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China, US unveil separate big steps to fight climate change
The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday.Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund coal-fired power plants abroad, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the U.N. General Assembly. That came hours after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a plan to double financial aid to poorer nations to $11.4 billion by 2024 so those countries could switch to cleaner energy and cope with global warming's worsening impacts. That puts rich nations close to... Read More
Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief's red glare
Space, we have an equity problem.When three billionaires rocketed into space this summer, they did more than escape Earth's surly bonds, they helped spread "a malady of mistrust" plaguing an all-too hungry world, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told other world leaders Tuesday.
In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres highlighted the gap between the rich and poor with "billionaires joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth."
In July, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos flew into space on private... Read More
Sequoia National Park's Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) ??" The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park's famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildfire has been burning near them on the western side of California's Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks."As of right now we don't have any damage to any of our trees," said fire information officer Mark Garrett.
The KNP Complex, two lightning-sparked fires that merged, has spread over more than 39 square miles (101 square kilometers), feeding on other types of trees that also live on the high-elevation slopes of the mountain... Read More
Toxic gas, new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island
EL PASO, Canary Islands (AP) ??" As a new volcanic vent blew open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed toward the sea, authorities on a Spanish island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash and acid rain.Several small earthquakes shook the island of La Palma in the Atlantic Ocean off northwest Africa on Tuesday, keeping nerves on edge after a volcanic eruption on Sunday. The island, with a population of 85,000, is part of the Canary Islands archipelago, a key tourist destination for... Read More
Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find
WASHINGTON (AP) ??" President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading hospitals and threatening to shutter classrooms around the country.But the tests have already disappeared from pharmacy shelves in many parts of the U.S., and manufacturers warn it will take them weeks to ramp up production, after scaling it back amid plummeting demand over the summer.
The latest shortage is another painful reminder that the U.S. has yet to successfully manage its COVID-19 testing... Read More
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- China, US unveil separate big steps to fight climate change
- Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief's red glare
- Sequoia National Park's Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire
- Toxic gas, new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island
- Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find
- J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
- Hatchlings of endangered crocodile species found in Cambodia
- UN climate talks: Faint progress on money, none on pollution
- 4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
- Nobody hurt but much damage in Spanish volcano eruption
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