MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The presidents of France and Brazil said on Thursday that rich countries must immediately boost aid for developing nations ...
A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected ...
Sierra Nevada waterfall and meadows among scenic California land acquired by Forest Service More than 1,200 acres of scenic meadow land and a spectacular waterfall in California have been bought by the U.S. Forest Service. The property in the Sierra Nevada mountains ...
Obama wants big carbon dioxide cuts, but daily life should be much the same with higher bills Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next ...
In reversal, Canada's prime minister to attend UN climate-change meeting in Copenhagen Canada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend a United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Stephen Harper's spokesman said Thursday. Dimitri Soudas announced Harper decided ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose government is often criticized for dragging its feet on global warming, will attend U.N. talks next month in Copenhagen designed to find a successor to the Kyoto climate change protocol. Harper spokesman Dimitri ...
Pakistan has paid out the equivalent of nearly 120,000 dollars over the arrest of a lieutenant of the country's Taliban warlord ahead of a major Muslim festival, the military said Thursday. It is the first time Pakistan has announced the payment of ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Brazil Thursday to urge nations straddling the Amazon basin to adopt tough measures to combat climate change and preserve rainforests. Called by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the one-day meeting in the city of ...
China's pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday. "China alone would be responsible for more than 25 percent of the reductions ...
The United States, one of the few countries likely to recognize post-coup elections in Honduras, will watch the upcoming polls with "great interest," the US State Department said Thursday. Sunday's elections come amid a deep political crisis set off by the June ...
The United States and Poland have agreed terms for stationing US troops in Poland so that the deployment of US Patriot missiles can start next year, an official said Thursday. "Talks on an agreement allowing the military presence of the United States ...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend international climate talks next month, his office said Thursday, as 3,000 scientists pressed Ottawa to seek a deal on deeper CO2 emissions cuts. A spokesman for Harper told AFP he will travel to Copenhagen for ...
