The United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Montreal aims to protect the planet's biodiversity and ecosystems. The main mission of the agreement is to take urgent action to halt a reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. There are also targets around preserving ecosystem integrity, says Rachel Dobbs from The Economist.
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the former president is long and winding. The UN’s biodiversity summit ended with a historic but still unsatisfying agreement. And our language columnist presents his choice for word of the year.
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