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Australians brace for second high danger day as bushfire threat moves north
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Australians braced for a second day of high danger across the country's east…
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Qantas joins IAG in pledge to slash emissions to counter climate change
(Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd on Monday pledged to slash its carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050, joining British Airways…
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Three decades on, Germans remember surprise fall of Berlin Wall
BERLIN (Reuters) - Sascha Moellering witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 9, 1989.…
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Worried by climate change, EU moves to end fossil fuel funding
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should phase out it's funding of oil, gas and coal projects, EU finance ministers…
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U-turn? Cook Islands set to retain gay sex ban
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In an apparent U-turn on plans to decriminalise homosexuality, lawmakers from the South Pacific…
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Two people dead and 150 homes destroyed in Australian bushfires
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Two people have died, five are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires…
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Fed sees climate change shaping economy, policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank signalled on Friday it may be getting ready to join international peers…
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Scientists urge stronger Paris Agreement pledges to curb climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The vast majority of national commitments in the 2015 Paris Agreement are inadequate to prevent the worst…
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Japan wants to go cashless, but elderly aren’t so keen
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cash is king in Japan, and more so for the country's fast-aging population who are still deeply…
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China presses Trump for more tariff roll-backs in ‘phase one’ trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is pushing U.S. President Donald Trump to remove more tariffs imposed in September as part of…
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