World Feb 19 German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people Authorities say a 43-year-old German who posted a rant calling for the "complete extermination" of various races and cultures shot and killed nine people, most of them Turkish.
World Feb 10 German leader Merkel’s successor quits, throwing party into deeper crisis Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told leading members of the Christian Democratic Union that she won't be seeking the chancellorship in next year's election, upending Merkel's plans to hand her the reins after more than 15 years in power.
World Jan 19 Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire World powers and other countries with interests in Libya's long-running civil war agreed Sunday to respect a much-violated arms embargo, hold off on military support to the warring parties and push them to reach a full cease-fire, German and U.N.
World Dec 15 Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponing the regulation of global carbon markets until next year.
World Dec 14 UN climate talks in limbo as chair Chile bids for compromise Later Saturday, Chilean diplomat Andrés Landerretche told reporters that a fresh compromise would be circulated Saturday afternoon, but insisted that there would have to be trade-offs if there was to be a deal supported by all countries.
World Dec 13 UN climate talks head for overtime with key issues unresolved Negotiators are splitting their work into two parts, separating discussions on aid for poor countries affected by climate change from those over a deal on international carbon markets.
World Dec 12 UN leader warns climate change could fuel ‘economic disaster’ Speaking at the annual U.N. climate meeting in Madrid, Guterres said fears that measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions would decimate existing industries ignored the opportunities arising from the 'green economy.'…
World Dec 10 Bloomberg tells climate activists they can still count on the U.S. Michael Bloomberg led a high-powered charge against President Donald Trump's climate policies Tuesday.
World Dec 09 Too much of a Greta thing? 16-year-old activist urges focus on others “Our stories have been told over and over again,” Thunberg said, explaining why she and prominent German activist Luisa Neubauer would be handing over the stage at the U.N. climate meeting in Madrid to other young activists.
World Dec 03 Greta Thunberg says sailing voyage ‘energized’ her climate fight The 16-year-old said she planned to spend several days in the Portuguese capital before heading to Madrid, where delegates from nearly 200 countries are discussing how to tackle global warming.