Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America
Travelers, undeterred by gloomy forecasts potentially spoiling celestial show, assembled from Texas to Maine for spectacle
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Argentina in a bid to win support from developing nations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy witnessed the swearing-in on Sunday of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei.
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Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites
Heatwaves sizzled around the world from the US south and the north of Africa to China and Antarctica
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António Guterres warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact
UN chief says gap between developed world and poorer countries is biggest issue facing Cop27 talks
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Five of world’s most powerful nations pledge to avoid nuclear war
US, Russia, China, the UK and France who are permanent members of the UN security council agree ‘nuclear war cannot be won’
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G20: World leaders agree to historic corporate tax deal
Leaders of the world's 20 major economies have approved a global agreement that will see the profits of large businesses taxed at least 15%.
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U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today's emissions pledges
Governments will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a deadline of this year to commit to more ambitious cut pledges, in what could be the last chance to put the world on track to limiting warming to below 2C above pre-industrial levels and ideally to 1.5C.
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No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss
The boss of the world's busiest airport for international passengers has said Covid passports are the only way to restart mass foreign travel.
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