November 3, 2021

Weekly World News Update

Leaders Talk Lots at COP26 - Now for Action; Japanese Election; Can Billionaires Solve World Hunger?; Assessing the G20's Rome Meeting; ASEAN Summit Wraps Up; Ethiopia's Nationwide State of Emergency; COVID-19 Claims 5 Million Dead

Leaders Talk Lots at COP26 - Now for Action

“What is Happening at COP26?” Economist, November 2, 2021 “Leaders Warn of Climate ‘Doomsday’ as Old Rifts Divide Summit’s First Day” Jim Tankersley, Lisa Friedman, and Somini Sengupta -- New York Times, November 1, 2021 “Biden Plans Belt and Road Competitor at COP26” Colm Quinn -- Foreign Policy, November 2, 2021 "Greta Thunberg Is Playing an Inside/Outside Game at COP26" David Knowles -- Yahoo! News, November 2, 2021 "Will Climate Talks Finally Yield Real Results?" Alice Hill -- Foreign Affairs, October 29, 2021 Photo The Guardian

Japanese Election: Kishida Defies Expectations in Easy LDP Win

“Japan Elections: What to Expect from Fumio Kishida" Theo Beal -- Chatham House, November 2, 2021 "Japan's Lower House Election: Kishida Gets a Mandate for Now" Michael Green; Nicholas Szechenyi; Yuko Nakano -- CSIS, November 1, 2021 “Japanese Election’s Biggest Loser: Policy Debate” Naoya Yoshina -- Nikkei Asia, November 1, 2021 "Japan's PM Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden Have First In-Person Meeting, Agree to Enhance Ties" South China Morning Post, November 3, 2021 Photo Getty

Can Billionaires Solve World Hunger?

“Elon Musk Vows to Sell $6B in Tesla Stock to Fight World Hunger -- If UN Agency Can Explain How It Will Be Spent” Eamon Barrett -- Fortune, November 1, 2021 “I'm Not Picking On Elon Musk. Just Please Help, Says UN Food Official" Moira Ritter -- CNN, November 2, 2021 "Elon Musk's Offer to Donate Tesla Stock to World Hunger Is Bogus" Hayes Brown -- MSNBC, November 1, 2021 Photo Getty

Assessing the G20's Rome Meeting

“The G20 Risks Becoming a Mini-UN. That’s a Bad Thing” Hung Tran -- Atlantic Council, November 1, 2021 “EXPLAINER: What’s So Big About the G20 Besides Economies?” Frances d’Emilio -- Associated Press, October 29, 2021 "The Absence of Key Leaders Hangs Over Biden's First G20" Kevin Liptak -- CNN, October 31, 2021 "Meet the Five Women Who Attended the G20 Summit in Rome" Stéphanie Fillion -- Forbes, October 31, 2021

ASEAN Summit Wraps Up

"South-East Asia's Regional Club Faces Its Greatest Tests Yet" The Economist, October 30, 2021 “Biden Announces $102M to Support Southeast Asian Nations" Alex Gangitano -- The Hill, October 26, 2021 “What’s in ASEAN’s First State of Climate Change Report?” Yosuke Arino and S. V. R. K. Prabhakar -- The Diplomat, October 29, 2021 "ASEAN Says Myanmar 'Part of the Family' as Summit Concludes" Al Jazeera, October 29, 2021 Photo Reuters

Ethiopia's Nationwide State of Emergency

“Ethiopia Is at War With Itself. Here's What You Need to Know About the Conflict" Eliza Mackintosh -- CNN, November 3, 2021 "Ethiopia Declares Nationwide State of Emergency" Al Jazeera, November 2, 2021 "U.S. to Cut Ethiopia From Trade Program Over Rights Abuses in Tigray" Cara Anna and Aamer Madhani -- Associated Press, November 2, 2021 "One Year On, Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict No Closer to Political Solution" Michelle Gavin -- Council on Foreign Relations, November 1, 2021 Photo Reuters

COVID-19 Claims 5 Million Dead - At Least

“The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Now Killed 5 Million People Around the World” Jaclyn Diaz -- National Public Radio, November 1, 2021 "Opinion: The Official Pandemic Death Toll is 5 Million. But Millions More Perished Because of It" Washington Post, November 2, 2021 "What the COVID-19 Pandemic Tells Us About Climate Change and Democracy" Stefan Lehne -- Carnegie Europe, October 26, 2021