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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed an offer to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after healing a rift over how to split the bill. A dust storm blankets Sydney’s iconic Opera House at sunrise September 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files) Developing countries will need 100 billion euros ($148 [...]
British Petroleum, one of the world’s largest energy companies, has been hit with a record fine of $87m for safety violations at a Texas refinery. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) handed down the fine on Friday, saying the company had failed to correct safety shortfalls at its Texas City refinery after a blast there in [...]
MANILA, Philippines—A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm. More than 100,000 people sought shelter in five province east and south of Manila in the path of [...]
UNITED NATIONS – Talks between President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week’s presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of…
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