World agrees hard-fought nature funding plan at UN talks
ROME, Feb 28 (AFP): Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.Rich and developing countries hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions...
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China missed key climate target last year
BEIJING, Feb 28 (AFP): China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world's second-largest economy continued to rise as coal remained dominant despite record renewable additions, official data showed Friday.Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics said carbon intensity, which measures carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP,...
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Parents rush to vaccinate children after measles outbreak hits Texas
LUBBOCK, United States, Feb 28 (AFP): Five-year-old Shado is one of dozens of children being rushed to a health center in the US state of Texas to get the measles vaccine, after the recent death in the area of a child who was not immunized against the highly contagious virus."Look...
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US issues Thailand security alert after Uyghur deportations
BANGKOK, Feb 28 (AFP): The United States issued a security alert to its citizens in Thailand on Friday, warning of the possible risk of reprisal attacks after the kingdom deported dozens of Uyghurs to China.The Thai government has suffered intense criticism from around the world for its decision to hand...
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Suicide blast at Taliban religious school in Pakistan kills 4
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 28 (AFP): A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the "University of Jihad" where key Taliban leaders have studied killed four people on Friday, police said.Among those who died was Hamid ul Haq, the head of the Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania school, in Akora...
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Nicaragua announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council
SAN JOSÉ, Feb 28 (AFP): Nicaragua announced on Thursday its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, after experts appointed by the organization accused President Daniel Ortega's government of widespread repression.The decision to quit the council and all related activities was "irrevocable," Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo, who has been named...
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