Oil executives and lobbyists descended on COP29 in Baku for “energy day” Friday, as environmental groups denounced the presence of the fossil fuel industry at the UN climate talks.While negotiators haggled over the key goal of an increase in climate funding, a former UN chief said the talks were “no longer fit for purpose”.The head …
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The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced a daily limit of 20,000 visitors on Friday, the latest Italian tourist site to take action against overcrowding.The “experimental” scheme will see visitors to the UNESCO World Heritage Site required to buy named tickets which, in the summer, will be divided into morning and afternoon slots.Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director …
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Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon Man-Yi bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even as rescuers tried to reach people stranded on rooftops by the last tropical cyclone.Five major storms have battered the archipelago nation in the last three weeks, killing at least 163 people and prompting the United Nations to …
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Becca Ziegler is only 24, but she already has her death planned out: her corpse will be deep-frozen to minus 200 degrees Celsius (minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit) with liquid nitrogen. Ziegler, a US tech firm worker based in Berlin, has signed up with Tomorrow Biostasis, a startup in the German capital that offers to cryogenically freeze …
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the first day of an Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit Friday ahead of a face-to-face meeting under a cloud of diplomatic uncertainty cast by Donald Trump’s election victory.Biden and Xi are due to hold talks Saturday, in what a US administration official said will probably be …
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Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner of Thursday’s Latin Grammys gala that saw the Dominican take home both the coveted best record and best album prizes thanks to his his fusion hit “Mambo 23” off “Radio Guira.”It was the 25th anniversary of the awards show that was this year held in Miami’s Kaseya Center …
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the “mass production” of attack drones, state media reported Friday, as concerns mount over the country’s deepening military cooperation with Russia.Pyongyang first unveiled its attack drones in August, with experts saying the capability may be attributable to the country’s budding alliance with Russia.The nuclear-armed country has ratified …
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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped opponent Jake Paul as the two men faced off for the final time on Thursday ahead of their controversial Netflix-backed bout.Tyson, 58, hit Paul flush on the cheek with his right hand following the formal weigh-in for Friday’s fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.A scrum of security swiftly …
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Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president.”We want you to come up with things and ideas and what you’ve been talking about for a long time and I think you’re going to do …
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At a popular LGBTQ cabaret in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, Lisa Frankenstein wasn’t about to let the topic of Donald Trump go without mention.”I don’t know about all of you, but I’ve found it really hard to find a place to get my feelings out in a way that makes me feel better,” …
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