LONDON 1 (THE GUARDIAN) — It is “touch and go” whether Britain will broker deals adequate enough to curb irreversible climate change at Cop26, Boris Johnson has admitted, as he claimed that encouraging people to recycle more “isn’t the answer”. The prime minister appeared to lower expectations about whether the global summit of leaders that […]
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EXPLAINER: Just what are ‘The Facebook Papers,’ anyway?
By The Associated Press The Facebook Papers project represents a unique collaboration among 17 American news organizations, including The Associated Press. Journalists from a variety of newsrooms, large and small, worked together to gain access to thousands of pages of internal company documents obtained by Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower. A separate consortium of European […]
Posted inPacific News
PM Marape welcomes Telstra’s announcement of Digicel takeover
PORT MORESBY (THE NATIONAL) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape says Telstra’s announcement to acquire Digicel Pacific is a commercial transaction that has been concluded under the present regulatory environment which encourages investments in the sector. Marape welcomed the investment of up to K4.9 billion (US$1.396 billion) and stated that all Government and […]
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U.S rep Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers
WASHINGTON (LA TIMES) — For months, U.S refusal to accept responsibility for a leaking dome of radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands has complicated negotiations with the Marshallese government on an international compact viewed as crucial for blunting Chinese influence in the central Pacific. On Thursday, members of a congressional oversight committee scolded representatives of […]
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The U.S has issued its first passport with an ‘X’ gender marker
WASHINGTON, (SBS) — The U.S State Department has announced that it had issued the first American passport with an “X” gender marker, designed to give non-binary, intersex and gender nonconforming people a marker other than male or female on their travel document, according to a statement. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in June that […]
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Climate change: Why Australia refuses to give up coal
SYDNEY (BBC) — In a world racing to reduce pollution, Australia is a stark outlier. It is one of the dirtiest countries per head of population and a massive global supplier of fossil fuels. Unusually for a rich nation, it also still burns coal for most of its electricity. Australia’s 2030 emissions target – a […]