WASHINGTON — The hazard lights are blinking for President Joe Biden after Democratic setbacks in this week’s elections, but the president professes to see no reason for panic. Just one year after he rode to the White House with a record 81 million votes, Biden saw Democratic stalwart Terry McAuliffe fall […]
Summary U.S. permits voluntary departure of some embassy staff, family East African bloc, EU add to chorus of ceasefire calls Six-month state of emergency declared on Tuesday Tigrayan forces threaten advance on capital Conflict has killed thousands, displaced over two million ADDIS ABABA, Nov 4 – Calls from […]
CHICAGO, Nov 3 – As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists are charting when, and where, COVID-19 will transition to an endemic disease in 2022 and beyond, according to Reuters interviews with over a dozen leading disease experts. They expect that […]
GLASGOW, Scotland — Over five days abroad at two global summits, President Joe Biden showed a new willingness to openly confront China over climate change and its lack of leadership on the global stage. Biden ended his time at the U.N. climate summit in Scotland on Tuesday by […]
GLASGOW, Scotland — President Joe Biden joined other world leaders Tuesday to highlight the importance of preserving forests as a force against global warming, whipping up ambitions at a U.N. climate summit abroad even as a coal-state U.S. senator is again threatening Biden’s landmark climate legislation at home. […]
Summary Some $19 billion pledged to protect and restore forests Forests absorb nearly a third of CO2 emissions – WRI Activists says indigenous communities are forests best guardians GLASGOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) – More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation […]
KABUL, Nov 2 – At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack on Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital on Tuesdaywhich saw two heavy blasts followed up by gunmen assaulting the site in central Kabul, officials said. The explosions took place at the entrance […]
JIAOZUO, China — Wang Yuetang’s sneakers sink into the mud of what was once his thriving corn and peanut farm as he surveys the damage done by an unstable climate. Three months after torrential rains flooded much of central China’s Henan province, stretches of the country’s flat agricultural […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters. The B-1B Lancer bomber flew […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s air defenses amid NATO’s military activities near Russia’s borders. Speaking during a meeting with military officials and arms makers in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin specificially noted the deployment of NATO’s […]
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