#BREAKING Biden doubles US climate ambition to 50-52% emission cuts by 2030
#UPDATE President Joe Biden on Thursday ramped up US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, putting the United States back at the forefront with a summit he hopes brings the world closer to limiting the worst climate change u.afp.com/UdB7
#BREAKING Biden sees 'extraordinary economic opportunity' in climate measures
#BREAKING British PM calls Biden climate pledge 'game-changing' as president doubles US goals by 2030
#BREAKING Japan PM Suga tells US-hosted summit response to global climate crisis can become "driving force" for economic development
#BREAKING Canada PM Trudeau pledges new emissions reduction target of 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030
#BREAKING Putin says Russia 'approaching with complete responsibility' its fulfilment of obligations to fight climate change
#BREAKING President Bolsonaro pledges Brazil will go carbon neutral by 2050
#BREAKING Greta Thunberg blasts politicians for 'ignoring' climate crisis
#UPDATE President #Biden on Thursday ramped up US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas #emissions, leading Japan and Canada in raising commitments at a summit whose promises bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change u.afp.com/UdL9#LeadersClimateSummit
#BREAKING President Biden promises US to double climate aid for developing countries by 2024
#BREAKING UN chief says 'tide is turning' on climate after summit pledges
#UPDATE Environmental champion Greta Thunberg assailed powerful politicians on Thursday for "ignoring" climate change, as she demanded an end to fossil fuel subsidies and implored the current generation of leaders to take the crisis more seriously u.afp.com/Udbn
Trudeau told the global climate summit that Canada will make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The new target is to cut those emissions by 40-45 percent below 2005 levels, upping the previous goal of 30 percent under the Paris climate accord u.afp.com/Udbh
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub