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Nov 20, 20243 min read
Explainer-What is the latest science on climate change?
BAKU - This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures,...
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Explainer-How methane emissions threaten climate goals
BAKU - Fast-rising methane emissions could undermine efforts to limit global warming by mid-century, prompting scientists and...
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Analysis-In choosing his team, Trump opts for personal ties and TV chops
WASHINGTON - In staffing his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump has so far veered from the conventional to the...
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Analysis-Trump picks Gaetz and Hegseth hold grudges against the agencies they would run
WASHINGTON - In nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Pete Hegseth to helm the Pentagon, President-elect Donald Trump has picked...
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Analysis-Can a COP29 deal clean up scandal-ridden carbon offsets?
BAKU - A deal at the COP29 climate talks on trading carbon credits could see billions of dollars move into emissions-reduction projects...
Nov 20, 20245 min read
Analysis-Spy world vexed by Trump choice of Gabbard as US intelligence chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Facts-COP29 climate talks enter final stretch: What happens next?
BAKU - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on...
Nov 20, 20248 min read
Factbox-Trump's cabinet: who's been picked, who's in the running?
President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Facts-COP29 climate talks enter final stretch: What happens next?
BAKU - Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Facts: The legal status of assisted dying in different countries
LONDON - Britain is to debate whether to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill, potentially paving the way for the law to...
Nov 17, 20248 min read
Trump's cabinet: who's been picked, who's in the running?
President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his...
Nov 17, 20244 min read
Biden to bid farewell at APEC and G20 under Trump's shadow
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden heads to South America on Thursday for a curtain call with global leaders after over 50 years in U.S....
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