#BREAKING 'Life can recover from drastic climate shift. Humans cannot': UN draft report
#BREAKING 'Worst yet to come' for today's children, grandchildren: UN climate draft
#BREAKING Up to 80 mn more risk hunger by 2050: draft UN climate report
#EXCLUSIVE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns of dire consequences if humans fail to rein in carbon emissions
"Life on Earth can recover from a drastic climate shift by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems. Humans cannot"
#EXCLUSIVE Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, says a landmark draft report from UN's climate science advisors obtained by @AFPu.afp.com/U2ds
Highlights of a landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draft report on the effects of a warming planet on people #AFPgraphics
#EXCLUSIVE Draft report from UN's climate science advisory panel offers the most exhaustive look yet at how our warming planet will impact humankind's health, wealth and well-being
Some of its findings on impacts on people: u.afp.com/U2du
Selected areas projected to be at risk of coastal floods that are expected to occur (on average) at least once per year by 2050, even if global carbon emissions are reduced roughly in line with Paris Agreement targets #AFPgraphics
Highlights of a landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draft report on the effects of a warming planet on nature #AFPgraphics
#EXCLUSIVE Climate change threats to life on Earth are systemic, interconnected and on a scale unprecedented in human history, UN's climate science advisors warn in draft report seen by @AFP
Some of its findings on impacts on nature:u.afp.com/U2Pd
#EXCLUSIVE For centuries, great cities were built right against the contours of coasts, allowing many to become trading powerhouses
Now that is becoming a liability as climate change swells oceans putting hundreds of millions at risk u.afp.com/U2da
Map showing drought risk worldwide, according to a landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draft report #AFPgraphics
#BREAKING Draft IPCC report allows us to 'face the reality' of climate change: Greta Thunberg to AFP
VIDEO: 🇸🇪🌍 A draft UN report on a warming planet, exclusively obtained by AFP, could help to "wake people up" to the "reality" of climate change, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said on Wednesday #IPCC
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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