The UN’s COP28 picked oil exec Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to lead the conference, and global lawmakers are pushing back
Back in January, the UAE named its pick to lead the climate talks – Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.
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From an oil CEO heading climate talks to NASA finding an exoplanet – Here's your January 13 news briefing
Every year, the UN holds a conference on climate change, which is known as the Conference of the Parties, or COP.
The UAE chooses an oil exec to lead COP28, and it’s causing some drama
COP28 is being hosted by Dubai this year.
From a crypto superman to your brain being wired to boogie – Here's your November 24 news briefing
To start off, we're looking into:
Is Binance CEO Zhao a crypto superman? – Since the collapse of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupted crypto empire, the industry has been in the Wild West.
Putin and UAE President MBZ talk about Ukraine and OPEC+
Last week, OPEC+, a group of oil producers including the UAE and Russia, agreed to cut oil production by two million barrels a day. This is its biggest cut since 2020, and the US is totally against the move. Apart from both being OPEC+ members, the UAE and Russia have
Hundreds of thousands of Russians find a home in the UAE
The Russian invasion of Ukraine led to multiple rounds of Western sanctions against Russian businesses and billionaires. With that, many Russian oligarchs are trying to flee these measures, finding a home in the UAE because the region has neither denounced the invasion nor has it put sanctions on these individuals.
World reacts to UAE and Israel move to normalize diplomatic ties
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed on Thursday to a “full normalization of relations” in an historic deal brokered by United States President Donald Trump.
The deal, dubbed the “Abraham Accord," would allow the two countries to “chart a new path that will unlock the great potential in