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Trump aims to box in Biden abroad, but it may not work
In the last days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the Trump administration is enacting new rules, regulations and orders that it hopes will box in Biden's administration on numerous...
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US looks to ease travel ban on Europe; UK plans 'Christmas bubble'; Central...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The Trump administration is currently considering a plan to lift US travel restrictions on visitors from 28...
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How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America's global climate leadership
John Kerry helped bring the world into the Paris climate agreement and expanded America’s reputation as a climate leader. That reputation is now in tatters, and President-elect Joe Biden is asking...
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China-Australia tensions escalate; Royal Dutch Shell faces climate lawsuit;...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The tit-for-tat between China and Australia continues to worsen, as the two countries accuse each other of...
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Climate change deeply affects the entire planet — including Mount Everest
The imprint of humans is evident everywhere on planet Earth, including the tallest points around the globe.Climate change and pollution are impacting the world's great peaks in the Himalayas. They also...
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Pangolin smuggling: The next coronavirus time bomb?
Imagine a cat-sized anteater with an odd tongue, absurdly long and bubble-gum pink. Now add armor: overlapping scales rough as tree bark. Attack this creature, and it doesn’t bite or scratch. It simply...
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In the face of climate change, children must build resilience to cope with PTSD
It’s been a record-breaking year for the number of Atlantic storms so powerful that they were given names. Central America has been hit hardest, experiencing two hurricanes, Eta and then Iota, in the...
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Climate activists are taking their case to court — at The Hague and beyond
Royal Dutch Shell, not just one of the globe's biggest energy companies but one of the biggest corporations in the world, is now being sued by a group of environmental organizations.The plaintiffs want...
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Under a Biden presidency, what will become of Trump’s border wall?
Darby Wells is a village a little over 30 miles north of the Arizona-Mexico border. Nobody lives there anymore.Lorraine Marquez Eiler’s one of about 100 Hia-Ced O’odham tribal members who once did....
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Five years into Paris agreement, net-zero pledges are boosting optimism
Five years ago this Saturday, nearly every country in the world adopted the Paris climate agreement in a planetary effort to stave off the most catastrophic impacts of global warming.For more than a...
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European leaders approve stimulus package; Argentina moves to legalize...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.European Parliament lawmakers have finally approved a coronavirus stimulus package in a compromise that...
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In landmark decision, Denmark will phase out oil and gas by 2050. Here's how.
The Danish parliament voted this month to stop issuing new leases for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and to end oil production by 2050, making Denmark the first major-oil producing country in...
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Biden taps trusted figures to lead US climate fight; FDA says Moderna vaccine...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.US President-elect Joe Biden’s climate team is set to be announced this week, with key picks for energy,...
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Is Singapore’s approval of lab-grown meat a win for the climate?
Last weekend, something new was on the menu at 1880, a members-only club in downtown Singapore.The restaurant is the first in the world to sell to the public cultured meat, also known as lab-grown meat...
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Fears over Indonesia’s 'Jurassic Park'
The Komodo dragon lives up to its name: nearly 200 pounds of lizard, 8 feet from tail to tongue, with teeth like a shark.Its bite implants venom that can stop your heart within hours. That’s if you...
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Colombian singer Carlos Vives: Protecting the environment is the ‘only way to...
Deep in northern Colombia, amid the wetlands where the Magdalena and the Sucre rivers meet, sits the town of El Banco, where peak temperatures soar over 100 degrees and the humidity is inescapable.It...
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‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya...
Brother Benedict Ayodi plants a tree to mark the 5th anniversary of the release of the papal encyclical, Laudato Si, and also the fifth anniversary of the Paris accord. Credit: Courtesy of Brother...
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Cassidy from space: 'Looking down at Earth, it's just this blue ball of peace'
Earlier in 2020, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy spent 196 days in outer space, where he took part in hundreds of experiments at the International Space Station.Cassidy also completed his 10th spacewalk...
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Demographics, preparedness may explain Africa's low COVID-19 fatality rates
Africa is home to 17% of the world's population, but the continent accounts for only 3.5% of the world's reported COVID-19 deaths. Even with the knowledge that there may be some underreporting,...
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital.Officials have reported the death of a girl in...
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