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Azerbaijan says ‘overall consensus’ on Baku hosting COP29
By Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - There is an overall consensus that Azerbaijan should host the COP29 U.N. climate summit next year, the country's ecology minister Mukhtar Babayev said on Saturday. "I'...
Dec 09, 2023
OPEC members push against including fossil fuels phase-out in COP28 deal
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC members are pushing against attempts to include language on "phasing out" fossil fuels in a COP28 climate deal, underlining the struggle ove...
Dec 09, 2023
Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to stop woman from emergency abortion
(Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked the Texas Supreme Court to halt a lower court ruling that would allow a Texas woman to get an emergency abortion. The legal battle is a ma...
Dec 08, 2023
Australia swelters through heat wave as bushfire risk
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's southeast on Saturday sweated through a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to ban fires in large parts of New South Wales state. The nation'...
Dec 08, 2023
‘Love Story’ actor Ryan O’Neal has died, his son says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Love Story" actor Ryan O'Neal has died, his son Patrick O'Neal said in a post on Instagram on Friday. O'Neal starred in the classic 1970 romance film opposite Ali MacGraw. He w...
Dec 08, 2023
Paris’ Louvre museum to hike ticket prices by 29%
PARIS (Reuters) - The Louvre art museum in Paris will hike its basic entrance fee next year by 29%, adding to concerns that visitors coming to Paris for next year's Olympic Games will face spiralling ...
Dec 08, 2023
Pregnant woman sues to invalidate Kentucky’s abortion bans
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A pregnant woman and Planned Parenthood sued Kentucky on Friday, seeking to invalidate its near-total ban on abortion, saying the law violates rights to privacy and self...
Dec 08, 2023
Hunter Biden says US Republican critics are ‘trying to destroy a presidency’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden said critics of his father are "trying to destroy a presidency" through relentless attacks on him and "trying to kill me," in a podca...
Dec 08, 2023
US appeals court mostly upholds Trump gag order in federal 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday largely upheld a judge's gag order that bars Donald Trump from publicly assailing prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in a federal cri...
Dec 08, 2023
California high-speed rail faces challenges after US award
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - California's ambitious high-speed rail project that aims to move travelers from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in under three hours still faces significant fund...
Dec 08, 2023
