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Climate fight 'bigger than one election', says Biden’s top envoy

COP29 climate summit opens amid fears the US election will derail efforts to stop the planet heating up.

Trump's climate policy looms over COP29

A major climate summit kicked off in Azerbaijan on Monday amid uncertainty over U.S. commitments to combatting global warming. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will exit the Paris Climate ...

Shell Wins Appeal in Landmark Climate Case in the Netherlands

A lower court had ordered the company to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030, but the oil giant argued that a single firm should not be hit with arbitrary pollution-reduction requirements.

Business - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Biden Officials Try to Reassure COP29 Climate Talks

Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.

Science - The New York Times - 12 hours ago

At COP29, Keir Starmer Announces the UK’s Ambitious Climate Targets

The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected to roll back its energy transition plans.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Cheap fix floated for plane vapour's climate damage

The warming impact of the vapour trails that emerge from airplanes is being discussed at climate gathering.

Climate Science Can’t Keep Up With the Warming Planet

We need more timely updates in response to the rapid changes to the climate.

Top stories - The New York Times - 19 hours ago

A Big Climate Goal Is Getting Further Out of Reach

A new report forecasts global temperature increases well above the level that world leaders have pledged to avoid.

Top stories - The New York Times - 7 hours ago

We don’t need the US to fight climate change

Multilateral action has proven resilient before, and it must do so again

World - Financial Times - 17 hours ago

‘It’s boom time’: Renewable growth is faster in the global south than in rich countries

Energy consultancy RMI says emerging economies could overtake rich nations

World - Financial Times - October 16

‘Scramble for the oceans’: how countries are racing to name and claim remote parts of the seabed

Newly ‘discovered’ underwater topographical features are paving the way for nation states to exploit previously untouched marine resources. “The sea does not belong to despots,” Jules Verne wrote ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Russia confirms it's going to make it more painful for companies to quit the country

World - Yahoo News - October 17

GOP rep unveils bill cracking down on countries that take American hostages

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) announced a bill cracking down on foreign governments that take American citizens hostage or otherwise wrongfully detain them. Lawler unveiled the State Sponsor of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Democrats travel deep into Trump country in fight for prize state

No Democrat has won North Carolina since 2008, but polls show they have a chance - if they can beat Republicans on their home turf.

Debt will overshadow IMF gathering as World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries

In Washington, finance ministers will face pressure for action to reduce their own debt and offer more resources to poorer nations. Debt, and why governments need to reduce it, will top the agenda ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

New President Subianto swears in Indonesia's largest Cabinet since 1966, with 109 members

Newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has sworn in Indonesia’s largest Cabinet since 1966, with 109 members representing his pledge for a strong government

World - ABC News - October 21

'What kind of country do we want to live in?' Harris asks congregation

During remarks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Ga., Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged congregants to vote.

Politics - NBC News - October 20

Ukraine ballet touring U.S. to raise money for children in wartorn country

The National Ballet of Ukraine is touring several states in an effort to raise money for children stuck in the wartorn country. Nancy Chen reports.

Moldovans narrowly vote to secure the country's path toward EU membership

Moldovans have voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country’s path toward European Union membership

World - ABC News - October 21

Kamala Harris full interview: ‘Absolutely’ the country is ready for a woman to be president

Vice President Kamala Harris talks about sexism, President Biden’s age, and her plans on immigration, abortion and transgender health care, during an interview with NBC News' Hallie Jackson.

Mexico announces food and agriculture plan that could take the country back to the 1980s

Mexico's new president has announced an agriculture plan that could make the country's food production and distribution look a lot more like it did in the 1980s

World - ABC News - October 22

IMF warns on China's property market worsening as it cuts country's growth outlook

In a report published Tuesday, the IMF trimmed its forecast for growth in China for this year to 4.8%, 0.2 percentage points lower than in its July projection.

Business - CNBC - October 23

A U.S. Farming Giant Gets a Message 11 Stories Tall

Using natural materials from environmental disasters around the country, a Brazilian activist sends a message to a U.S. farming giant.

World - The New York Times - October 23

Japan prepares to cheer on Ohtani and the Dodgers, and the country is dressing for the occasion

Television ratings in Japan have set records as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani have reached the World Series against the New York Yankees

Sports - ABC News - October 23

Posts falsely claim Nigeria and Kenya are the least corrupt countries in Africa

World - Yahoo News - October 23

WATCH: Father flies across country to paint mural for his 1st grandchild

After Mark Hendron traveled from Delaware to California to take on his epic art project, his daughter Makenzie filmed the process to share his work with the world.

Without broad-based productivity, our country cannot prosper

Productivity equals prosperity

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Trump says Jack Smith should be 'thrown out of the country'

Former President Trump said during a Thursday interview that “deranged” special counsel Jack Smith should be “thrown out of the country.” “We should throw Jack Smith out with them, the mentally ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

The most 'Halloween-obsessed' states in the country, according to a new ranking

The analysis accounted for pumpkin patches, haunted attractions and even Spirit Halloween locations per capita.