By FRANK JORDANS and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation in the coming decade. It’s a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before. Britain on Tuesday hailed the commitment as the
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By FRANK JORDANS and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation in the coming decade. It’s a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before. Britain on Tuesday hailed the commitment as the
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By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French trawler owners in Normandy have reacted with confusion and consternation after President Emmanuel Macron extended a deadline for the British government to license more French fishing vessels or face consequences. Amid a post-Brexit dispute with Britain, the French government had given Britain until Tuesday to
Continue Reading By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French trawler owners in Normandy have reacted with confusion and consternation after President Emmanuel Macron extended a deadline for the British government to license more French fishing vessels or face consequences. Amid a post-Brexit dispute with Britain, the French government had given Britain until Tuesday to
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, has reported a sharp rise in earnings amid strong worldwide demand for shipments of goods. The Copenhagen-based company said revenue grew nearly 68% in the third quarter, to a record-high $16.6 billion, up from $9.9 billion in the same three-month period last year. It
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, has reported a sharp rise in earnings amid strong worldwide demand for shipments of goods. The Copenhagen-based company said revenue grew nearly 68% in the third quarter, to a record-high $16.6 billion, up from $9.9 billion in the same three-month period last year. It
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they are reopening the case of a local woman allegedly killed by a British soldier years ago. The country’s police inspector general announced it Monday while urging the British government to collaborate to “conclude the case and administer justice.” Attention has returned to the death of Agnes
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Millions of child-size doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are being shipped from the company’s facilities to distribution centers across the country — ready to go out to pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices, the Biden administration said Monday. They’re just waiting for the OK from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden propone nuevas normas de varias agencias federales con el mismo objetivo: reducir las emisiones de metano que calientan el planeta. En el centro del anuncio se encuentra una normativa de la Agencia de Protección Medioambiental (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) que obligaría a las empresas
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By Carma Hassan, CNN A third giraffe has died at the Dallas Zoo in less than a month, the zoo reported. Jesse, a 14-year-old male giraffe died October 29, two days after he first showed signs of an illness, according to the Dallas Zoo. Results from a blood test showed Jesse had “abnormal liver enzymes,”
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Rights groups are urging Cambodian authorities to release an autistic teenager who was sentenced to eight months in prison for social media posts critical of the government. Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the teenager’s case was being misused to intimidate his opposition
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By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the COP26 climate summit. Twenty countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday. Several countries had already agreed to end international financing for coal, but this agreement
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden wrapped up his multi-leg trip to Europe on Tuesday with a press conference after attending the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, telling reporters he’s optimistic about the outcomes of the gathering even though “there’s a reason for people to be worried.” “I’m worried if we don’t
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By Ben Church, CNN The Kansas City Chiefs dug deep to complete a hard-fought comeback against the New York Giants on Monday, improving to 4-4 this season. Harrison Butker kicked a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter to lift the Chiefs to a 20-17 win, their first victory over the Giants since 2013.
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By Andrew Carey, Hadas Gold and Max Foster, CNN Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference Monday because of a lack of wheelchair access, told CNN she has accepted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s apology. “He [Johnson] was very kind and very friendly and he apologized. Of course,
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