A draft UN climate summit text Wednesday urged countries to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022 — three years earlier than planned — as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dashed back to Glasgow to check the pulse of negotiations. Wednesday’s text was the first indication of where nations are 10 days into the COP26 …
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FILE PHOTO: An Ionity electric vehicle charging station is pictured on the motorway service station “Dresdner Tor Sued” near Dresden, Germany, August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo April 16, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will next week lay out conditions that transport, industry and buildings must meet to be classed …
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The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court not to take up a petition asking the court to strike down as unconstitutional a law that authorizes military conscription solely for men. The Trump administration defended the current system in the lower courts. President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained two deadline extensions before filing …
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MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. has added his voice to the debate on Georgia’s new election integrity law, writing in a news release that he has “engaged in thoughtful conversations” with different voices in the Baseball world and decided that the best way “demonstrate our values as a sport” is to move the All-Star …
FILE PHOTO: The SolarWinds logo is seen outside its headquarters in Austin, Texas, U.S., December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Flores/File Photo/File Photo March 26, 2021 By Joseph Menn, Christopher Bing and Nandita Bose SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A planned Biden administration executive order will require many software vendors to notify their federal government customers when the …
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday he has directed lawmakers to draft a package of measures investing in cutting-edge technologies to “out-compete” China. The announcement comes as President Joe Biden has vowed to engage in “extreme” competition with the Chinese regime by boosting critical domestic sectors. Countering threats posed by Beijing also …
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FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called “The Line” to be built at NEOM in northwestern Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS February 8, 2021 LONDON (Reuters – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the government will discuss a set …
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FILE PHOTO: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims, pictured in Sydney, Australia, October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed December 21, 2020 By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman (ACCC) Rod Sims said proposed laws that will make Australia the first country in the world to force Google and …
December 15, 2020 STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it hopes new draft rules by the European Union aimed at curbing powers of big U.S. companies could set boundaries for Apple Inc, its latest volley in an ongoing feud. The companies went up against each other after Apple announced a privacy feature allowing …
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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walks at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon November 27, 2020 By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party will urge the government to lay out a big, decade-long spending programme …
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