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US Supreme Court declines chance to restrict abortion clinic ‘bubble’ zones
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed up a chance to consider overruling its own precedent allowing protective "bubble" zones around abortion clinic patients, turning away...
Dec 11, 2023
US Supreme Court snubs challenge to gay ‘conversion therapy’ ban in Washington state
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Washington state's law banning "conversion therapy" on children aimed at changing sexual orientation or gend...
Dec 11, 2023
COP28 presidency on latest draft deal: This text is a huge step forward
DUBAI (Reuters) - The COP28 presidency, led by Sultan al-Jaber, described the latest draft version of the summit's final deal on Monday as "a huge step forward". "The COP28 Presidency has been clear f...
Dec 11, 2023
‘End fossil fuels’ protester storms stage of COP28 summit
DUBAI (Reuters) - A young protester burst on to the stage at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Monday, holding a sign above her head that read: "End fossil fuels. Save our planet and our future." T...
Dec 11, 2023
New COP28 draft text does not mention phase out of fossil fuels
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N.'s climate body on Monday published its latest draft text of the deal it hopes to reach at the COP28 summit in Dubai, which includes a range of actions countries could take t...
Dec 11, 2023
A quarter of freshwater fish risk extinction -study
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - About a quarter of all freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction due to threats from climate change and pollution, the latest Red List of Threatened Species sh...
Dec 11, 2023
Afghanistan excluded from COP28 as climate impacts hit home
By Gloria Dickie and Charlotte Greenfield DUBAI (Reuters) - Humanitarian concerns have been raised over Afghanistan being left out of United Nations climate negotiations for a third year in a row, as ...
Dec 11, 2023
US military spaceplane poised for 7th launch, first atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane was poised for liftoff from Florida on Monday on its seventh mission to orbit, ...
Dec 11, 2023
Business booms on the sidelines of COP28
By Sarah McFarlane and Simon Jessop (Reuters) - A stand in the COP28 "startup village" has proved the arena to gain high level access and even clinch deals on the sidelines of U.N. climate talks that ...
Dec 11, 2023
Commonwealth boss warns of mass migration unless climate cash delivered
By Simon Jessop and Mohammed Benmansour DUBAI (Reuters) - Richer countries need urgently to provide money to help their vulnerable peers adapt to the impact of climate change or face consequences incl...
Dec 11, 2023
