New Zealand denies breaching climate commitments to EU

New Zealand denied on Wednesday it had broken climate promises made in a free-trade deal with the European Union, after a green group lodged a complaint with Brussels. Dutch environmental justice group Both ENDS said it filed its claim with the European Commission, accusing Wellington of reneging on the 2024 trade agreement.”New Zealand signed a […]

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One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world’s population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution, a European Union report said on Wednesday. In a new analysis covering the first eight months of 2026, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) highlighted the close […]

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West Bank’s violent settlers part of a new generation fuelled by ideology

A mass attack by Israeli settlers on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank has placed new focus on the emergence of a generation of radicals in the territory. A loosely connected movement of hardline Israeli settlers, most of them young and including school dropouts from outside the West Bank, known as the “Hilltop […]

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Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo

Housework in the morning followed by several hours of firefighting: women in Indonesian Borneo risk life and limb to battle blazes making their communities sick, all while shouldering a sexist backlash. More than 100 women, many of them homemakers, are volunteer members of an initiative dubbed “Power of Mama”, patrolling daily for smoke and flames […]

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Hurricane Polo sweeps over Mexico’s Pacific coast, heads inland

Hurricane Polo ripped roofs off houses, felled trees and flooded roads as it swept over Mexico’s Pacific coast but caused little serious damage and no reported injuries, according to initial assessments by authorities Tuesday. It made landfall late Monday in the south of Baja California peninsula as a Category 3 hurricane packing winds of up […]

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FIFA boss Infantino blasted as would-be ’emperor’ by UEFA’s Ceferin

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin on Tuesday attacked FIFA president Gianni Infantino, saying “football has no need for emperors”, while powerful Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi insisted he has no interest in becoming the next head of global football.”Yes, let’s grow, let’s innovate, let’s make our clubs and competitions even more successful, but let’s never forget […]

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EUA reforça sanções contra Cuba

Os Estados Unidos anunciaram nesta terça-feira um endurecimento de suas sanções contra Cuba, o que inclui restrições às operações financeiras envolvendo a ilha comunista, inclusive para o setor privado. O Escritório de Controle de Ativos Estrangeiros (Ofac), vinculado ao Departamento do Tesouro americano, anunciou medidas que proíbem transações financeiras “indiretas” com entidades cubanas sancionadas, principalmente […]

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Settler attack on West Bank village injures Israeli forces, drawing rare rebuke

More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the US and from the Israeli government after they injured three members of the security forces. The raid, and attacks on other West Bank villages on Tuesday, came amid mounting international criticism of settler violence, which […]

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OpenAI busca se tornar hub de IA em meio a crescentes temores sobre segurança

A OpenAI lançou nesta terça-feira (29) um novo modelo de inteligência artificial mais barato e ferramentas capazes de funcionar continuamente, com a ambição de se tornar uma grande loja de IA em meio às crescentes preocupações com a segurança dessa tecnologia. A empresa permitirá que outras, como a Adobe, ofereçam seus programas diretamente no ChatGPT, […]

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