World Nov 09 EU pledges $116M to climate adaptation fund BRUSSELS — The European Union's executive arm has pledged 100 million euros ($116 million) to the United Nations' fund for helping developing countries adapt to climate change. The European Commission said the additional contribution from the EU budget is by…
Politics Nov 09 Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79 Cleland, a Democrat, served one term in the U.S. Senate, losing a 2002 re-election bid to Republican Saxby Chambliss.
World Nov 09 'Stay in the streets,' Ocasio-Cortez tells activists in Glasgow U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brought her climate-celebrity star power to the U.N. climate talks, saying she hopes to see the United States reestablish itself as a world leader in the fight against global warming.
World Nov 09 Little Amal puppet appears at COP26 equality event The Little Amal puppet, representing a young Syrian girl, has been walked 8,000km across Europe in order to raise awareness about the plight of refugee girls.
World Nov 09 COP26 agreements far cry from 1.5 goal, analysis finds The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.
World Nov 09 COP26 agreements so far won't reduce warming enough, independent analysis says The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.
World Nov 09 'We have only a few days left,' COP26 chair warns Alok Sharma said that the commitments made by countries in the first week of the talks narrowed the gap but weren’t enough. He said that countries now have to shift immediately to making good on those promises.
Nation Nov 09 WATCH: Pelosi holds news conference at COP26 climate summit Pelosi is leading a delegation of congressional Democrats to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow this week to send a message that the United States has rejoined international initiatives to curb climate change after the Trump years.
World Nov 09 Pelosi: 'America is back' to curb climate change House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a delegation of congressional Democrats to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow this week to send a message that the United States has rejoined international initiatives to curb climate change after the Trump years.
Nation Nov 08 WATCH: Centennial commemoration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington National Cemetery opened the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza Tuesday to allow the public to walk on and lay flowers in front of the Tomb, for the first time in nearly 100 years.