Talk isn't enough: Pacific nations say Australia must end new fossil fuel projects
This week, one of the world's largest fossil fuel exporters went to a meeting of island states strongly affected by human-induced climate change.
This week, one of the world's largest fossil fuel exporters went to a meeting of island states strongly affected by human-induced climate change.
Political science
Aug 29, 2024
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In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about knowledge. Discussing the issue of whether Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction ...
Economics & Business
Aug 15, 2024
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A country's financial health is rated more highly when its finance minister knows top executives in credit ratings agencies, new research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests.
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2024
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In democracies where civilian control is followed, the power to make crucial decisions, like those of national security, is mainly exercised by elected officials, allowing the citizens who elect them to influence such decisions ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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During the Georgian period, the British royal family had a strange habit of concealing illness, even from themselves.
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2024
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The UK government said on Wednesday it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99 percent support for keeping the metric system.
Other
Dec 27, 2023
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The world must move faster on a plastic pollution treaty that is currently not expected to be finalized before the end of next year, Fiji's deputy prime minister told an international summit on Thursday.
Environment
Oct 12, 2023
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A quarter of Greece's annual agricultural production was wiped out in last week's deadly flash floods triggered by Storm Daniel, which drenched the central region of Thessaly, according to experts.
Environment
Sep 15, 2023
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Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research program after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
Other
Sep 7, 2023
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Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the massive blaze that has been raging for two weeks in the Dadia National Park in northeastern Greece, authorities said Monday.
Environment
Sep 4, 2023
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