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An EU leaders summit discussing funding the fight against climate change is the first to be chaired by incoming EU Council president Charles Michel
World
19.08.2024
EU clashes over climate, as breakaway Britain votes
Norwegian oil executive Arne Sigve Nylund says that at term, the new oil field will account for more than one quarter of total output from Norway's continental shelf
World
19.08.2024
Mammoth field fires up Norway's oil industry
ECB president Christine Lagarde has been outspoken about the bank's possible role in tackling climate change, which she has said is a "high priority"
World
19.08.2024
Smooth-talking Lagarde faces first ECB grilling
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein looked frail as he was helped into the courtroom using a walking frame
World
19.08.2024
Weinstein agrees $25 million settlement with accusers: lawyer
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Red Cross officials have been taken aback by the scale of devasation wrought by recent natural disasters, such as Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas
World 19.08.2024
Red Cross scrambles to address surging climate-related risks
Iraq's anti-government protest encampment in Baghdad's Tahrir Square has become a mini state providing the kind of services demonstrators say their government has failed to provide
World 19.08.2024
Iraq protesters form 'mini-state' in Baghdad's Tahrir Square
British parliament has been deadlocked since the 2016 referendum on EU membership that saw a majority vote to leave
World 19.08.2024
Britain votes in 'Brexit election'
The DUP is the main party in Northern Ireland and is led by 49-year-old Arlene Foster
World 19.08.2024
Smaller parties could hold keys to power at UK election
Farmers use oxen to plough land in Cuba, which has been hit by a fuel shortage
World 19.08.2024
Oxen and horses put back to work in Cuba
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made a rare admission that climate change is one of the 'factors' causing unprecedented bushfires that have destroyed millions of hectares of land
World 19.08.2024
Aussie PM breaks silence on 'troubling' smoke crisis
Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir appeared in court several times since August, facing charges of illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds
World 19.08.2024
Sudan's deposed Bashir faces verdict in corruption case
A Christmas satire on Netflix depicting Jesus in a gay relationship has sparked a backlash in Brazil
World 19.08.2024
Netflix Christmas satire in Brazil sparks religious outcry
More than 200 youth and indigenous rights activists were thrown out of the climate talks in Madrid
World 19.08.2024
Greenpeace chief locked out of UN climate meet amid protests
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