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Spain Cracks Down: 5 Arrested In Massive $541M Crypto Fraud Scandal
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) In a significant move against cryptocurrency-based criminal activities, Spanish authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have successfully dismantled a large-scale operation involving crypto investment fraud. This...
Climate concern on the rise as Spain heads for hottest June on record
CGTN
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June 30, 2025
00:50 Spain is melting amid record-breakingly high temperatures. Thermometers spiked at 46 degrees Celsius in El Granado, Huelva, a southern Spanish city on the border with Portugal. That's a new record for June if confirmed by Spain's...
Eurobarometer: Most Europeans See Climate Change as a Major Threat—and Back EU Efforts to Tackle It
EUToday
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June 30, 2025
26A sweeping new Eurobarometer survey has revealed that a resounding majority of Europeans view climate change as a serious threat and support the European Union’s efforts to confront it, even as political tensions around energy and industrial...
UN chief urges aid amid climate chaos, conflicts
Oman Observer
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June 30, 2025
SEVILLE: UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference on Monday as US-led cuts jeopardise the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of world leaders and more than 4,000...
Irish Examiner view: Climate change apathy won't get us far
Irish Examiner
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July 1, 2025
It’s not as if we didn’t know.With Europe experiencing temperatures as high as 46C in Spain — and authorities in Portugal, Italy, Greece, and France issuing heat, wildfire, and health warnings — the battle against climate change is moving up a...
UN chief seeks aid surge to check ‘climate chaos’
Dawn
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June 30, 2025
SEVILLE: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of world...
Rich flyers may foot climate bill under new tax push by 80-nation group
The News International
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Several countries, including France, Kenya, Barbados, and Spain, came together on Monday to form a coalition aimed at taxing wealthy air travellers. The idea is to generate funds to help poorer countries deal with the impact of climate change,...
80-nation coalition takes off to tax luxury flyers, fund global climate fight
GEO TV
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July 1, 2025
Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on wealthy air passengers to help poorer nations respond to climate change, the French presidency said. The coalition, which also brings...
Bonmati illness adds to questions around Spain Euros bid
Hindustan Times
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July 1, 2025
Spain are the favourites to win the women's European Championship this summer but star player Aitana Bonmati's illness ahead of the tournament raises another question mark around a side which, despite their obvious quality, are not unstoppable....
As Historic Heatwave Grips Europe, Coalition Says 'No to a Climate Law for Polluters'
Common Dreams
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June 30, 2025
As yet another dangerous heatwave pushes temperatures well into the triple digits across much of Europe, climate defenders on Monday renewed calls for stronger action to combat the planetary emergency—including by ensuring that the impending...
Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel
StratNews Global
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June 30, 2025
Home Africa Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel The initiative, which was co-signed by Sierra Leone, Benin and Somalia, will get technical support from the European Commission, it added. In a significant step toward...
Whither the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?
Now Grenada
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June 30, 2025
by Kari Grenade, PhD, Caribbean Economist and Macroeconomic Advisor The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its related 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets were adopted with great optimism in 2015. The 17 SDGs are: SDG...
Nations Adopt “Seville Commitment” to Tackle Debt Crisis, Fund Sustainable Development
Sada Elbalad
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June 30, 2025
Mon 30 Jun 2025 | 07:04 PM Secretary-General Antonio Guterres As the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opens in Seville today, global leaders have announced the adoption of the “Seville Commitment,” a significant...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Champions SIDS Agenda at Global Finance Summit in Spain
Antigua News Room
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June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Gaston Browne Champions SIDS Agenda at Global Finance Summit in Spain Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, the Honourable Gaston Browne, delivered a powerful and resonant message on behalf of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)...
FFD4 Opens With A Renewed Global Framework ToTackle Sustainable Development Challenges
Scoop
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Sevilla, Spain, 30 June 2025 The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated outcome that lays...
UN chief calls on world leaders to close USD 4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 1, 2025
Sevilla [Spain], July 1(ANI/WAM): "We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a USD 4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to...
BoI pitching investors in Spain on 2 solar projects
Business World
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June 30, 2025
THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it is making presentations about two major solar projects at a conference in Spain, to potential “impact-driven partners.” “At the (conference) in Seville, the BoI will spotlight investor-ready renewable energy...
Aurangzeb departs for Spain to participate in ‘FFD4’
Business Recorder
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July 1, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb departed from Islamabad today (Monday) for Seville, Spain, to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), being held from July 1 to...
Chief Minister Sengeh Joins VP Juldeh Jalloh to Promote Financial Strategies at Global Summit in Spain
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh and Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh represented Sierra Leone at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) held in Seville, Spain. The conference brought together 27 Heads...
It is time to finance our future and our “change course”, Guterres tells the world leaders in Seville
The European Times
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June 30, 2025
António Guterres has appealed to Clarion, noting that sustainable development powered by international cooperation, is now confronted with “massive opposite winds”. Approach the opening session of 4th Development financing conference (FFD4) In hot...