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Jerry Brown Heads To China For Climate Change Talks
According to an article in the MIT Technology Review , Donald Trump and his team quoted figures from an earlier MIT study which was done a year before the Paris Climate Agreement was signed an...
OECD holds out hope US may return to Paris climate pact
The $15 million would cover the US share of the convention's operating budget, according to Bloomberg spokesperson Carl Pope. One World Trade Center, the Kosciuszko Bridge and New York City ...
Vladimir Putin ridicules claims of meddling in US vote
Putin said he would continue to communicate with U.S. President Donald Trump , saying good relations are in the interests of both countries. "But the problem is not with us, the problem is insid...
Obama Slams Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
By contrast, Trump has pulled the United States out of President Barack Obama's ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal that would have spanned a dozen nations from the U.S.to Chile to J...
Putin on Trump's withdrawal from Paris Agreement: 'Don't worry, be happy'
On Monday, Putin told a French newspaper that the allegations of Russian meddling were a "fiction" driven by Democrats' "desire ... to improve their standing by accusing Russia of interfering". ...
McDonnell, Abbott and Thornberry would get top jobs in Labour cabinet - Corbyn
The Conservatives claim Labour's plans to reverse reductions in corporation tax will discourage investment, which is crucial to supporting growth and jobs. "I think the idea of anyone ever using a...
'This will change': Trump tweets anger at Germany's Merkel
When co-anchor Alisyn Camerota asked Wittig if it was "fair to characterize their relationship as a feud at the moment", he responded immediately saying, "Oh no, no". Soldiers from North Atlantic Trea...
Germany, China vow to deepen partnership amid global uncertainty
The deal relies heavily on reductions in emissions by big polluter nations, and the United States is the world's second-biggest carbon dioxide emitter behind China. World leaders celebrate the adoptio...
Defense Secretary Mattis Seeks Continuity in Policy Toward Asia
En route to Singapore , David F. Helvey , performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, briefed reporters traveling with Mattis on topics that would...
Trump wants fair deal for Americans under Paris agreement: WH
But he was also breaking from many of America's staunchest allies, who have expressed alarm about the decision. Word of Trump's decision comes a day after the president met with Scott Pruitt , th...
Nicky Hayden remains 'very critical' in hospital
The city of Owensboro in Kentucky, where Hayden was born, commemorated Hayden-known as the "Kentucky Kid"-by flying its flags at half-staff". Injury details were not immediately available. The hospi...
Putin ridicules claims of meddling in U.S
Putin replied. "Your underage daughter could do that". The Russian leader followed that up by going full troll by joking that Russia was experiencing some cold weather so perhaps they should be th...
India 'Committed To Paris Climate Agreement', Despite Donald Trump-led US Exit
Mr. Trump announced Thursday that he is pulling the US out of the Paris agreement , which was one of President Obama's major achievements in office. While some energy companies, particularly c...
Putin: Patriotic Russians May Have Hacked in Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in on the furor surrounding alleged Russian hacking. "Trump's team was more efficient during the election campaign". He underlined the importance of the ...
New England states join Paris climate goal alliance
In a speech from White House's Rose Garden on Thursday, Trump pointed out that New Delhi would get billions of dollars for meeting its commitments under the Paris deal. The US is the world's sec...
Putin accuses USA of hysteria over election hacking inquiry
Petersburg International Economic Forum in the presence of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi . They can even be hackers, by the way, in the United States, who very skilfully and professionally, sh...
China makes concessions to Germany on electric vehicle quotas
Without mentioning the USA specifically, Li said that " China in recent years has stayed true to its commitment" and pointed out that his was one of the first countries to ratify the 2015 Paris Agree...
Brazil´s J&F agrees to pay $3.2 bln fine in leniency agreement
J&F is the parent company of the world's largest meatpacker JBS SA, whose top executives admitted to bribing politicians in exchange for political favors in a scandal that threatens to topple Presiden...
Putin: 'Russian Patriots', Not Government, Responsible For Foreign Election Cyber Attacks
Petersburg . But he quickly distanced himself from suggestions that the Russian state was involved in election hacking. "If they are patriotically minded, they start making their contributions - w...
Still Scratching Head Over Trump's 'covfefe' Tweet? White House Has An Explanation!
But not all LIRR customers were amused when the train's Twitter account offered its own take early Wednesday: "How many #LIRR commuters are enjoying their morning covfefe? ". "Trump is right - he...
Mayor of Pittsburgh, Entire World Dunks on Trump's Climate Agreement Withdrawal
Under the Paris accord , the USA sent some $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund that is guided by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change - the body that coordinates global climate policy. ...
Poll dive hits British PM's election battle
Betfair Spokesperson, Katie Baylis, said :"There's no doubt Labour are closing the gap in the polls, which is a sentiment that's also being reflected in the odds and it seems Corbyn gave his Labour pa...
EU, China united on climate, still divided over trade
In addition, it was also one of the first countries to submit the file of national plan on dealing with climate change to the United Nations. "We also hear that our actions and leading role are appl...
What's next in U.S. withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
This is largely in line with what former President Obama, who helped negotiate the accords in 2015, suggested on the eve of Trump's announcement. He also misrepresented China's commitment to the p...
Putin denies Russian meddling in United States election
The head of the French government's cyber security agency, which investigated leaks from President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign, says they found no trace of a notorious Russian hacking group be...
Some US Cities And States Aren't Giving Up On The Paris Agreement
The reason: the 1997 legally binding climate deal placed restrictions on industrialised countries like the U.S., without any such demands on developing countries like India and China . Under the ...
Daimler says US expansion not linked to Trump's trade campaign
According to one person present at the summit, China's insistence on a reference that the European Union will eventually recognize China as an economy driven by the market, not the state, blocked the ...
Modi hardsells India at 'Davos of the East'
President Putin thanked the US businessmen for their participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum amid continuing slump in Russian-US relations. His lawyer said in January Mr. Sn...
Mother Flees Home After 1-Year-Old Child Suffers Drug Overdose
In the 911 call, you can hear the dispatcher ask for their mom then try to talk her through CPR before medics arrive. When paramedics arrived, they were able to revive the baby with Narcan. Akron Po...
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Korea's ICBM and nuclear weapons nears completion
June 14, 2017South Korean President Moon Jae-In first proposed a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup with China, Japan and North Korea to Federation Internationale de Football Association chief Gianni Infantino in a meeting yesterday. "South Korean military personnel located the defector soldier's whereabouts and is investigating the motive and progress of the defection", the JCS said in a statement .