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UN chief warns of dramatic climate emergency
Date: 2019-08-26 15:33:07 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:8077781
BIARRITZ, Aug 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, during his participation in the G7, that the world faces "a dramatic climate emergency." He is urging leaders at a Sept. 23 summit in New York to agree to cut ....
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Trump skips out on G7 climate change meeting
Date: 2019-08-26 14:22:16 GMT - France - World - SN:67 - ID:8077780
BIARRITZ, France, Aug 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump was absent from talks on climate change and biodiversity at a G7 leaders' summit on Monday, with host French President Emmanuel Macron explaining that Trump was busy holding bilateral ....
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G7 to provide €20m in battle over Amazon fires
Date: 2019-08-26 13:46:59 GMT - France - World - SN:61 - ID:8077528
PARIS, Aug 26 (MENA) - The G7 countries have agreed to release €20 million for the Amazon, most of which will be used to send fire-fighting aircraft, a source in the French presidency said on Monday as quoted by Radio France. The group - ....
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UK vows to offer £10 million to tackle Amazon deforestation
Date: 2019-08-26 12:37:38 GMT - France - World - SN:50 - ID:8077440
PARIS, Aug 26 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to provide £10 million to help step up efforts to protect and restore the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - including areas affected by the current fires. The UK government said ....
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Indonesia to Move Capital to Borneo From Jakarta, President Says
Date: 2019-08-26 12:26:38 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:48 - ID:8077263
JAKARTA, Aug 26 (MENA) - Indonesia’s president has announced that the country’s capital will be moved from overcrowded and polluted Jakarta to East Kalimantan province, ABC news reported. President Joko Widodo told a news conference Monday the ....
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Second Round of US Skripal-Related Anti-Russian Sanctions Comes Into Effect
Date: 2019-08-26 07:44:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8076951
MOSCOW, Aug 26 (MENA) - The second round of US sanctions related to the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal took effect on Monday, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported. On August 2, US President Donald Trump signed off on the ....
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519 persons arrested in Malaysia for terrorism activities up to July
Date: 2019-08-26 06:18:06 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:10 - ID:8076883
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (MENA) - Malaysian police have arrested 519 people up to July 31 suspected to have been involved in terrorism, Bernama reported Monday quoting Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. They comprise Malaysians and foreigners, ....
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G7 leaders fail to reach accord on Russia’s readmission - source
Date: 2019-08-25 23:03:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:81 - ID:8076811
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (MENA) - Relations with Russia were among the topics that were discussed by the Group of Seven leaders at their summit in France's Biarritz but no accord was reached on possible extension of the format and Russia’s readmission, a ....
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44,000 troops deployed to put out Amazon wildfires
Date: 2019-08-25 22:26:36 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:77 - ID:8076788
BRASILIA, Aug 25 (MENA) - Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo said some 44,000 troops will be available for “unprecedented” operations to put out Amazon wildfires, and forces are heading to six Brazilian states that asked for federal help to contain ....
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G7 launches security initiative for Africa's Sahel
Date: 2019-08-25 18:53:56 GMT - France - World - SN:58 - ID:8076553
BIARRITZ, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Group of Seven (G7) launched Sunday an initiative to boost security and stability in the Sahel region of Africa. The bloc seeks to establish a strategic partnership with the African continent in general, said French ....
