around the world today.
1. Chinese city says it conducted 30,000 tests on round-up runway, mega center for large-scale COVID-19
China’s southwestern city of Chengdu said on Wednesday that it had COVID-19 Testing on visitors at a mega-entertainment center, and in a second mass screening at a larger venue earlier in the day, rounded-up those who tried to flee the site. All COVID-19 tests gave negative results, official China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday.
Local authorities in Chengdu said in a notice that attendees were required to return home to await their results and not venture outside until advised. China maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards COVID-19, stipulating that the cost of limiting local cases, as they occur, is greater than efforts to trace, isolate and treat the infected. The inconvenience and disruptions caused are more than that.
2. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai Married at Home in Britain
Malala Yousafzai, a campaigner for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize winner who survived being shot at the age of 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, got marriedHe said on social media on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old, who lives in Britain, said she and her new husband, whom she simply named Esser, had married in the city of Birmingham and celebrated at home with their families.
Today is a precious day in my life.
Asar and I tied the knot to be partners for life. We had a small nikah ceremony at home in Birmingham with our families. Please send us your prayer. We are excited to follow along for the journey ahead.
, @malinfezehai pic.twitter.com/SNRgm3ufWP— malala (@malala) November 9, 2021
3. Africa, India Seek $1.3 Tonne Per Year in Climate Finance from Prosperous Countries
While developed countries have failed to promise even $100 billion a year in climate funding, African countries and some other developing countries, including India, have put a figure on the increased flow of finance to be given to the developed world in the times to come. Will happen. years – At least $1.3 trillion per year by 2030,
4. Impeachment of Chile’s President over Pandora Papers Revelations
President Sebastian Pinera was impeached On Tuesday, Chile’s lower house of Congress supported the sale of a family estate while in office, setting up a trial in the country’s Senate whether to remove the charges.
Accepting the charges required a minimum of 78 votes in the 155-member Chamber of Deputies and followed a 20-hour marathon session. Sixty-seven legislators voted against the “constitutional charge”, including several members of the opposition. Others were absent or absent.
5. World on track for 2.4C global warming after latest pledges, say analysts
Analysts said on Tuesday that the latest national pledges presented at the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow to tackle climate change this decade will see global temperatures rise by about 2.4 degrees Celsius this century, far higher than safe levels. .
The research coalition Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said promises by countries participating in the conference to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 would still allow the Earth to warm much more than the UN target by 2100.
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