Ten years after Paris, national climate plans put 2035 emissions only 12% below 2019 levels — far short of the 1.5°C path — as COP31 opens in Antalya.
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4% for the first time since August 2023, as inflation climbed to 3.5% and borrowers face higher costs.
Death toll reaches 40 after Russian bombs hit a Komyshuvakha aid centre and shelter, with dozens missing as rescuers search the rubble.
Gold climbed past $4,100 an ounce on November 5, extending its post-midterm surge as a weaker dollar, lower yields and hopes of an Iran war end lifted metals.
Three people were reported killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s Belgorod region, the latest deadly incident in a border area repeatedly hit during the war.
UNEP’s 2026 Adaptation Gap Report warns that even tripling adaptation finance by 2035 would cover only 20–29% of developing countries’ needs as warming heads past 1.5°C.
Cyclone Murasu weakened into a low over Telangana after crossing near Ongole, leaving two dead, heavy rain and an early Andhra damage estimate of about ₹344 crore.
Qantas cancelled flight QF1737 after flames appeared under the wing of its Perth-bound jet at Karratha Airport, with passengers safely disembarked.
North Korea fired several missiles from Sondok on November 4, hours after Kim Yo Jong rejected US dialogue and denied the FBI’s Binance hack claim.
Delhi’s morning air quality index reached 377 on Wednesday ahead of Diwali, deepening the capital’s winter smog crisis and raising health worries.
Russia struck a Kharkiv hospital and energy sites across Ukraine overnight, injuring at least 73 people and cutting power as winter approaches.
Two police officers were killed and a third injured guarding a polio team in Mohmand, as four vaccinators were abducted in Tank during Pakistan’s November campaign.
