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World leaders set to attend Francis's funeral as cardinals gather
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Gold hits record, stocks mixed as Trump fuels Fed fears
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Roche says will invest $50 bn in US over next five years
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Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans rebuild from nothing
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US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools
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Pistons snap NBA playoff skid, vintage Leonard leads Clippers
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Migrants mourn pope who fought for their rights
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Duplantis kicks off Diamond League amid Johnson-led changing landscape
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Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites
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Kosovo's 'hidden Catholics' baptised as Pope Francis mourned
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Global warming is a security threat and armies must adapt: experts
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Can Europe's richest family turn Paris into a city of football rivals?
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Climate campaigners praise a cool pope
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As world mourns, cardinals prepare pope's funeral
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US to impose new duties on solar imports from Southeast Asia
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Draft NZ law seeks 'biological' definition of man, woman
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Auto Shanghai to showcase electric competition at sector's new frontier
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Tentative tree planting 'decades overdue' in sweltering Athens
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Indonesia food plan risks 'world's largest' deforestation
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Gold hits record, stocks slip as Trump fuels Fed fears
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Trump helps enflame anti-LGBTQ feeling from Hungary to Romania
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Woe is the pinata, a casualty of Trump trade war
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'Like orphans': Argentina mourns loss of papal son
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Trump tariffs torch chances of meeting with China's Xi
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X rival Bluesky adds blue checks for trusted accounts
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China to launch new crewed mission into space this week
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Morocco volunteers on Sahara clean-up mission
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Latin America fondly farewells its first pontiff
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'I wanted it to work': Ukrainians disappointed by Easter truce
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Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
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'One isn't born a saint': School nuns remember Pope Francis as a boy
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Battling Forest see off Spurs to boost Champions League hopes
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'I don't miss tennis' says Nadal
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Biles 'not so sure' about competing at Los Angeles Olympics
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing 'point of no return', UN warns
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US assets slump again as Trump sharpens attack on Fed chief
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Forest see off Spurs to boost Champions League hopes
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Trump says Pope Francis 'loved the world,' will attend funeral
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Oscar voters required to view all films before casting ballots
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Bucks' Lillard upgraded to 'questionable' for game 2 v Pacers
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Duplantis and Biles win Laureus World Sports Awards
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US urges curb of Google's search dominance as AI looms
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The Pope with 'two left feet' who loved the 'beautiful game'
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With Pope Francis death, Trump loses top moral critic
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Mourning Americans contrast Trump approach to late Pope Francis
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Leeds and Burnley promoted to Premier League
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Racist gunman jailed for life over US supermarket massacre
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Trump backs Pentagon chief despite new Signal chat scandal
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Macron vows to step up reconstruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte
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Oil, gas giants could pay climate damage and still profit: research
Major oil and gas companies such as Aramco, ExxonMobil and Shell could have paid for their share of the damage caused by climate change and still earned trillions of dollars in profit, researchers said on Thursday.

Greta Thunberg in London court after climate protest arrest
Climate protesters sang songs and held up banners on Wednesday as Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg arrived at a London court after being arrested during a demonstration against the energy industry.

German govt loses key case on debt rules at top court
Germany's top court ruled Wednesday against the government in a case centred on whether it had broken debt rules, wiping 60 billion euros from a key climate fund and further testing the unity of the ruling coalition.

Threat from sand and dust storms spreading: UN
The UN warned Wednesday that the number of sand and dust storms are increasing "dramatically" with Central Asia most hit by the dangerous phenomena.

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: UN
The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade.

Sustainable development on the menu as APEC finance chiefs meet
Economic development and environmental action need to march hand in hand if the world is to successfully combat global warming, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday at the start of major global meeting.

Hundreds protest APEC on eve of San Francisco meeting
Hundreds of demonstrators, from anti-capitalists to pro-Palestinian advocates, gathered in San Francisco on Sunday on the eve of an APEC summit to protest against the world bloc.

Start of World Cup ski season falls victim to 'heavy snowfall'
Strong winds and "heavy snowfall" on Saturday caused the delayed opening round of the men's World Cup skiing season to be cancelled at the controversial cross-border venue of Zermatt-Cervinia.

Indonesia inaugurates Southeast Asia's largest floating solar farm
Indonesia inaugurated a $100 million floating solar farm on Thursday, the largest in Southeast Asia, as it seeks more opportunities to transition to green, renewable energy.

Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN
Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond the Paris deal's 1.5C global warming limit, the UN warned Wednesday.

'Exceptional' floods hit northern France: authorities
Flooding has hit dozens of towns in northern France, leaving roads sometimes only passable in boats and dozens of schools closed, authorities said Tuesday.

UK climate activists target 'Rokeby Venus' painting
Climate protesters on Monday smashed the glass cover of the "Rokeby Venus" painting by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez at London's National Portrait Gallery, in the latest protest against fossil fuels.

Sixteen dead as Storm Ciaran batters Western Europe
The death toll from Storm Ciaran rose to at least 16 across Western Europe on Friday, as heavy downpours and record winds brought travel chaos.

Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal
Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

Ten dead as Storm Ciaran batters Western Europe
At least 10 people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe with record winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, causing travel mayhem with closed ports and flight and rail disruptions.

Western Europe hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran
After battering northern France with record winds of 200 kilometres per hour that killed a lorry driver, Storm Ciaran headed north on Thursday with Britain on high alert amid warnings of flooding, blackouts and major travel disruptions.

UN sounds warning on climate change health threat
Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy.

France, Britain hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran
Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour killing a lorry driver as southern England remained on high alert Thursday and rail operators in several countries warned of traffic disruptions.

Four dead as Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on C. America
Tropical Storm Pilar loomed ominously off the Pacific Coast of Central America on Wednesday, provoking heavy rains that washed away crops and displaced hundreds of people as the death toll rose to four.

Electric vehicles gain traction in Jordan as petrol prices rise
Electric vehicle sales are surging in Jordan, a trend drivers and showrooms attribute to high petrol prices more than any concerns about air pollution and climate change.

Tropical storm Pilar causes heavy rains as it scrapes past Central America
Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.

Oil exec and climate champion? The man steering COP28
The Emirati oil boss preparing to take the helm of UN climate talks said he is stunned to hear that environmentalists suspect him of duplicity on climate change.

Central America braces for Tropical Storm Pilar
Central American nations braced Monday for Tropical Storm Pilar, with authorities in El Salvador reporting two deaths linked to heavy rains and wind preceding the arrival of the tempest.

Three foreigners among Mexico hurricane dead
Three foreigners were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis lashed Acapulco last week, authorities said Monday, as Mexico's president promised to put the devastated beachside city "back on its feet."

Dozens of climate activists arrested after London 'slow march'
Police arrested 62 climate activists in London Monday after they disrupted traffic with a "slow march", at the start of a new wave of promised action over Britain's oil and gas policies.

World's available CO2 'budget' for 1.5C smaller than thought: study
The amount of CO2 the world can emit and still limit warming to 1.5C is much smaller than previously thought and could be used up in six years at current pollution levels, according to research published on Monday.

In Peru, a small carbon footprint is not a choice
Sofia Llocclla Pellaca always descends on foot from the unlit hill where she lives with hardly any electricity on the outskirts of Lima. She rarely eats meat and cooks on a gas or wood stove.

Why did Hurricane Otis 'explosively' intensify off Mexico?
Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it battered Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, according to officials.

Hurricane leaves at least 27 dead in Mexico's Acapulco
Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico's beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."

Japan show provides glimpse of robots as future of rescue efforts
With a drone camera, a survivor is spotted in the rubble. A robot on tracks brings him water while rescuers in exoskeletons clear an escape route for an autonomous stretcher to take her to safety.
Mexico races to help battered Acapulco after major hurricane
Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid, restore communications and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane left a trail of destruction.
Hurricane Otis cuts off Mexico's battered Acapulco
Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane severed communications and road links.