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US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2019
» WASHINGTON: The United States has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Smoke blots out western United States
Associated Press, Published on 22/08/2018
» SEATTLE: Smoke from wildfires clog the sky across the entire western part of the United States, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
Facing jail, editor apologises for anti-pollution posting
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2018
» The editor of Citylife Chiang Mai has apologised to the provincial governor after he threatened her with criminal charges for posting on Facebook a student's painting of ancient kings wearing pollution masks.
German cities may ban diesel vehicles
Associated Press, Published on 28/02/2018
» BERLIN: A German court ruled Tuesday that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with wide-ranging and costly implications that marks a turning point for diesel vehicles in Germany.
China censors frantically scrub anti-Xi critics, satire
Associated Press, Published on 27/02/2018
» BEIJING: Chinese censors acted quickly Monday to remove satirical commentary online about the ruling Communist Party's move to enable President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely, while political observers weighed the possibility that China will return to an era of one-man rule.
BMW's soaring profit fuelled by new 5-Series sedan
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» FRANKFURT, Germany -- German luxury automaker BMW says net profit rose 14% in the second quarter as earnings were boosted by the new version of the 5-Series sedan.
US quits climate pact
Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday (Friday morning Thailand time) that he has withdrawn the US from the Paris global climate pact.
91 Chinese missing in landslide that buried buildings
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2015
» SHENZHEN -- Rescuers were searching Monday for at least 91 missing people a day after a mountain of excavated soil and construction waste buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park in this southern Chinese city.
Sick or swim: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO – Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human faeces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Beijing now 2022 Olympics favourite
Associated Press, Published on 04/11/2014
» The new front-runner to host the 2022 Winter Olympics doesn't have a long winter sports tradition. Then there's the matter of snow, or lack thereof. The mountains near Beijing where Olympic bidders want to hold skiing events receive less than a meter of snow each winter.