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The British singer-songwriter, 36, launched Weekends With Adele at Caesars Palace in November 2022 and performed her 100th show on Saturday. Her run of sell-out shows at the venue, which seats around 4,000 people, has been a success but has also taken its toll. In July, she announced she would be taking a “big break” from music after her current run of shows. A post shared by Adele (@adele) Videos posted online from her concert on Saturday show the singer getting tearful as she bid farewell to Vegas. “It’s been wonderful and I will miss it terribly and I will miss you terribly”, she said. “I don’t know when I next want to perform again.” She also said she got “closure” when Canadian singer Celine Dion came to watch her perform, admitting that she cried for a “whole week” afterwards. “It was just such a full circle moment for me because that’s the only reason I ever even wanted to be in here”, she added. Adele shared an emotional embrace with Dion after she spotted the singer in the audience during her Las Vegas show last month. A post shared by Adele (@adele) In footage shared online, the British star can be seen breaking down in tears as they hug in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which was built for Dion’s residency. The Rolling In The Deep singer has been vocal about her love for Dion over the years, hailing her as “Queen Celine” after attending one of her performances in an Instagram post in 2018. Dion reciprocated the love at the time, sharing a photo to social media of her posing alongside Adele, who was wearing the singer’s merchandise. She wrote: “Wasn’t able to do all my shows, but was thrilled that @Adele came to one of them.... I love her so much!! – Celine xx”. After their encounter at the venue, Adele said in an Instagram post: “Words will never sum up what you mean to me, or what you coming to my show means, let alone how it felt seeing you back in your palace with your beautiful family.”

Over the past two weeks, much of the world’s attention has been on Baku, Azerbaijan, the venue for this year’s UN climate conference, known as Cop29. Leaders, policymakers and environmentalists, among others, have been following the talks in progress – though, not without apprehension, given the impasse between various countries over the issue of climate financing. Getting nearly 200 countries, of different sizes, economies and climate vulnerabilities to agree on how much money the advanced nations should provide the lower-income ones to support their financing needs has been an onerous task for the past 15 years. Delegates representing the most disadvantaged nations in Baku even staged walkouts during the negotiating process. Further, in light of the current geopolitical climate, efforts to shore up global diplomacy proved inadequate. It is notable therefore that a deal was eventually struck on Saturday night, with the developed world pledging $300 billion annually over the next decade. Even as an agreement of this figure is notable – and may well have been considered a victory if only the climate challenge were not as enormous and global in scope – the urgent nature of the crisis remains unchanged. The developing world says that at least $1.3 trillion is needed every year, a long way off from the sum pledged in Baku. Countries, particularly those on the frontlines of the climate crisis, sorely need funds to transform their economies, build climate-resilient infrastructure and develop agriculture that is better able to withstand extreme temperatures and floods. As things stand, coping with climate disasters takes too large a chunk out of the gross domestic product of smaller nations. It is a fact that the world is equipped with the technological innovations, the know-how and the personnel to create an impact. What is required, however, is finance. But as Mariam Almheiri, head of the International Affairs Office of the Presidential Court, explained in these pages last week: “The gulf between available climate finance and actual needs is staggering.” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who earlier declared that “failure is not an option” in Azerbaijan, conceded that he had hoped for a more ambitious outcome on Saturday. But he added that the agreement “provides a base on which to build”. Indeed, in the run-up to the next climate conference, Cop30 in Brazil, it is important that countries continue to engage with each other, deepen partnerships and increase their financial commitment. Some countries have moved the needle on climate finance. At last year’s Cop28 in Dubai, for instance, the UAE pledged $100 million to a disaster fund and launched Alterra, a $30 billion climate investment fund. Much more, of course, is needed. As experts have reiterated, international public-private partnerships must bear some of the burden of a crisis that affects us all. The agreement struck in Baku may not be enough for those most vulnerable to rising temperatures to cope with the effects of climate change while simultaneously boosting the prosperity levels of their citizens. Yet the process for further negotiations has gone to the next phase. The onus is on all parties to build on that momentum.Special teams miscues prove costly for Bears in overtime loss to Vikings

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