LE BOURGET, France (AP) – France presented negotiators from 190 nations with what it called a “final draft” of an unprecedented climate deal to slow global warming and urged them to approve it on Saturday. The deal, called the “Paris agreement,” would limit rising temperatures and sea levels, and eventually …
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Top climate scientist praises draft of pact
LE BOURGET, France (AP) – The latest on the U.N. climate conference outside Paris (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A top climate scientist who was critical of draft negotiation texts on Friday has praised the final draft as being consistent with science. John Schellnhuber, director of Germany’s Potsdam Institute for …
Read More »Saudi women vote for the first time in landmark election
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Thousands of Saudi women headed to polling stations across the kingdom on Saturday, both as voters and candidates for the first time in a landmark election. Nearly 6,000 men and around 980 women are running as candidates for local municipal council seats. More than 130,000 …
Read More »Witness: 28 people found dead after attacks in Burundi
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) – Burundi’s political violence escalated Saturday as 28 people were found shot dead in three neighborhoods in the capital, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations. A climate of fear has engulfed the capital, Bujumbura, after the …
Read More »Beijing and Delhi: 2 cities and 2 ways of dealing with smog
NEW DELHI (AP) – Two cities. Two very polluted cities. And two very different ways of dealing with twin public health crises. When Beijing’s air was forecast to reach hazardous levels for three straight days earlier in December, the government issued a smog red alert. The result: Half the city’s …
Read More »Wal-Mart to launch own mobile pay system
NEW YORK (AP) – The mobile payment wars are heating up. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it’s launching its own mobile payment system that will allow shoppers to pay with any major credit or debit card or its own store gift card through its existing smartphone app …
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