US Climate Retreat A ‘global Setback’
The US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord is a global setback, but China, India and Europe are willing to ...
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Trump Pulls US Out of 2015 Accord
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to ...
US Cities and States Defy Trump, Embrace Climate Pact
When President Donald Trump announced America's abandonment of the Paris climate deal Thursday, saying he was elected to represent "Pittsburgh, ...
Fiji’s COP 23 Leader Vows Climate Fight ‘far From Over’
The head of upcoming UN climate talks vowed Friday that the fight against global warming would continue despite Washington's "unfortunate" ...
US Assures Turkey Over Arming Kurds In IS Fight
The US military offered assurances to Turkey on Thursday over supplying arms to Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State group, ...
US Proposes New N. Korea Sanctions At UN
The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would impose new sanctions on North Korea over ...
Republicans Hail Trump For Exiting Paris Climate Deal
Donald Trump's Republican allies applauded the president Thursday for announcing an end to US participation in the Paris climate deal ...
US, EU Urge End To Renewed Fighting In Sudan’s Darfur
The United States and key world powers on Thursday urged Khartoum and a rebel group to end a renewed bout ...
Gravitational Waves Detected Again, At Furthest Distance Yet
Two massive black holes colliding into each other created ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves, which have ...
Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now
President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a provocative ...
Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion
The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget ...
EU Leader Urges Trump To Stay In Paris Climate Deal
European Council President Donald Tusk made a personal appeal Thursday to US President Donald Trump not to pull Washington out ...
Move To Re-Write Venezuelan Constitution Amid Planned Protests
Venezuela's opposition called for weekend protests as Thursday's deadline neared for candidates for an assembly to re-write the constitution -- ...
China, Europe Take Lead On Climate As World Waits On Trump
China and Europe took the lead Thursday on forging on with the Paris climate accord, as fears grew US President ...
US Returns Criminal Suspect To China
The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the ...
Japan, US Conduct Joint Naval Drill Off Korean Peninsula
A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula ...
China Vows To Adhere To Paris Climate Deal
China will "steadfastly" implement the Paris climate pact, Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday, urging others to do likewise as US ...
Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen
An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red ...
Who Carried It Out?
No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday's powerful blast that ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, killing at ...
Secretive Global Group Gathers In US To Mull Trump Era
A secretive group of global power brokers including elder statesman Henry Kissinger and NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg will gather to debate ...