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Trump Team Pushes Fossil Fuels at Climate Talks. Protests Erupt, but Allies Emerge, Too.

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. KATOWICE, Poland — Trump administration officials at high-stakes climate talks here offered an unapologetic defense of fossil fuels on Monday, arguing that a rapid retreat from coal, oil and gas was unrealistic. While that stance brought scorn from environmentalists and countries that favor stronger action […]

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Iraq's Yazidis 'forgotten by world' since ISIL attacks

Years after the community was decimated, they are still internally displaced and feel abandoned by the world. The Yazidi community in Northern Iraq was torn apart in 2014 when the ISIL group attacked their villages. Thousands of men were killed, while the women were forced into slavery, sparking widespread international condemnation. Today, most of them live in camps for the […]

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Federal government announces new approach to managing aquaculture industry Canada

The Canadian government is restructuring how it deals with the aquaculture industry in an attempt to bring more economic returns and environmental sustainability to the sector. Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson laid out the new approach to the sector on Monday, including creating a single comprehensive set of regulations to clarify how aquaculture is run in Canada. The department is also […]

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Winnipeg man accused of 28 break-ins in 17 days

Police have charged a Winnipeg man with a whopping 28 break and enters to convenience stores, clothing stores, food stores, medical clinics, a gas station and a restaurant. The break-ins – all in the William Whyte and Dufferin areas – took place between Nov. 24 and Sunday, when the suspect was arrested. Police said the suspect would force his way […]

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Trump defends hush money payments as ‘simple private transaction’

President Trump on Monday claimed his former attorney Michael Cohen’s hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal were a “simple private transaction,” not a campaign contribution. “‘Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun…No Collusion.’ @FoxNews,” Trump said in a tweet that apparently referred […]

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