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Nov 2023
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COP28: Climate summit tries to kick foss...

Financial Times
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Turkey’s exports to Russia of goods vital for Moscow’s war machine have soared in 2023, and nations at this year’s COP28 summit will revisit a proposal to phase out fossil fuels. Plus, the FT’s Madhumita Murgia explains how one patient in need of a new liver exposed major flaws in the UK’s organ transplant system. 


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Future of fossil fuels leaves nations at odds ahead of UN climate summit

Turkey’s exports of military-linked goods to Russia surge

Algorithms are deciding who gets organ transplants. Are their decisions fair?

Tech Tonic podcast: Superintelligent AI


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva, Gavin Kallmann, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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