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What is the Paris climate agreement? 9 things to know
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Jun 01 2017
Delaney: Pulling Out of Paris Climate Accord Undermines American Leadership, Threatens Future
President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord . "I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days"...
Jun 01 2017
Trump Plans To Pull US From Paris Climate Accord
Brown said he has not been in touch with the Trump administration ahead of his climate travels, and would not say whether he's planning a separate visit with Presiden...
Jun 01 2017
States, cities pledge action on climate even without Trump
Mr Trump has previously described climate change as a "hoax" while Mr Pruitt, a former attorney general of Oklahoma , holds similar views. Donald Trump is expected to ...
Jun 01 2017
Trump 'very forceful' with Abbas, Netanyahu on restarting peace talks
At least 20 more Palestinians were shot and injured across the West Bank by Israeli forces suppressing demonstrations in support of Palestinian hunger strikers. Taken a...
Jun 01 2017
UN Sec. Gen. advocates unity to combat threat from climate change
In his first major speech on climate change since he assumed charge as the head of the UN this January, the UN Secretary-General said the "world is in a mess" and urged t...
Jun 01 2017
UK Labour chief challenges Theresa May to debate as race tightens
This was after all why we were invited and many of us took time out on a bank holiday Monday to be there. She added: "But I am prepared - prepared to take the hard deci...
Jun 01 2017
Corbyn has everything to gain from TV debate
Other members of the panel are UKIP leader Paul Nuttall, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson, Green co-leader Caroline Lucas and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood. "Every single ...
Jun 01 2017
Donald Trump to announce decision on Paris agreement tomorrow
At a conference near Los Angeles, Democrat Hillary Clinton , who Trump defeated in the 2016 presidential election, said withdrawing would be a mistake. Alternatively, ...
Jun 01 2017
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
However, Trump left customary room for backtracking in a tweet Wednesday morning , saying he would make the final decision "over the next few days". "Make America grea...
Jun 01 2017
White House staff 'gnashing their teeth' over 'toxic' Lewandowski's imminent return
He remains an influential confidant within the White House as does his wife, Ivanka Trump. He was responding to reports that Trump is looking for a major shakeup in his...
Jun 01 2017
German foreign minister tries to cool off Merkel-Trump row
The foreign minister later echoed previous statements by Chancellor Angela Merkel , who over the weekend sent shockwaves through Western capitals by arguing that Europe...
Jun 01 2017
PM Modi embarks on Russian Federation tour
There are around 200 Spanish companies operating in India. From Russia, PM Modi will leave for France which will be the concluding part of his tour where he is expected...
Jun 01 2017
May could lose parliament majority
Also due today is a European Commission report into the future of the monetary union, which may suggest the need to issue collective bonds. According to Prime Minis...
Jun 01 2017
Afghanistan: Kabul Attack Death Toll Reaches 90
The bombing raises serious questions about the Afghan government's ability to provide basic security. The German Embassy was extensively damaged, with dozens of windo...
Jun 01 2017
Russian Federation fires cruise missiles at Islamic State targets from Mediterranean
The Russian Defense Ministry added that armed units of the Syrian Democratic Forces , supported by the US, British and French special operations units, had come very clo...
Jun 01 2017
Race for UN health agency chief down to 2 candidates
Nabarro, a WHO insider who has worked for 40 years in worldwide public health, dexcribed himself as a "global candidate". Tedros - who campaigned under his first name -...
Jun 01 2017
Explosion in diplomatic area of Kabul kills 9, wounds dozens
The explosion also blew in windows at the Japanese embassy, leaving two staffers with mild injuries, a foreign ministry official in Tokyo said. Islamic State claimed re...
Jun 01 2017
Trump's communications director set to quit
He met separately last December - after the election but before Trump assumed office - with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to Washington , and Sergey Gorkov, t...
Jun 01 2017
Trump expected to keep US embassy in Tel Aviv -- for now
Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed it, a move not recognised internationally. Officials say, however, that Trump's re...
Jun 01 2017
Information leaked in United States affects Manchester bomb probe
Prime Minister Theresa May said "a significant amount of police activity" and several arrests had led to the level being lowered. MANCHESTER , England- Eight peop...