Today: November 12, 2026
Today: November 12, 2026

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Brazil presents road map away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energies at UN climate talks

Brazil has launched a long-awaited road map to help countries transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies

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US traffic deaths fall in first half of 2026, lowest rate since 2014

US traffic deaths fell in the first half of this year to the lowest rate since 2014, the government said on Tuesday, retreating from a spike ​during

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Young buck rescued in Westland after plastic pumpkin gets stuck over its mouth

Young buck rescued in Westland after plastic pumpkin gets stuck over its mouth

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FBI is investigating a possible killing aboard a cruise ship out of Texas

The FBI is investigating what it called a “suspected homicide” aboard a cruise ship that returned to port after departing from Galveston, Texas

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Truckers block roads in Chile protesting fuel price hikes

Truck drivers across Chile staged strikes and blockades on Tuesday to protest sustained fuel price increases linked to global geopolitical volatility, disrupting traffic

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US consumer prices rise briskly for third straight month

US consumer prices increased more than expected in October amid higher costs for food and accommodation, cementing expectations that the Federal

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Milan prosecutors ask to drop case against mayor and real estate magnate in planning probe

Italian prosecutors have asked a judge to drop a case against Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, property developer Manfredi Catella, architect Stefano Boeri and 13 other people

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UN body agrees to postpone review of US rights record after Trump administration snub

The U.N.'s Human Rights Council has delayed a review of the U.S. human rights record until January

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First on CNN: Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed

First on CNN: Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed

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Inflation runs hotter than expected as higher prices extend beyond the gas station

U.S. inflation was higher than expected last month in a sign that the rising prices that powered sweeping Democratic victories in last week’s midterm elections will continue to pose challenges for the White House and Federal Reserve

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First global airline emissions scheme faces 'a litmus test' as credits run short

Airlines may struggle to settle their offset bills when the first global scheme to make them pay for their planet-warming

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UNICEF says Israel blocks Gaza basin repairs, warns of flood risk

The UN children's agency said Israel had rejected the importation of equipment needed to repair a water basin in Gaza, and warned that the facility could

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Oil dependence is bad for the climate and the economy, UN chief tells COP31

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took aim at oil companies making billions of dollars in profits while families,

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COP31: Governments are failing to rein in emissions from their own power plants

A new study compared power plants’ carbon emissions and found government-owned plants’ emissions were much higher and less responsive to climate policies.

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North Texas is home to nation's first donkey hospital

North Texas is home to nation's first donkey hospital

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Nations promise to install more rooftop solar at UN climate talks

Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030

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Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress

Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels decreased slightly this year due to the Iran war

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NYC Ferry vessels to become floating classrooms, bring marine science to thousands of students

NYC Ferry vessels to become floating classrooms, bring marine science to thousands of students

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Pakistan blames India's Diwali fireworks for Lahore's toxic air

Pakistan blamed poor air quality this week on pollution drifting from neighbouring India, where firecrackers set off during the

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Honda raises full-year profit outlook, books $3 billion in EV-linked costs in Q2

Honda Motor on Tuesday raised its annual outlook by 20%, underpinned by robust US hybrid demand and a weak yen, even after it booked another $3 billion in

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Australia to launch AI safety regulator after OpenAI's breach of a government portal

Australia plans to create an artificial intelligence safety regulator in response to a breach of an Australian health department website by an OpenAI agent in June

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China October rare earth exports jump 2.7% from prior month

China's exports of rare earths rose 2.7% from the prior month, customs data showed on Tuesday.

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China's October crude oil imports rise to highest level since March

China’s October crude oil imports rose to their highest level since March this year, official data showed on Tuesday, after the country sharply

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Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution

A thick blanket of smog has shrouded India’s capital after firecrackers lit up the skies over New Delhi during Diwali celebrations

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Saudi official inspects Aramco Riyadh office after Houthi attack

Saudi Arabia's deputy governor of Riyadh inspected an Aramco administrative building in the capital that was damaged in an attack by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group, state news

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Senate advances energy permitting bill opposed by some Democrats, tribes

The US Senate voted to advance debate on a sweeping bipartisan energy permitting bill on Monday, handing a victory to Democratic Senators Martin Heinrich and Sheldon

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Court blocks California from enforcing climate disclosure laws

A federal appeals court dealt a setback to California's desire to enforce first-of-its-kind climate disclosure laws, blocking the state from requiring large

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Supreme Court allows Trump border wall at Big Bend National Park in Texas

The US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump's administration the green light on Monday to proceed with the construction of barriers along the US-Mexico border in

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Supreme Court allows Trump to continue border wall construction in Big Bend region of Texas

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue border wall construction in Big Bend region of Texas

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Minneapolis streets reunited for foot traffic after nearly 50 years

Minneapolis streets reunited for foot traffic after nearly 50 years

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At a Jackson store, high prices show why Mississippi US Senate race is so close

Maria Lopez sees the customers at the Mississippi grocery store she manages struggle to afford the basics.

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US farm agency reorganization lacks transparency, federal watchdog says

The US Department of Agriculture did not provide documentation showing it analyzed potential harms from its agency-wide reorganization, which lacked

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Steel plant blast kills 16 in western Turkey

A blast at a steel and iron manufacturing plant in western Turkey on Monday killed 16 people, President Tayyip Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting. 

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UN climate summit kicks off in Turkey after a disastrous year of extreme weather

World leaders, delegates and climate activists are in Antalya, Turkey, for a U.N. climate summit

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Ethnically split Cyprus' rival leaders agree to 2 more crossings across island's dividing line

The rival leaders of ethnically split Cyprus have agreed to open two new crossing points for vehicular traffic along a U.N.-controlled buffer zone in the first such development in nearly a decade

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5 ways countries stymie climate negotiations without actually saying ‘no’

The methods can be subtle but effective at slowing progress, particularly when fossil fuels are involved. Here’s what to watch for as the latest global climate talks get underway.

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How protection of public land shapes political strategies in the American West

Americans are standing up to protect public lands and bringing concerns about conservation and management into broader public discussion.

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Explosion at steel plant in western Turkey leaves 16 dead and 13 injured

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that a huge explosion and fire at an iron and steel works in western Turkey have left at least 16 people dead

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COP31 summit leaders urge crisis-wracked world to move faster on climate

Leaders of COP31 urged the world to accelerate the fight against global warming as they began their annual UN climate conference

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How the US was left exposed to the flesh-eating screwworm, years into the outbreak

For decades, planes dropped billions of factory-bred sterile flies to keep the flesh-eating New World screwworm out of North America’s cattle.

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Georgia's largest battery storage facility unveiled in Ball Ground to help with peak demands

Georgia's largest battery storage facility unveiled in Ball Ground to help with peak demands

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This year set to be one of four hottest on record, UN report says

This year is on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful El Niño and perpetuating a warming streak of more than a decade, a UN report showed on

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Planetary extremes are ‘off the charts’ as world’s biggest climate talks kick off

Planetary extremes are ‘off the charts’ as world’s biggest climate talks kick off

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AI power rush sends data centres hunting for used turbines and jet engines

Utilities, developers and firms racing to power AI data centres are scouring the world for second-

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Iraq's Khor Mor gas field halted after drone attack, operator says

A suspected drone attack in Iraq has halted production at the Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, joint operator

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Farmers fight to adapt as droughts loom in COP31 host Turkey

Farmer Mehmet Kabak has grown cotton on the same land in drought-prone western Turkey for decades.

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Trump to meet Qatar's prime minister as Iran diplomacy faces hurdles

President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar's prime minister at the White House on Monday, according to the White House schedule, as the conflict with Iran drags on and diplomatic

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Climate talks should focus on implementation, not new targets, Singapore says

Global climate talks starting on Monday are unlikely to yield new targets on curbing greenhouse gases, but negotiators have plenty to do to implement

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Volunteers working to uncover burial sites at cemetery during Veterans Day event

Volunteers working to uncover burial sites at cemetery during Veterans Day event

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Trump says he is highly unlikely to order Iran strikes if talks progress

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was highly unlikely to order fresh attacks on Iran as long as talks to end the conflict progress, even as both countries

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Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts

Environmental groups worldwide are using artificial intelligence to analyze climate data, track forest fires and count endangered wildlife –

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Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January

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Democratic attorney general wins could reshape US lawsuits on abortion, immigration and more

Republicans lost state attorney general races to Democrats in key states in the November 3 midterm elections, with potential

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Turkish villagers demand COP31 leaders see for themselves devastation caused by coal

Local official Nejla Isik is among the villagers living beside a coal mine who demand that world leaders gathering in Turkey for COP31 climate

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'Special master' named for ethics probe in lawsuit over Trump's DC golf project

A judge said on Saturday she would appoint a former top federal prosecutor to investigate whether Trump administration lawyers committed

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Departing UN chief calls this 'a moment of truth' in fight to curb global warming

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has a powerful message at the climate talks in Turkey

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Flesh-eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense

Over 125 screwworm cases have appeared in US animals in 2026, including in elk. Here’s how America’s 11.5 million hunters can help contain the spread.

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US military says it fired on commercial vessel in Gulf of Oman after it attempted to breach blockade

U.S. Central Command says it has disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored warnings and tried to leave the region following a visit to an Iranian port

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Houthi-run health ministry says airstrikes kill 33 near Yemen capital

At least 33 people were killed and 39 wounded in what the Houthi-run Saba news agency said were Saudi airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday, in one of the

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Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape's food by drone amid Florida floods

A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary briefly had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain

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John Roberts sets the stage for publicly funded religious schools to reject children of same-sex couples

John Roberts sets the stage for publicly funded religious schools to reject children of same-sex couples

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Paraguay's ousted president charged with crimes linked to collapse of major bank

Prosecutors in Paraguay charged the South American nation’s recently deposed president with two crimes linked to the collapse of a major bank, that has jeopardized the savings of hundreds of thousands of account holders, and unleashed the nation’s biggest political crisis in a decade

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Russia says it hit targets in and around Kyiv in massive overnight strike

Russia said its forces carried out a massive overnight strike on what it described as targets in Ukraine's military-industrial sector and energy and transport infrastructure in Kyiv

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As COP31 comes to Turkey, satellites reveal a landfill methane problem

In the countryside west of Istanbul, trucks line up to empty mixed household waste from the city of 16 million people onto a vast landscape of

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Delhi world's most polluted major city on eve of Diwali, Swiss group says

Delhi was the world's most polluted major city on Saturday morning, according to Swiss group IQAir's live ranking, as the Indian capital faced severe pollution forecasts a

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Diwali celebrations coincide with worsening air. Here’s how to stay safer

For people across South Asia, especially in northern India, Diwali celebrations coincide with the return of hazardous winter air, raising concerns about how to celebrate safely

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Rainy weekend for Northeast after storm system swamps East Coast

Rainy weekend for Northeast after storm system swamps East Coast

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Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse

Paraguay’s ousted president, Santiago Peña, was placed under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust as prosecutors investigate the collapse of Ueno Bank

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Grieving father of Florida Learjet co-pilot defends his daughter's reputation after crash

The father of a 20-year-old private jet co-pilot who died in a crash in Florida said has listened to his daughter’s final radio transmissions many times to try to understand what happened

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US Treasury sanctions Canadian money services firms over Iran-related transactions

The US Treasury said on Friday that it had imposed financial sanctions on eight money services firms based in Canada that it alleges have facilitated transactions with

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Storms that caused 1-in-1,000 year flood event in Tennessee and Georgia move up Atlantic coast

Residents are cleaning up from catastrophic flooding along the Tennessee-Georgia border that forecasters are calling a once-in-a-1,000 year event

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Tropical Storm Pena forms in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Pena has formed in the Pacific Ocean

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Google acquires Wyoming data center site from AI infrastructure firm Crusoe

Google has acquired Crusoe's data center site in southeast Wyoming, the AI infrastructure developer said on Friday, a day after the Alphabet unit announced a $17-billion investment

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Henry Doorly Zoo elephants devour banana trees grown in Omaha

Henry Doorly Zoo elephants devour banana trees grown in Omaha