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- US, Philippines sign deal on sharing military information
- Bangladeshi ex-ministers face 'massacre' charges in court
- Law and disorder as Thai police station comes under monkey attack
- Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon sentenced to nearly 18 years for fraud
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- Star Australian broadcaster charged with sex offences
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- Indigenous Australian lawmaker who heckled King Charles censured
- End of an era as Nadal aims for winning Davis Cup farewell
- Trump taps big tech critic Carr to lead US communications agency
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- McDonald's feast undercuts Trump health pledge
- Thousands march through Athens to mark student uprising
- NBA fines Hornets' Ball, T-Wolves' Edwards, Bucks coach Rivers
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- Bills snap nine-game Chiefs win streak to spoil perfect NFL start
- Biden answers missile pleas from Ukraine as clock ticks down
- Senegal ruling party claims 'large victory' in elections
- Dutch plan 'nice adios' for Nadal at Davis Cup retirement party
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Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20 leaders intervening to strike a critical finance pact at the crunch talks.
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Nature pays price for war in Israel's north
Across northern Israel's lush, green nature reserves, the ecological toll of the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants is laid bare: wild boar hit by shrapnel, trees reduced to ashes and swathes of charred vegetation.
India's capital shuts all primary schools due to smog
India's capital New Delhi ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice on Thursday night due to worsening smog in the sprawling megacity.
Climate finance: who is being asked to pay what at COP29?
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COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdrew its delegation.
Scientists say world's largest coral found near Solomon Islands
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COP29 fight for climate money 'humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus
Bangladesh's interim leader on Wednesday slammed the "humiliating" fight for climate finance at the COP29 talks, demanding rich countries and emitters pay for the problems they caused.
Fifth Greenland hearing for anti-whaling activist Watson
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Lame-duck US climate team vows to be 'effective' at COP29
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UN carbon market inches closer after COP29 agreement
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EU vessels to cease fishing in Senegal after accord expires
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Azerbaijan defends fossil fuels at COP29 as big names skip summit
The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.
Climate crisis worsening already 'hellish' refugee situation: UN
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Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger
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World leaders meet for climate talks, but big names missing
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Trump picks ex-lawmaker Lee Zeldin to head EPA
Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lee Zeldin, a former congressman and early loyalist of the Republican, to oversee US environmental policy, the latest in a series of swift cabinet choices by the president-elect.
Nations approve new UN rules on carbon markets at COP29
Governments at the COP29 talks approved Monday new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.
Brazilian Indigenous leader warns world on Amazon's fate
As the COP29 climate talks started Monday in Azerbaijan, an Indigenous leader half a world away is literally towering over Brazil with a warning about the fate of the Amazon rainforest.
Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril', warns UN
The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.
COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperation
The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not "down for the count", as Donald Trump's re-election hangs over the key discussions.
COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming
The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments.
Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety
On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows.
No culprit found five years on from Notre Dame fire
Five years of investigation and expert reports have failed to identify the precise cause of the 2019 fire that ravaged Paris' landmark Notre Dame cathedral, even as the probe draws to a close just as the cathedral prepares to reopen early next month.
New tools give researchers hope for fungus-ravaged US bats
Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave system in Kentucky, a park ranger warns those about to enter of an extremely deadly fungus -- not for humans, but for the bat populations it has devastated across North America.
Daughter of missing Mexico environment defender pleads for global help
Brenda Diaz Valencia's life was upended nearly two years ago when the bullet-riddled truck driven by her father, Mexican environmental defender Antonio Diaz Valencia, and lawyer Ricardo Lagunes was found abandoned.
UN aims to set standards for scandal-hit carbon markets
Governments could finally approve new UN standards for countries and companies wanting to trade carbon credits, a long-awaited decision some hope can bring credibility to a scandal-ridden sector.