Over 100 countries vow to end deforestation at climate talks
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 11:49
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made...
Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 06:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. The metaphors were...
UK's Johnson warns of 'doomsday' as climate summit begins
Monday, 1 November 2021, 14:43
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.” Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position...
COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
Monday, 1 November 2021, 13:50
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate...
Covid-19: Australians reunite as border reopens after 20-month ban
Monday, 1 November 2021, 06:34
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travelers tearing...
G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 16:54
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a vague commitment Sunday to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day Rome summit that was laying...
Man with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 16:52
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses...
Greece says ship with about 400 migrants at 'safe anchorage'
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 06:57
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A small cargo ship carrying about 400 mostly Afghan migrants and refugees was towed Saturday to “a safe anchorage” off the Greek island of Kos near the Turkish coast, Greece’s coast...
G-20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 06:55
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises amid...
G-20 opens with call for more vaccines for poor countries
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 14:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses on Saturday took part in the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 economic recovery and the global...