Environment
COP30 opened in Belém, Brazil, with the United States absent and delegates sharply divided between calls to raise mitigation ambitions and disputes over climate finance.
Typhoon Fung-Wong battered the Philippines, killing at least 18 and forcing over one million people to evacuate, and was approaching Taiwan where authorities moved about 3,000 residents from Kaohsiung's coast.
Forecasters issued varied weather forecasts across Europe, saying Greece faced a new wave of storms and cooling, Switzerland had dense fog pockets, and France remained calm and dry.
Three Vietnamese men were rescued off the country’s coast after drifting at sea for about 40 hours following Typhoon Kalmaegi, authorities said.
A Norwegian district court refused to halt the planned mine-waste deposit in Førdefjorden, rejecting environmental groups' request for an interim injunction pending a Supreme Court decision.
