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Unsound climate studies sneak into print: scientists
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» PARIS: Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest.
France-Germany tensions loom over EU leaders' summit
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» BRUSSELS - A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.
Blowing in the wind: Fishermen threaten South Korea carbon plans
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» GOCHANG, South Korea: Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches.
Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» BEIJING: Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival.
The Italian job: 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» LAUSANNE - Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo was named as hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, beating off a bid from Stockholm/Are in Sweden and giving Italy the showpiece event for the third time.
New diesel cars ‘no better for environment’ than petrol cars
Reuters, Published on 20/09/2017
» BERLIN: New diesel cars do not produce less of the environmentally damaging carbon dioxide than petrol cars, a group of newspapers cited the German Transport Ministry as saying on Wednesday, in a potential further headache for the auto sector.
India hosts Brics leaders amid bloc's economic woes
Published on 16/10/2016
» BENAULIM, INDIA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted leaders of the Brics emerging powers on Sunday at a summit seeking to strengthen trade ties and help overcome the bloc's economic woes.
Protectionism a scourge? Maybe not in Africa
AFP, Published on 08/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - World economic leaders gathered in Washington this week to defend globalization, delivering a single message in unison: Protectionism will not save you.
Korean businesses tune in to Asean opportunities
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 18/07/2016
» Amid growing awareness about the Asean Economic Community (AEC), member states are being encouraged to further strengthen their integration to draw interest from Korean companies that are exploring more opportunities in the region.
Senegal, Mauritania bet on oil and gas in perilous climate
AFP, Published on 01/05/2016
» DAKAR - While petro-states reel from plunging oil prices and gas producers brace for American exports to hit the market, two west African nations are forging ahead with potentially massive extraction projects others might fear to touch.