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Smoke billows from the chimneys of the Belchatow coal-fired power station in this May 7, 2009, photo. REUTERS/Peter Andrews/File Photo
World+Biz

More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters

"It is still far from satisfactory, since only a little over half the parties (58%) have met the cut-off deadline"

A woman wearing a mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic takes photographs of her boyfriend at a Han river park in Seoul, South Korea, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

S Korea pledges $200 million to international Covid-19 vaccine effort

US President Joe Biden speaks about the fight to contain the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, at the White House in Washington, US January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
World+Biz

Biden pledge to reopen PLO mission in Washington faces legal hurdles

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks during a daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 22, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
Rohingya Crisis

UK urges world not to “turn away from Rohingya’s suffering”

Addressing a petroleum university’s convocation, Modi said: “Work is being done to nearly double the country’s oil refining capacity in the next five years” Photo: Collected from Twitter
Coronavirus chronicle

Modi pledges to use India vaccine-production capacity to help 'all humanity'

Exclusive: Rio vows to preserve ancient Australian rock shelter after outcry over caves blast
Environment

Exclusive: Rio vows to preserve ancient Australian rock shelter after outcry over caves blast