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Michael Bloomberg pledges $500M to shutter US coal plants
The campaign is an outgrowth of an ongoing Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club campaign known as Beyond Coal , which Bloomberg launched in 2011 in partnership with the environmental organization. Of those coal plants, 51 have announced their retirement plans since the 2016 election, "despite all the bluster from the White House", Bloomberg noted. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump meets pupils at golf club in Doonbeg
Speaking as the pair met in front of cameras Mr Trump arrived in the Republic of Ireland following a state visit to the United Kingdom, the US President suggested that a "wall" on the Irish border would work out "very well" for Ireland. He encouraged them to be "good in school and to do their work" and so on. "We just chose to take it on ourselves to come to the hill and maybe just wave a flag",... [Full Article...]
Russia, U.S. trade charges after ships come close to collision
Russian naval forces plan to join Chinese forces for a joint exercise in the South China Sea, highlighting Moscow's partnership with Beijing after a recent worldwide legal ruling underlined rifts between China and Southeast Asian nations over rival claims across the sea. [Full Article...]
Mount Everest: 11 tonnes of rubbish cleared
That death toll - coupled with photos seen around the world depicting queues of climbers inching their way up Everest's south ridge - have raised concerns that authorities are issuing too many summit permits, and that inexperienced mountaineers are being encouraged to undertake the unsafe climb by unscrupulous guiding companies. [Full Article...]
German nurse murdered 85 patients with lethal drugs — Niels Hoegel jailed
Hoegel had already been convicted and sentenced for two murders in 2015. His victims were aged between 34 and 96. Court-appointed psychiatrist Konstantin Karyofilis said that Hoegel was not mentally ill but wanted to earn the respect of his colleagues as well as recognition from patients and their families. [Full Article...]
Olympian Aslam Sher Khan offers to replace Rahul Gandhi as Congress chief
Gandhi landed at Kozhikode airport around 2 pm on Friday before arriving in Wayanad parliamentary constituency to a massive public reception, kick starting his three-day visit to the state. After the Congress party's poor show in the second consecutive general election, Gandhi had offered to resign as the Congress president, but it was rejected by the party's highest decision-making body. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump Is My Friend, Says Chinese President Xi Jinping
Aggressive U.S. tactics such as a campaign against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will lead to trade wars , Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the St. His broadside, at an economic forum in St Petersburg on the same platform as Xi, was a clear show of unity with China at a time when Beijing is locked in a trade war with Washington and Moscow's own ties with the West are at a p... [Full Article...]
Women assaulted in homophobic attack on London bus
Melania Geymona and her girlfriend after they were both assaulted on the N31 nightbus in Camden in a homophobic attack . In a post on her Facebook page she wrote: "In an attempt to calm things down, I started making jokes". "We have to endure verbal harassment AND CHAUVINIST, MISOGYNISTIC AND HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE because when you stand up for yourself sh*t like this happens". [Full Article...]