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World still split over money in Azerbaijan climate meet

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running out for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating table. “As for the text overall, I’m not going to sugarcoat it...

4 tourists die of methanol poison in Laos

BANGKOK — Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol...

Analysis of debris from Fukushima sample could take 6 months to a year

It will take six months to a year to analyse a tiny...

Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million in NY auction

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of...

Russia fired intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for first time—Kyiv

Kyiv, Ukraine—Moscow on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for the...

Japan study shows simple questions can help detect Alzheimer’s

A method developed by a Japanese team using three questions allows easy...

World still split over money in Azerbaijan climate meet

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running out for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating table. “As for the text overall, I’m not going to sugarcoat it...

4 tourists die of methanol poison in Laos

BANGKOK — Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol...

Analysis of debris from Fukushima sample could take 6 months to a year

It will take six months to a year to analyse a tiny...

Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million in NY auction

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of...

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