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11 Nov, 7 tweets, 4 min read
Who is to blame for the high level of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? It depends from which angle you look at the question reut.rs/3n4KKDT 1/7
The United States and China are right at the top for both historic and current absolute emissions, but China drops down the rankings if you look at per capita emissions, according to figures from Our World in Data 2/7
This is not just a question of scientific data but also of money.

Poorer countries argue richer countries should help to pay for their energy transition 3/7
They say that developed countries, which have spent nearly 200 years burning fossil fuels to grow their economies, should quit fossil fuels first and help emerging economies make investments in green energy to avoid following that same path 4/7
So far, rich nations have not yet honored their pledges to deliver 'climate finance' to poorer countries, who also argue more funding should be made available for loss and damages on their territory caused by climate change 5/7
The cumulative perspective shows how some countries, even if they currently emit a lot of greenhouse gases, have a relatively small overall responsibility for climate change when compared with the historical big emitters 6/7
These questions have become a major sticking point in climate talks including the #COP26 summit in Glasgow.

Read more reut.rs/3n4KKDT via @ReutersGraphics 7/7

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11 Nov
Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third with a military-style rifle during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin reut.rs/31MnjqB 1/10
Here's a look at how things unfolded that day 👇. The following is based on court testimony, drone footage and videos from Aug. 25, 2020 2/10
During the day, Rittenhouse helps clean graffiti off a school. That same day Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, is released from a Milwaukee hospital where he had been admitted after a suicide attempt 3/10
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10 Nov
Ten-year-old Mansoor was separated from his family after narrowly escaping Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August. While he is now living safely in Washington state with relatives, he asks them every day if he can return home reut.rs/3F7CPvs 1/4
Mansoor was carrying his relative's toddler as they entered the Kabul airport.

Shots were fired and the military closed the gates between Mansoor and his parents. He boarded a plane with his relatives, hoping the rest of the family would make it out on a later flight 2/4
Mansoor's parents are currently in hiding in Afghanistan because of his father's former position in the Afghan government. He mostly sits by himself and rarely plays with the other children, his relative says 3/4
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9 Nov
Bolivians in the highland city of La Paz celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, bringing out the bones of loved ones which are adorned with flowers and wigs reut.rs/3BSGpry 1/5 Image
The colorful tradition with the skulls, known as 'natitas,' is rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead 2/5 Image
The skulls are decorated and paraded to the cemetery a week after All Saints Day.

The celebration is believed to have its roots in the Uru Chipaya custom of disinterring the bodies of loved ones at the one-year anniversary of their death 3/5 Image
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9 Nov
Campaign of fear: Law enforcement has taken little action as election officials face a wave of threats and menacing messages from backers of Donald Trump. @Reuters tracked down and interviewed nine of the harassers. Most were unrepentant reut.rs/3ov941l 1/7
In Arizona, a stay-at-home dad told the state’s chief election officer she would hang for treason. In Utah, a man warned Colorado’s election chief that he watched her as she slept. In Vermont, a man told workers at the state election office they were about to die 2/7
The three have much in common: they are self-described patriots who say they are fighting a conspiracy that robbed Donald Trump of the 2020 election; they frequent far-right websites; and none have been charged with a crime by the police agencies alerted to their threats 3/7 Image
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9 Nov
Nigerian artist Abdulrahman Yusuf used to sell his work online but in May he was introduced to non-fungible tokens, which he said presented 'life-changing opportunities' and has increased the number of pieces he can sell at higher prices reut.rs/3qjVLTK 1/5 Image
#NFTs are a type of digital asset which use blockchain to record the ownership of items such as images, videos and other collectibles.

Their roaring popularity has baffled many but the explosive growth shows no sign of abating reut.rs/3D461TF 2/5
African artists like Yusuf are increasingly using #NFTs, where the buyer has the status of being the official owner - a kind of digital bragging rights 3/5 Image
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9 Nov
Hundreds of migrants camped out near the Belarus border with Poland in freezing overnight temperatures as the Polish Prime Minister visited the border and officials warned tension could increase in coming days reut.rs/3mWPWcI 1/6 ImageImageImageImage
Poland has accused Belarus of trying to spark a major confrontation by encouraging the migrants to cross into Poland and the European Union 2/6 Image
Video clips have shown hundreds of migrants walking towards the Polish border near Kuznica village and some trying to breach a fence using spades and other tools 3/6
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