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UN climate deal blow to fossil fuels: green groups 13 Dec 2015 - 12:42 am

Le Bourget, France: A global accord for taming global warming, sealed at UN talks in Paris on Saturday, represents a potential body-blow to...

France seeks to form coalition of ambition, carbon price 13 Dec 2015 - 12:31 am

PARIS: France will revise its domestic goals for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020 and will seek to build a coalition of nations striving...

China, India, hail hard-fought Paris climate pact 13 Dec 2015 - 12:23 am

Prakash Javadekar Le Bourget: China and India, the world's two most populous nations and biggest developing country greenhouse-gas polluters, hailed Saturday's adoption of...

Before Paris climate deal, a landgrab on the web 13 Dec 2015 - 12:17 am

John Niles PARIS: Months before the world’s nations began forging a climate accord in Paris, a California environmentalist named John Niles was digging...

87 killed in Burundi clashes: army 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Gaspard Baratuza Nairobi: Seventy-nine rebels and eight government soldiers died during and after Friday's coordinated attacks on three military bases in Burundi, the...

African-Americans less likely to get Airbnb room: study 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

San Francisco: People with African-American sounding names are discriminated against when trying to get a room on Airbnb, a Harvard study says, suggesting...

German police use water cannon to disperse protesters opposed to neo-Nazi march 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image BERLIN: German police fired water cannon to disperse stone-throwing leftist protesters who tried to block a march by neo-Nazi activists in...

ADB urges Bangladesh to develop capital market to spur economy 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Serajul Quadir DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) encouraged Bangladesh on Saturday to use the more than $553 million it has provided...

Bloc of 134 developing nations also 'happy' with climate pact: spokeswoman 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Le Bourget, France: The G77 bloc of 134 developing nations, including China, gave the nod Saturday for a hard-fought UN climate rescue pact...

Ukraine rebel commander killed in car blast 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kiev: The pro-Russian leader of a rebel militia in eastern Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bombing Saturday in the breakaway eastern...

World seals landmark climate accord, marking turn from fossil fuels 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (C), President-designate of COP21 and Christiana Figueres (L), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate...

Sinatra's hometown caps centennial celebrations 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Frank Sinatra Hoboken: Frank Sinatra's hometown on Saturday dedicated a plaque in his honor, capping celebrations of the singing legend's centennial year despite...

High-level inter-Korean talks fail to reach agreement 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Seoul: Two days of rare, high-level talks between North and South Korea aimed at easing cross-border tensions broke up Saturday with no agreement...

Time to turn words into climate action: IMF chief 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Christine Lagarde Washington: Words must be put into action to save the planet, IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned, after envoys from 195 nations...

India, China, Saudi Arabia 'happy' with climate pact 12 Dec 2015 - 06:56 pm

Gurdial Singh Nijar Le Bourget: India, China and Saudi Arabia are all "happy" with a planned 195-nation agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions,...

Trump hits back at Saudi billionaire 12 Dec 2015 - 06:47 pm

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Washington: Donald Trump hit back at a Saudi Arabian fellow billionaire after the prince branded him a disgrace and...

South Africa’s Zuma denies affair with airline boss 12 Dec 2015 - 06:37 pm

Jacob Zuma By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG: South African President on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline...

Swedish official remanded in custody for selling visas 12 Dec 2015 - 06:20 pm

Embassy of Switzerland in Nigeria Stockholm: A Swedish migration officer on assignment in West Africa was remanded in custody for serious bribery and...