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At COP28, More Than 20 Nations Pledge to Triple Nuclear Capacity
[ad_1] The United States and 21 other countries pledged on Saturday at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, saying the revival of nuclear power was critical for cutting carbon emissions to near zero in the coming decades. Proponents of nuclear energy, which supplies 18 percent of electricity in the United States, say…
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Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate
[ad_1] The Biden administration’s crackdown on methane leaks from oil wells is based in part on a new powerful policy tool that could strengthen its legal authority to cut greenhouse gas emissions across the entire economy — including from cars, power plants, factories and oil refineries. New limits on methane, announced Saturday by the Environmental Protection Agency during the COP28…
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Japan to Limit Unusual Baby Names
[ad_1] Growing up, all Yuni Matsumoto wanted was to fit in. But his name made that hard. It was highly uncommon in Japan and, on top of that, essentially unreadable as written. Middle school classmates ridiculed him. The bullying got so bad that he eventually dropped out of school. Mr. Matsumoto, 24, had what is known as a kira-kira —…
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Blinken Blames Hamas for Breaking Truce With Israel
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken blamed Hamas for the broken truce on Friday and said that he was already seeing signs that Israel had taken new steps to protect civilians as it resumed its military campaign. Speaking just before his departure from Dubai at the end of a two-day Middle East visit, Mr. Blinken said it was “important…
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Cindy McCain, Head of World Food Program, Faces Staff Revolt Over Gaza Conflict
[ad_1] As the truce in the Israel-Hamas war was ending on Thursday, Cindy McCain, the executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Program, met virtually with her staff to address an internal uproar over accusations that she was not leveraging her position to speak out against the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Many of the global staff members…
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Henri Lopes, 86, Who Straddled Literature and Politics in Africa, Dies
[ad_1] Henri Lopes, a writer and former prime minister of the Republic of Congo whose pioneering fiction mocked the abuses of African leaders but who later served one of the continent’s most brutal, died on Nov. 2 in the Paris suburb of Suresnes. He was 86. His death, in a hospital, was announced by the Republic of Congo’s embassy in…
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A protester self-immolates outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta.
[ad_1] A protester self-immolated on Friday afternoon outside of the Israeli Consulate building in Atlanta, in what the police described as “likely an extreme act of political protest.” A security guard tried to intervene but was unsuccessful, officials said. The demonstrator sustained third-degree burns to the body, and the guard was burned on his wrist and leg. Both were taken…
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With the End of the Cease-Fire, Concern Grows Over the Oldest Israeli Hostages Left Behind
[ad_1] Nurit Cooper, 79, is one of the Israeli hostages released by Hamas. But her son, Rotem Cooper, continues to press for the urgent release of the remaining hostages, especially those who are old and sick. He has a personal stake in the matter. His father, Amiram Cooper, who will turn 85 on Dec. 11, remains a hostage. “A concrete…
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Freed Palestinians Were Mostly Young and Not Convicted of Crimes
[ad_1] Israel released a total of 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for 105 hostages freed by Hamas during a weeklong pause in hostilities, an arrangement that diplomats had tried to extend before it collapsed into fighting on Friday morning. A New York Times analysis of data on the Palestinians released showed that a majority of them had not…
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At P.S.G., a Coach’s Vision Collides With a Star’s Power
[ad_1] Ultimately, a single wrong answer cost Rafael Benítez his job, the one he had coveted for most of his working life. The slight downturn in results, the disaffection of the players, the sudden loss of trust from those who had chosen to employ him — all of it, he believed, could be traced back to that single, relatively harmless,…
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