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MIT says Donald Trump totally misunderstood its climate science

Thirty mayors, three governors, more than 80 university presidents, and more than 100 businesses in the United States are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to

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Poorer nations robust in the face of Trump pullout from climate deal

Trump left open the prospect that he’ll ultimately take a similar approach to the Paris pact, announcing Thursday that while the US will immediately stop complying with the standards, his

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Trump says Manchester bombing is the work of ‘evil losers’

“President Trump is really, really serious and he thinks peace is possible”.

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UK PM May’s lead over Labour shrinks

POLLSTERS’ PREDICTIONS The Tories had a 15 point lead when they announced June’s election – but what is it now?

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Trump makes personal appeal to both sides for Mideast peace

Ahead of his visit to the Middle East, the second leg of a nine-day tour that began in Saudi Arabia and will move on to the Vatican, Italy and Belgium,

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Pound tumbles amid fears of hung parliament — FX Focus

The pound has whipsawed in recent days, buffeted by different polls and interpretations of what the possible election outcomes might mean for the currency in the long run.

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EU chief: EU, China believes Trump climate decision ‘a big mistake’

“We are convinced that the implementation of the Paris Agreement offers substantial economic opportunities for prosperity and growth in our countries and on a global scale”, the three leaders said.

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Billionaire Bloomberg pledges $15 million to United Nations for climate change

The Paris Agreement commits governments to hold the increase in average global temperature to 2 C above pre-industrial levels.

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EU, China believes Trump climate decision ‘a big mistake — EU chief

Also in attendance, Bill Nye, who has been very vocal about his distaste for Donald Trump and commitment to combating climate change.

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China will take the lead as Trump scores climate change own

In an address that included the dark rhetorical flourishes of the campaign trail, he railed against nations that he said were using the accord to give themselves an economic edge

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Texas ‘bathroom bill’ fading as legislative session wraps up

Dan Patrick‘s primary leverage to get a special session on bills that would give voters more say on their property tax bills and regulate the use of bathrooms by transgender

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United States boosting Israeli military aid by millions: Netanyahu

The US president dedicated less than an hour to meet with Abbas in Bethlehem, during a two-day visit to Israel.

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