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UN climate conference: reforming agriculture (LINK) 21 November 2025
India's delayed action plan raises eyebrows at UN climate summit (LINK) 21 November 2025
— BBC: Indian officials, like many negotiators from the developing world, argue that their updated climate plans with more ambitious carbon reduction targets will mean nothing if they do not receive financial and technological support from developed countries. India says it shouldn't be pressed for a more ambitious climate plan as it has already met a key pledge - to have 50% of its installed eletricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources - years ahead of the 2030 deadline.
— The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that by 2035, annual emissions will have to be reduced by 35% and 55%, compared with 2019, to align with the goals of the Paris agreement. But emissions have continued to rise almost every year since then, and the climate plans submitted to the UNFCCC until 10 November show that there will be emissions reduction of only around 12% by 2035 – that too if countries fully implement their policies.
China has lent more to US than any other country since 2000, report finds (LINK) 21 November 2025
— Of the US$2.2 trillion disbursed by China's "official sector" between 2000 and 2023, nearly US$202 billion went to projects in the US, the AidData research lab at Virginia-based university William & Mary found.
Authorities arrest 7 bodyguards in connection with a Mexican mayor’s assassination (LINK) — ground.news: 9 media reports (LINK) 21 November 2025
— On Nov. 1, Mayor Carlos Manzo was shot during Day of the Dead festivities, prompting an immediate probe as attention turned to Manzo's large security detail after they failed to stop the lone gunman. Manzo's wife was sworn in as Uruapan's mayor. On Wednesday, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of a man said to be involved in planning the killing, and investigators have connected the plot to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The alleged perpetrator was a 17-year-old boy who was killed by the politician’s guards.
U.S. economy speeds up after government shutdown as businesses turn more optimistic: companies are banking on lower interest rates, reduced tariffs friction and increased government spending: economy grew in November at the fastest pace in four months (LINK) 21 November 2025
Trump says he is ending temporary deportation protections for Somalis in Minnesota (LINK) — ground.news: 69 media reports (LINK) 21 November 2025
— Posting on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said Minnesota under Governor Tim Walz is a hub for fraudulent money laundering and claimed Somali gangs terrorize the state with billions missing. The Biden administration renewed Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in 2023 for more than 2,600 Somalis, citing conflict in their home country. The extension was effective for 18 months and included work authorization. A report produced for Congress in August put the number of Somalis now covered by the program at 705 nationwide as of March.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily reinstates Texas Republicans' redrawn congressional map (LINK) 21 November 2025
— The administrative stay is a temporary ruling that allows Texas to continue to use its new map for now, as the Supreme Court reviews the case. The Supreme Court ordered the civil rights advocacy groups that challenged the map to file a response by 5 p.m. on Monday. The filing deadline for candidates in Texas ahead of the March primary is Dec. 8.
The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief: Marty Makary pushed back on the request to force policy and research staffer Sanjula Jain-Nagpal out of the agency, officials told POLITICO. (LINK) 21 November 2025
— POLITICO: The development is the latest example of tensions between Makary and leadership at HHS and the White House, which have intensified in recent weeks amid other controversies involving staff Makary brought into the agency. It comes days after POLITICO reported that Jain-Nagpal announced on a call with FDA stakeholders that she was Makary's deputy chief of staff, which the White House had not approved.
