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Climate experts say they hear talk at UN but not much action 23 Sep 2019 - 11:01 pm
The afternoon session of the United Nations (U.N.) summit on climate change begins September 23, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
California, China to team up on climate research institute 23 Sep 2019 - 11:01 pm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (C) speaks as California environmental protection agency secretary Jared Blumenfeld (L) California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols (2R) and California attorney general Xavier Becerra (R) look on during a news conference
Top Algerian figures go on military trial for alleged plot 23 Sep 2019 - 11:01 pm
A view of the Council Constitutional building in Algiers, March 3, 2019. Reuters / Ramzi Boudina
Tap for trash: App seeks to clean up Zimbabwe's waste-clogged cities 23 Sep 2019 - 10:13 pm
Students clean the streets of Harare Zimbabwe, September 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Tonderayi Mukeredzi
Democrats increase qualifying thresholds for November debate 23 Sep 2019 - 10:13 pm
Twenty four 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in a combination photo
Survey finds 'sextortion' rife in Latin America, women worst hit 23 Sep 2019 - 10:01 pm
#MeToo on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. AFP / Bertrand Guay
UN plans vast urban forests to fight climate change 23 Sep 2019 - 08:22 pm
A fawn and its mother stand on a meadow in Breckerfeld, western Germany on, May 13, 2018. AFP/Sascha Schuermann
From Indonesia to Gabon, countries turn to nature to cut climate risks 23 Sep 2019 - 08:22 pm
Indonesians gather for special prayers asking for rain in Pekanbaru, Riau province on September 13, 2019, as smog from rainforest fires envelop the Southeast Asian region. AFP/Adek Berry
Trudeau pledges major tax break in bid to revive campaign 23 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
Justin Trudeau greeting mothers at a clinic run by the non-governmental organisation Likhaan during a visit on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit
Boeing crash report faces pushback from Lion Air, regulator 23 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
People carry the coffin of Alfiani Hidayatul Solikah, a cabin crew of Lion Air flight JT610, during the funeral at Mojorejo village in Madiun, Indonesia, November 14, 2018. Antara Foto / Siswowidodo /  Reuters
Puerto Rico braces for flooding ahead of Tropical Storm Karen 23 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
Beach chairs are seen at a beach as hurricane Irma approaches Puerto Rico in San Juan on September 5, 2017. AFP/Ricardo Arduengo
Teenager Thunberg angrily tells UN climate summit 'you have stolen my dreams' 23 Sep 2019 - 06:31 pm
Youth Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)
More than 60 nations vow to be carbon-free by 2050: UN 23 Sep 2019 - 05:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Forest elephants are seen walk at Langoue Bai in Ivindo National Park near Makokou in central Gabon. Prevention is better than cure, May 20, 2019.  AFP / Amaury HAUCHARD
Syria's FM discusses constitutional committee with UN envoy 23 Sep 2019 - 04:27 pm
 Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem (C-R) meeting with United Nations special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen(C-L) in the Syrian capital Damascus on September 23, 2019.   AFP / SANA
US official meets in Lebanon over anti-Hezbollah sanctions 23 Sep 2019 - 04:10 pm
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) meeting with Marshall Billingslea, US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing, in Beirut
UK's top court to rule on Tuesday on Johnson's parliament suspension 23 Sep 2019 - 03:15 pm
A general view of UK Supreme Court hearing in London, Britain September 17, 2019 in this screen grab taken from video. Supreme Court Feed via REUTERS
Trial opens for five women in 'plot' to bomb Notre-Dame 23 Sep 2019 - 02:58 pm
(FILES) This file photograph taken on April 11, 2019, shows a courtroom sketch of defendant French national Ines Madani, appearing in the Criminal Court of Paris during her trial with two other defendants for
EU ministers in Malta to thrash out new migrant system 23 Sep 2019 - 02:11 pm
A Malta Coast Guards ship patrols as protesters display a banner reading