| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, November 10, 2021 by Farouq Suleiman and Katy Daigle | Hello Here's what you need to know. U.N. climate talks draft asks for higher emissions pledges, stranded migrants try to breach Polish border and 1,300 Afghan children evacuated to U.S. in limbo. | | | | | Today's biggest stories  People are silhouetted during the UN Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman COP26 Time is getting tight. With the U.N. climate agency having published the first draft of a final COP26 deal early Wednesday, negotiators are poised to begin the most contentious chapter of this year’s talks to tackle global warming.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged countries overnight to “put aside differences and come together for our planet and our people.” He was expected to travel from London back to the conference, and together with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to meet with national and civil society negotiators.
Officials said they expected fireworks after the draft deal’s publication, as countries barter over the fine details. But going into Wednesday, big divisions remained.
Among them were disagreements over carbon market rules, the timeline for updating emissions-cutting pledges and payments to climate-vulnerable nations.
Meanwhile, a raft of announcements relating to the greening of transportation were expected. Emissions from the transportation sector, including vehicles, airplanes, trains and ships, have more than doubled since 1970. The sector now accounts for about 24% of global emissions.
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|  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in the EU-US summit, in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman U.S. President Joe Biden will host European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen at the White House to discuss trade and Western Balkans turmoil, among other issues, as he continues to try to mend ties with the European Union.
'When are my parents coming?': Ten-year-old Mansoor only narrowly escaped Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August, and while he is now living safely in Washington state with relatives, he asks them every day if he can return. Mansoor is among approximately 1,300 children evacuated to the U.S. from Afghanistan without their parents or legal guardians, according to the HHS.
The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol can access former President Donald Trump's White House records, a federal judge ruled in a clear win for congressional oversight powers.
Pfizer and BioNTech requested the FDA to authorize booster doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in all adults, presenting recent data showing the shot would help prevent disease across ages.
President Joe Biden spoke with the chief executives of Walmart, United Parcel Service, FedEx and Target to discuss speeding up deliveries and lowering prices for consumers.
An American journalist detained in military-ruled Myanmar accused of incitement is facing new charges of sedition and terrorism, his lawyer said, in a setback for U.S. efforts to secure his release.
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Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said, announcing that it had reinforced the border as the European Union prepares to impose sanctions on Belarus over the crisis.
The members of the resistance vow to fight the “final battle” against military rule. Their utterly changed worlds since the February coup paint a portrait of sacrifice and resolve in a Burmese generation who, unlike their parents, grew up in a world of smartphones and greater political freedoms.
Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal U.N. email seen by Reuters said, amid reports of widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans. Read our special report.
China's military said it had conducted a combat readiness patrol in the direction of the Taiwan Strait, after its defense ministry condemned a visit to Taiwan by a U.S. congressional delegation it said had arrived on a military aircraft.
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticized the leaders of China saying they "don't understand the variety of different cultures" there and there is too much control by the main Han ethnic group. |  The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann BUSINESS Alphabet unit Google lost an appeal to a $2.8-billion European antitrust decision, a major win for the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager in the first of three court rulings that will strengthen the EU's push to regulate big tech. The UK Supreme Court blocked a planned $4.3 billion British class action against Google over allegations the internet giant unlawfully tracked the personal information of millions of iPhone users.
A U.S. judge denied Apple's efforts to pause orders handed down after an antitrust case brought by "Fortnite" creator Epic Games. The iPhone maker immediately said it would appeal the denial, aiming to stave off potentially significant changes to its lucrative App Store before a Dec. 9 deadline to implement the court's orders.
Cash-strapped China Evergrande teetered again on the precipice of default as it faced a final deadline to make an offshore bond coupon payment, amid growing concerns about a liquidity squeeze in the property sector.
It was the break-up that eluded a generation of General Electric insiders. When Larry Culp, the first GE chief executive not to rise from within its ranks, convened a board meeting earlier this month to greenlight the split of the industrial conglomerate into three companies, he secured its backing.
Global automakers are planning to spend more than half a trillion dollars on electric vehicles and batteries through 2030, according to a Reuters analysis, amping up investments aimed at weaning car buyers away from fossil fuels and meeting increasingly tough decarbonization targets. | | | | | | | | | Quote of the day "Maybe people know this and maybe they don’t, but the term Megxit was or is a misogynistic term, and it was created by a troll, amplified by royal correspondents, and it grew and grew and grew into mainstream media. But it began with a troll.” Prince Harry Duke of Sussex Prince Harry says 'Megxit' is a misogynistic term | | | | Video of the day  Couple sues fertility clinic for mixing up embryos A couple sued a California fertility clinic for switching their embryo with another couple's during in vitro fertilization treatment, resulting in each couple giving birth to and raising the other's baby for months before discovering the mistake. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
