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April 23, 2016

China, US join record UN signing of Paris climate deal
United Nations, United States (AFP) April 22, 2016
A record 175 countries, including the world's top polluters China and the United States, signed the Paris climate deal Friday, boosting hopes of quick action on combating global warming. French President Francois Hollande was the first leader to put his signature to the accord during a ceremony at the United Nations, followed by leaders from island-states hardest hit by climate change. US Secretary of State John Kerry came to the podium cradling his two-year-old granddaughter Isabelle and trigge ... read more

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S.Africa won't seek to legalise rhino horn trade: govt

Expect more unhealthy ozone days in the next decades: study

New quake rattles jittery Ecuador

China probes polluted school as parents urge action

Canada must step up efforts to cut CO2 emissions: watchdog

Burundi gunmen murder military officer: witness, army

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30 years on, Russia's Chernobyl victims say they have been abandoned

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Record Balkan floods linked to jamming of giant airstreams

South American floods kill 12, force mass evacuations

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Climate change: Is the 1.5C target a mirage?

China spurs ships to use Arctic shipping route: report

The cozier the better for bubbles inside powerful volcanoes

The genetic evolution of Zika virus

Severe reduction in thermal tolerance projected for Great Barrier Reef

How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep

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