Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – The UN’s COP27 climate summit approved on Sunday the creation of a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by the impact of global warming. SOUNDBITE
Tymovskoye (Russia) (AFP) – Rescue workers are on the scene after a suspected gas explosion in a five-storey residential building killed nine people in Russia’s northeastern Sakhalin island, according to the local governor.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, for the first time. IMAGES
Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – The first passenger train arrives in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew from the city on November 11. Arriving with a one hour delay, the train from Kyiv pulled in at ten o’clock as people waved flags from a bridge and relatives waited with flowers on the platform. IMAGES
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows his country will “stand with” Kyiv during his first visit to the Ukrainian capital as PM.
Yavas (Russia) (AFP) – Images of the Russian penal colony in remote Mordovia, where Basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to start serving her 9-year sentence for possessing vape cartridges with a small quantity of cannabis oil.
Bangkok (AFP) – World leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Kamala Harris arrive for talks on the final day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Bangkok.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob casts his vote as general elections take place across the southeast Asian country.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – IMAGES Malaysians head to the polls on Saturday, with jailed ex-leader Najib Razak’s graft-tainted party seeking to cement its grip on power in a tightly contested race.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim votes in elections as the country goes to the polls on Saturday.
Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – “Have a heart and do the math,’ says young climate activist Nakeeyat Dramani from Ghana, during a speech at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
A group of friends in Jardim Brasil, a neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, decorate the streets with the colours of the Brazilian flag ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
