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Olympics-Tahiti villagers say barge for surf tower build damages reef
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - A barge planned for use building a controversial judging tower for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti snagged on a reef and damaged coral near the contes...
Dec 02, 2023
U.S. to announce $3 billion into green climate fund – sources familiar with matter
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States will announce a $3 billion contribution to the green climate fund, sources familiar with matter said on Saturday. The fund, which was created in 2010, is the larges...
Dec 01, 2023
On COP28 sidelines, philanthropies invest $450 million to help tackle methane
By Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - Nearly a dozen deep-pocketed philanthropies announced on Saturday they will invest $450 million over the next three years to help countries launch national actio...
Dec 01, 2023
Cow burps, food waste to take spotlight at COP28 agriculture day
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Climate advocacy groups are pressuring world governments gathered at this year's United Nation's COP28 climate conference in Dubai to commit to cutting global food sector e...
Dec 01, 2023
Explainer-Can technology solve the global climate crisis?
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - Governments and investors are pouring billions of dollars into emerging technologies to combat global warming in long-shot bets that entrepreneurship can help lead the w...
Dec 01, 2023
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Bangladesh region – GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Bangladesh region on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said. (Re...
Dec 01, 2023
COP28 lines up new climate pledges – but do they work?
By Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - While the world's climate diplomats huddle over draft decisions to be made at the end of this year's U.N. climate summit, governments at COP28 are firing off a flurry ...
Dec 01, 2023
Schwarzenegger lends support to families of Israeli hostages
By Omar Younis SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday met relatives of three people seized by Hamas in Israel and now held in Gaza, lending his...
Dec 01, 2023
Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday said Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for actions he took as president, rejecting a bid by the Republican to toss out the case acc...
Dec 01, 2023
Florida appeals court upholds DeSantis-backed congressional map
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A Florida appeals court on Friday upheld the state's congressional map backed by Governor Ron DeSantis that a lower court had ruled violated the state constitution by dimini...
Dec 01, 2023
