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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  COP30 starts in Belem with a focus on accelerated global warming

  

  The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in the city of Belém (Brazil), marking the first time the global climate summit has been held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, set to run for two weeks, brings together world leaders from 163 countries to address the urgent crisis of global warming.

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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay chosen to UNESCO Board

  

  Uruguay has secured a seat on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a four-year term, following an election held during the organization's 43rd General Conference in Uzbekistan. The South American country obtained 119 votes from the Member States present at the event.

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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

  Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

  

  US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.

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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

  SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

  

  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.

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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

  Chinese competition authorities greenlight joint lithium venture in Chile

  

  China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved the partnership between Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and private miner SQM to develop lithium resources in the Salar de Atacama, prompting Chile's Mining Minister Aurora Williams to hail the decision as “good news.”

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• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

  Colombian prosecutors file new charges against President's son

  

  Six new criminal charges were filed on Monday against Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, stemming from an alleged corruption scheme during his tenure as a deputy in the Atlántico Departmental Assembly.

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