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Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report
China, Japan and South Korea—all historical backers of coal development outside their borders—have pledged to stop funding new coal plants, and yet the worldwide operational fleet of coal-fired power grew in 2021 by 18 GW, and as of December an additional 176 GW of coal capacity was under construction—about the same as the year before
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From trolls to misinformation: What will a Musk-ruled Twitter look like?
The privatization of Twitter with Musk as its master has raised concerns from analysts and activists that the site will be capriciously ruled by the world's richest man, with more focus on attention and profit than on promoting healthy online conversations, which has been a priority at the service
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Russia warns of World War III ahead of Western summit on arms to Ukraine
Speaking to Russian news agencies, Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the risk of a World War III "is serious" and criticised Kyiv's approach to floundering peace talks
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Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $44 billion
The Tesla boss who has been shoring up finance to make a bid for the micro-blogging platform, will take the company private
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Warren Buffett faces renewed climate change challenge by investors
Investors concerned about climate change have developed an effective playbook for getting companies to set more ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by pressuring, shaming and cajoling executives. But those tactics are not working on Warren Buffett, and critics complain Berkshire's businesses are doing less to cut emissions than similar companies
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Crew of first private flight to ISS head back to Earth
The three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut had spent more than two weeks on the station on a history-making mission organized by startup company Axiom Space
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Will Elon Musk actually end up buying Twitter?
The Twitter board met Sunday morning to 'seriously' discuss Tesla boss's unsolicited $46.5 billion bid to buy the company, after he began lining up financing for his offer last week
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EU President Ursula von der Leyen in India with Ukraine on agenda
von der Leyen meets with PM Narendra Modi on Monday as the latest in a stream of recent diplomatic visitors seeking to lure India away from Russia with pledges of security, defence and energy cooperation
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Ukraine's poorest sow seeds under Russian bombs
Hundreds of residents decided to stay back in the village, though many others fled after two months of war. The last ones to remain are the poorest and most vulnerable, often the oldest, and those whose only riches come from the earth
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EU needs to recycle more to hit green energy goals
The 27-nation EU aims to be "carbon neutral" by 2050, and also wants to wean itself off dependence on Russian oil, coal and gas
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Departing South Korean leader exchanges farewell letters with Kim Jong Un
The South Korean president asked Kim to resume dialogue with the United States to try to end the cycle of tensions caused by North Korea's nuclear weapons development and missile launches, which have led to international sanctions