From Foreign Waters

  At the next U.N. climate change discussions, which it will host in December, the United Arab Emirates stated on Tuesday that nations should agree to phase out fuel emissions rather than the production of oil, gas, and coal. Ahead of the COP28 talks, the statements illustrate the stark differences in opinion among governments about how to address global warming. While resource-rich nations have pushed for the continuation of drilling, certain affluent Western governments and island nations that are suffering from climate change have been pressing for a phase-out of fossil fuels. In an interview with Reuters, Mariam Almheiri, the UAE' s minister of climate change and the environment, stated that nations that depend on fossil fuels for their economy or that find it difficult to switch to renewable energy sources will suffer from the phase-out of these fuels. She recommended deploying capture and storage technology to gradually phase out fossil fuel emissions while boosting the use ...

  Switzerland has became the latest country to allow same-sex couples to wed and adopt children. Yesterday, Swiss voted in a referendum, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay civil marriage. According to the latest opinion poll, supporters of same-sex marriage were in the lead, with 63 per cent of respondents saying they were in favour, but the "no" campaign has gathered steam over the last weeks. The amended law will make it possible for same-sex couples to get married, and to adopt children unrelated to them. Married lesbian couples would also be allowed to have children through sperm donation. This process is currently legal only for married heterosexual couples. According to a survey by global LGBT+ advocacy group ILGA and research firm RIWI , it was brought forward that almost a third of adults globally think people of the same sex should be allowed to marry. Same-sex marriages are not legally recognised in In...

  Amnesty International said it was putting out a statement "in response to the false claims and allegations via social media and inaccurate media stories making rounds regarding the Pegasus Project.    Kim Jetter, a cyber security journalist; Amnesty International, in a new statement, has stated that phone numbers in the list were of interest to NSO customers, suggesting they are the sort of people NSO clients might prefer to spy on, India Today reported.   However, prior Amnesty International, on its official website, has stated that it categorically stands by the findings of the Pegasus Project and that the information is irrefutably linked to potential targets of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. The baseless rumours spreading on social media are meant to distract from the widespread unlawful targeting of activists, journalists, and other VIP's that the Pegasus Project has exposed."   The official statement by Amnesty emerged as rumours in social medi...