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Explainer-Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?
BAKU - The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of...
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Explainer-Protecting democracy, adjusting taxes - which German coalition plans could survive?
BERLIN - Germany's political parties agree on few things after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed last week following months of...
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, 20243 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, 20242 min read
Analysis-Long-range strikes against Russia: too late to save Ukraine?
KYIV - The U.S. decision to authorise long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia's Kursk region that it...
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, 20244 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-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-What Russia's invasion has cost Ukraine as war reaches 1,000th day
KYIV - Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaches its 1,000th day on Tuesday, a grim milestone in Europe's deadliest conflict since...
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Facts-Shifting red lines in West's support for Ukraine now allows strikes deep into Russia
KYIV - The United States will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons such as ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306...
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 20, 20243 min read
In Sarajevo, rapid hillside construction raises landslide risk
SARAJEVO - Bosnian pensioner Vejsil Kajanija has a new routine - every day he walks to inspect large faults in the ground that have...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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