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The Perfect Novel for the Baku Climate Summit: Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.World - The New York Times - 20 hours ago -
The Trump shadow hanging over Baku
The rest of the world must fill a looming US void in climate leadershipWorld - Financial Times - November 11 -
Madrid or Baku to host '27 Champions League final
UEFA has confirmed that Madrid or Baku will stage the 2027 Champions League final after the capital cities of Spain and Azerbaijan stepped in to replace Milan as host of the showpiece fixture.Sports - ESPN - October 23 -
COP29 Talks Open in Baku in the Shadow of Trump’s Election
The election of Donald J. Trump is sapping momentum from global climate talks as diplomats brace for his pro-fossil-fuel agenda.Top stories - The New York Times - November 11 -
Why Is COP29 Being Held in Baku, Azerbaijan?
The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies almost entirely on the fossil fuels that are the main driver of global warming.Top stories - The New York Times - November 11 -
Odour of oil and return of Trump hang heavy over Cop29 in Baku
Prospects of strong outcome appear dim but there is hope the talks will address pressing issue of climate finance. More than 100 heads of state and government are expected to land in Baku, the ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Cop29 live updates: Carbon credit trade rules approved, breaking lengthy deadlock
Draft decision on article 6 approved with no objections. UN climate chief Simon Stiell gave a moving speech at the Cop29 opening plenary on Monday, writes Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
G20 leaders gather in Rio while COP29 delegates seek deal in Baku
Plus, Ukraine war passes 1,000th day milestoneWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch
Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
COP29 begins in Baku, Biden visits Peru and Reeves makes first Mansion House speech
Plus, US reports inflation figures while Japan, the UK and the EU publish first estimates of third-quarter GDPWorld - Financial Times - November 10 -
Fathers figure — five beguiling new debut novels
From the Swiss Alps to Norway via Paris and London — bad dads loom large in this current crop of fictionWorld - Financial Times - November 11 -
Absolution, A New Southern Reach Novel By Jeff VanderMeer, Is Now Available
Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel $27 (was ...Tech - GameSpot - October 22 -
A Philadelphia suburb’s novel solution for getting the vote out – a voting van
Van makes voting accessible in Montgomery county, where officials reject at least 1,000 mail-in votes each election. Maxine Endy had been on the phone with her neighbors in her towering apartment ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
Susanna Clarke Wrote a Hit Novel Set in a Magical Realm. Then She Disappeared.
Twenty years after the publication of her fantasy debut, “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Clarke is returning to her richly imagined world of magical England.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
The Beloved TMNT: The Last Ronin Graphic Novel Getting A New Covers Collection
The Last Ronin has proven to be one of the most popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stories of all time, and in case you're looking for some extra material to go along with it, a new hardcover ...Tech - GameSpot - October 25 -
Taylor Jenkins Reid's next novel, 'Atmosphere,' is a starry romance
The author of “Daisy Jones & The Six” is aiming high with her next bookEntertainment - ABC News - October 30 -
COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation
Delegates at the U.N. talks created a system that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information but failed to make headway on a broader funding commitment.World - The New York Times - November 2 -
Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex
Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez
New film of Juan Rulfo’s revered novel, considered founding text of magic realism, is first film adaptation in half a century. “I came to Comala because I was told that my father lived here, a ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Best-selling detective author Michael Connelly talks career and crime novels
Michael Connelly has been a best-selling author of crime and detective fiction for over 30 years. Now out with his newest novel, "The Waiting," Connelly stopped by "CBS Saturday Morning" to talk ...Top stories - CBS News - November 9