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US president wants to cut country’s gas emissions in half by 2030 from the 2005 level, while Chinese leader sets limits on coal consumption.US President Joe Biden has opened an international climate summit saying that the United States “isn’t waiting” to lead on an issue of “moral and economic imperative”,

A neighbour’s security footage shows the moments before a white Columbus, Ohio policeman arrived and fatally shot the Black teenager.New footage emerged on Thursday in the police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl who was shot on Tuesday by a white police officer during an alleged altercation in

With results in from 110 of the S&P 500 companies as of Thursday, 85.5 percent have beaten analysts’ estimates for earnings per share, according to Refinitiv’s data.While it’s still early in the earnings period, a record percentage of first-quarter profit reports from major United States companies are coming in above

New law would require the US Department of Justice to focus on prosecuting hate crimes amid surge in attacks.The United States Senate passed a bill Thursday to combat the rise of hate crimes against Asians during the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for enactment of major new anti-hate-crime law. The

Authorities fear that once-thriving bodies of water that served surrounding communities may turn into dusty plains.Drought conditions now cover 85 percent of Mexico, and residents of the nation’s central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are simply drying up, including the country’s second-largest body of freshwater. The mayor of

Consumer Reports said that during several trips on its closed tracks with an empty driver’s seat, its Tesla Model Y automatically steered along painted lane lines without acknowledging that nobody was at the controls.Consumer Reports said Thursday it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car’s

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States – The funeral of Daunte Wright concluded on Thursday with tears and calls for law enforcement reform.Wright, 20, was fatally shot by former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop on April 11. Wright’s death came amid an already-charged political atmosphere caused by

A dirt road nestled in the mountains is the only way to get to Aguililla, a Mexican town caught in the middle of a turf war between two drug cartels.Located in the southwestern state of Michoacan, checkpoints surround the entrances to the town, guarded by armed men. For weeks, the

Senate Republicans propose a narrower and lower-cost alternative to the $2.3 trillion Joe Biden hopes to spend.A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a public works proposal with a much smaller price tag and a narrower definition of infrastructure than what President Joe Biden has proposed, highlighting the stark

Hundreds of women have reported horrific accounts of rape and gang rape since the start of the conflict in Tigray Nearly six months after the eruption of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations Security Council has issued its first joint statement on the continuing crisis, expressing “deep concern” about

The world’s top cryptocurrency has a massive carbon footprint, but ARK Invest says Bitcoin could boost investment in renewables.Pushing back against climate activists concerned about Bitcoin’s carbon footprint, the head of research at Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest is arguing that the world’s largest cryptocurrency, far from being a danger to

Said Djabelkhir, who was released on bail, says will appeal sentence and keep fighting for ‘freedom of conscience’.A renowned Algerian scholar on Islam, Said Djabelkhir, was handed a three-year prison sentence on Thursday for “offending Islam” in three Facebook posts, but pledged to appeal and keep fighting for “freedom” of