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Trump Plans To Pull US From Paris Climate Accord
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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
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
Malaysia Airlines flight forced to land after bizarre bomb threat
The plane was parked in a remote bay after it landed. Local media reports suggest he claimed to have explosives. He said the suspect told airline staff he needed ...
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
European Union leader blasts Trump's reported plan to leave the Paris agreement
The choice is between a formal withdrawal that could take three years or leaving the United Nations treaty that the accord is based on, which would be quicker but more...
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...
Jun 01 2017
Trump speaks to Afghan President on phone, condemns Kabul attack
The Taliban denied any involvement with the bombing , and no group has yet claimed responsibility for Wednesday's blast . Indian staff at the embassy are safe , re...