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Virginia's Democratic leaders criticize Trump's withdrawal from Paris climate deal

The decision comes less than a week after Trump met with world leaders in Sicily, where closed-door discussions included pleas for the United States to st...

Read Barack Obama's statement on Trump's exit from the Paris climate agreement

Calling the Paris accord "a bad deal for Americans", Trump set in motion a withdrawal by 2020 unless the agreement can be renegotiated. Canadian Prime Min...

Obama laments over Trump's decision of quitting Paris climate accord

The decision has no direct impact on major US regulations on power plants and vehicle rules now aimed at reducing carbon emissions, although those are now under...

US decision to leave Paris deal a 'major disappointment'

Scientists say Earth is likely to reach more unsafe levels of warming sooner as a result of the president's decision because America contributes so much t...

Solar, Coal Stocks React to Trump's Exit From Paris Climate Agreement

In a statement, he said: "The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created". Before th...

Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris climate deal; says deal not

In announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord , President Trump said the deal was very unfair to America and "not what we need"...

Trump announces USA pull out from climate pact

Withdrawing from the pact was one of Trump's principal campaign pledges, but America's allies have expressed alarm about the likely consequences of the USA a...

Antarctic shelf close to calving huge iceberg, scientists say

The rift in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf continues to rip. Scientists have been monitoring the crack in Larsen C for several years, but the rift experie...

Trump pulls USA out of Paris climate deal

Doing so would require more intense cutbacks than the Paris Agreement established. Both cities are located in counties that Clinton won easily. Without mentio...

Tamim century lifts Bangladesh to 305-6 against England

Brief scores: Bangladesh 305/5 (Tamin Iqbal 128, Mushfiqur Rahim 79; Liam Plunkett 4/59) against England . Virat Kohli leads India for the first tim...

California Grows Increasingly Desperate As Trump Gets Closer To Leaving Paris Deal

Without mentioning the USA specifically, he said China has been "actively promoting the Paris agreement and we were one of the first countries to ratify the P...

Trump plans to withdraw from Paris climate agreement

If Mr Trump withdraws from Paris, it will hardly come as a surprise, and so far countries are holding the line. Abandoning the pact was one of Trump's princ...

Trump announces that U.S. will abandon Paris climate agreement

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the agreement had not been reached easily and it represented the broadest consensus of the worldwide comm...

Russian Federation respects U.S. decisions on Paris deal on climate change

EU President Donald Tusk pleaded with Mr Trump on Twitter to not "change the ( political ) climate for the worse" by withdrawing , while Russian President ...

Trump drops Paris Climate Agreement; Elon Musk drops president's business council

Scientists say the planet is likely to reach more unsafe levels of warming sooner if the USA retreats from its pledge, because America contributes so much to ri...

Trump pulls US out of global climate change accord

Though the lead-up to his decision was widely criticized - even by daughter Ivanka Trump, who purportedly lobbied to remain in the Accord - Trump did not back d...

On climate change, the U.S. 'has already jumped ship'

The goal proposed by Obama under the Paris Accord was for the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent, compared to the 2005 fig...

Obama slams Trump for leaving Paris climate agreement

Trump, a Republican who has claimed global warming is a hoax, has moved quickly since taking office to delay or block restrictions on burning of fossil fuels en...

Google is adding an ad blocker to Chrome in 2018

Google Chrome in 2018 will follow the Coalition for Better Ads' standards by blocking several types of intrusive ads. Basically ads that don't conform to...

TfL preparing to provide 4G on the Tube

It might also seek to enter into a revenue sharing deal with the telecoms company. Companies such as BAI Communications, Wireless Infrastructure Group and Arq...

A handbag? For $380k, it's yours

A luxury Hermes handbag shattered the world auction record in Hong Kong on Wednesday, fetching an eye-popping $380,000, Christie's spokeswoman, Gigi Ho ...

Can't Find a Nintendo Switch in Stock? Sources Blame Apple

The report suggests that the continual consumer demand for the iPhone 7 and the fact that Apple now requires parts for the production of the upcoming iPh...

Trump's Team Tightens Visas With Social Media Checks

Under the new procedures, consular officials can request all prior passport numbers, five years' worth of social media handles, email addresses and phone number...

Trump administration approves tougher visa vetting, including social media checks

The Department of Homeland Security began asking visitors for social media information-including Facebook and LinkedIn accounts-on a voluntary basis previous ...

Sopore attack: Militants killed in encounter belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen

According to police sources, the security forces including 22 RR of Indian Army , 177, 179, 92 Bn of CRPF and Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Po...

More than 10000 'unscrupulous applications' for Manchester benefit gig tickets

The UK outpost of the auction site took to Twitter Thursday morning to say it was deleting all listings and called out those who would try to capitalize on su...

Trump's national security team planning 'holistic solution' against ISIS: WH

American actor Zach Braff tweeted a picture of U.S. press secretary Sean Spicer captioned: "Not only is covfefe a word, it's the greatest word ever uttere...

France's Macron holds talks with Syrian opposition after meeting Putin

Emerging from the two-hour meeting, Macron and Putin vowed to improve the strained relations between their countries, while admitting to disagreements during ...

Facts About the Paris Climate Agreement

The market reaction reflects concerns, raised by some coal companies in recent months, that a USA exit from the Paris agreement could unleash a global backlas...

EU and China reaffirm support for climate deal even without US

That means Trump can also remove the US from the accord without a vote. The world is warming, with the last three years the hottest on record. Former pr...

President Donald Trump to announce decision on Paris climate pact Thursday

A United States decision to withdraw from the accord could further alienate American allies in Europe already wary of Trump and call into question U.S. (1) Anno...

Official SoundCloud app comes to #Windows 10 (Beta) & #Xbox One

The picture belies the sort of power that the Xbox One Scorpio is going to have, not to mention everything the Xbox One Scorpio processor is going to be capab...

Criminal expert: Tiger Woods made mistake issuing statement

Tiger Woods is seen confused and slurring his speech in dashcam footage of his DUI arrest released Wednesday, USA Today reported . When Woods is unable to...

Global Cornmeal Market Research Report 2017

Using efficient analytical tools such as SWOT analysis and Porter's five forces analysis, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the Smart Home Heal...

US 'to quit' climate deal

A White House official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Trump is expected to withdraw from the deal, though aides cautioned he had not yet ma...