47 minutes ago Grow your business internationally with free expert advice at International Trade Week

IseabailMactaggart, Deputy Director at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)Scotland, talks about Scotland’s exporting strengths and highlights how theactivities at the upcoming International Trade Week (ITW) can help businessesfrom Scotland expand into global markets.  

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64 minutes ago Hundreds of mourners gather to bid farewell Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter after they perished when the Bayesian superyacht sunk

Seven people died when Mr Lynch's £30million Bayesian yacht sank in just 16 minutes after getting caught in a freak storm off the coast of Porticello, near Sicily, on August 19.

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75 minutes ago Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia’s UN summit

Delegates from 196 countries are discussing progress in preserving biodiversity. So what are the sticking points?Every two years, leaders from around the world gather to discuss the state of life on Earth, negotiating agreements to preserve biodiversity and stop the destruction of nature. This week, representatives of 196 countries are gathering in Cali, Colombia, for the 16th UN Conference of the Parties summit (Cop16).It is the first biodiversity-focused meeting since 2022, when governments struck a historic deal to halt the destruction of ecosystems. Scientists, Indigenous communities, business representatives and environment ministers from nearly 200 countries will discuss progress towards the targets and negotiate how they will be monitored. Here are the main things to look out for...

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4 hours ago Putin hosts a summit in a bid to show the West it can't keep Russia off the global stage

In the coming days, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands with multiple world leaders, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran

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4 hours ago ‘For me, there was no other choice’: inside the global illegal organ trade – podcast

I spoke to dozens of people – from ‘donors’ to brokers – to find out how this exploitative trade thrives on chaos and desperation. By Seán Columb Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Hundreds of mourners gather to farewell Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter after they perished when the Bayesian superyacht sunk

Seven people died when Mr Lynch's £30million Bayesian yacht sank in just 16 minutes after getting caught in a freak storm off the coast of Porticello, near Sicily, on August 19.

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9 hours ago Countries gather for UN biodiversity summit to negotiate halting nature crisis

Countries are gathering to negotiate on how to halt and reverse the global declines in nature for the UN biodiversity summit Cop16 in Colombia.

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9 hours ago Cop16: What is the UN nature summit and what will negotiations involve?

Here are the key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity answered.

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9 hours ago UN ocean target to be missed by eight decades, Greenpeace analysis finds

The campaign group is urging the UK Government to take a leading role at the UN biodiversity summit Cop16 in Colombia.

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