Controversy over holding a climate summit in oil-rich UAE

In America, prosecutors say an agent of the Indian government directed the attempted assassination of an American citizen on U.S. soil. The target of the plot detailed in the indictment was an activist for an independent Sikh state. The news comes after Canada's prime minister said there were credible claims that agents of the Indian government killed a Sikh activist in Canada. India has denied allegations of targeted assassinations.

And in so many parts of the world, people are reflecting on the life and legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died yesterday at the age of 100. The diplomat lived through a century of history and shaped much of it. Arguably the most influential American statesman who never served as president, though at one point, he did hold the titles of White House national security adviser and secretary of state at the same time.

Kissinger made both strong allies and fierce enemies. Supporters praised him as a brilliant strategist who engineered the Cold War masterstroke of opening relations with China during the Nixon administration. His harshest critics called him a war criminal, pointing to his support for bombing Cambodia and Laos during the Vietnam War, which killed tens of thousands of people. He's one of the most disputed winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, for his negotiation of a ceasefire in Vietnam. He spoke about it in Oslo, years later, in 2016.

Today, fossil fuels account for 30 percent of its GDP. And the person leading the summit on behalf of the UAE is also the CEO of the state-run oil company. He's pledged to eliminate methane emissions by 2030 and transition to net zero by 2045. Yet, at the same time, the company is ramping up offshore oil production. One climate analyst told Harlan, those plans are not compatible with the global commitment to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. And a spokesperson for UAE officials leading the summit has denied reports that the country tried to cash in on their host status by lobbying for oil and gas deals with participating nations.

Reducing emissions is the ultimate goal of the summit, but Harlan points out, there's a lot of momentum around another issue, a bit of unfinished business from last year's conference. Wealthy nations responsible for the vast majority of emissions agreed to create a loss and damage fund to help poorer nations offset the cost of floods, droughts, and heatwaves linked to our warming planet.

Just in Malawi alone, the damages are sometimes cited as 500, 700 million dollars. That's an enormous amount. That's just one country. And the list goes on and on, you know, Pakistan, places where you see these huge events happening that make headlines. But what you don't always realize is that if you go back to these places, people haven't recovered. And the entities, the U.N. entities, including the World Food Program that are kind of the de facto first responders in these places when emergencies strike, they don't have enough money to go and do the work that they need to do or that people need to recover.

Now, leaders need to figure out how much money to put in that fund, who will pay for it, and how it will work.

Mclntyre's husband Andrew Gregory told "NPR," the inspiration came from a story the couple saw about a church in North Carolina that raised funds to cancel out millions of dollars of debt. They reached out to the nonprofit group they learned about in that story, called RIP Medical Debt, which purchases debt at a fraction of the cost in order to forgive it. And Mclntyre decided, that's how she wanted to celebrate her own life.

Other shows, like the "Sex and the City" reboot, are also focusing on later-in-life romance. "The Atlantic" looks at the surprising spotlighting of love after 50 that we're seeing on TV right now, and argues, telling the stories of people with more life experience makes pop culture better and more real. The stakes of the love stories feel bigger because they're not just about exciting new feelings. They're also about dealing with loss, and existing obligations to children and family. We've heard the Golden Bachelor talk about his late wife, and how difficult it was to process her loss.

By putting topics like parenthood and grief front and center, "The Atlantic" says, these shows are celebrating the value of age in relationships. Seniority can strengthen our ability to overcome hurdles, and lead to more honest conversations about love and priorities.