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Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris climate agreement working?
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit.
Spain brought to a halt by huge blackout
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» MADRID - Panicked customers scrambled to withdraw cash from banks and streets overflowed with crowds trying in vain to get a signal as a Spain-wide power outage plunged the country into chaos on Monday.
Ecuadoran Indigenous protester dies in anti-government demos
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» QUITO - An Indigenous protester died Tuesday in clashes with law enforcement during a ninth day of demonstrations against the Ecuadorian government that the military has described as a "grave threat."
Climate talks test global resolve on warming
AFP, Published on 06/06/2022
» PARIS - Negotiators from almost 200 countries will meet in Bonn Monday for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions.
Baby formula shortage sends US parents into panic
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: It's a nightmare for parents. The United States is in the grip of a severe shortage of baby formula -- with a mass product recall aggravating pandemic supply chain woes -- sending families on sometimes desperate hunts for the vital supplies.
Ghislaine Maxwell jury seeks more witness transcripts
AFP, Published on 30/12/2021
» NEW YORK - Jurors asked for transcripts on Wednesday of the testimony of five witnesses at the sex crimes trial of Ghislaine Maxwell as the judge suggested they work through the New Year's holidays if needed.
Former Maxwell assistant, psychologist testify in sex crimes trial
AFP, Published on 17/12/2021
» NEW YORK - Ghislaine Maxwell's former assistant testified at the British socialite's sex trafficking trial on Thursday that she never saw her employer or the late financier Jeffrey Epstein engage in any inappropriate behavior with underage girls.
COP26 climate summit 'last, best hope' to meet 1.5C target: Sharma
AFP, Published on 31/10/2021
» GLASGOW: Global COP26 climate negotiations are the "last, best hope" to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive, said summit president Alok Sharma as he opened the meeting on Sunday.
China submits new climate plan days before COP26 summit
AFP, Published on 29/10/2021
» PARIS - China on Thursday submitted a renewed emissions cutting plan that promised to peak carbon pollution before 2030 but which experts said stopped short of the radical decarbonisation required of the world's largest polluter.
Climate: Rich nations have dodged finance pledge
AFP, Published on 11/10/2021
» PARIS: A hundred billion dollars every year –- that was the aid promised more than a decade ago to help developing nations curb their carbon pollution and adapt to devastating climate impacts.