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COP29 climate summit begins. Will it be the last for the U.S.
3 days ago · This year's United Nations Climate Change Conference — called COP29, since it's the 29th Conference of Parties — kicks off Monday in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and runs through Nov. 22. The annual summit, which is held in a different location every year, brings together world leaders and thousands of other representatives of nations ...
‘Science is still science’: US still committed to climate fight despite ...
3 days ago · BAKU, Azerbaijan — America’s top climate diplomat John Podesta told foreign officials Monday that the U.S. remains committed to fighting climate change, even if President-elect Donald Trump isn’t. His comments came as the implications of last week’s election reverberate through the hallways ...
Why SpaceX's latest Starship launch was such a huge deal for …
Oct 14, 2024 · By comparison, the Space Shuttle cost about $25,000 per pound of payload when it was active. Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has previously said his ambition is to bring Starship costs down to about $10 million a launch, a drastic price cut that could open the door for futuristic space industries like asteroid mining and space factories.
US election pollsters were actually a lot closer than people think ...
2 days ago · John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research. Tue, 12 November 2024, 11:57 am GMT-5 · 5-min read. Polling of the US election has been widely criticised following the outcome of last Tuesday’s ballot. For weeks in the run-up to polling day the polls were widely ...
‘MAGA Is P***ed’: Trump Faithfuls Out for Blood After Rick Scott …
1 day ago · Top figures in the MAGA world spent Wednesday complaining that their pick for Senate Majority Leader, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, didn’t clear the first round of voting. Those upset took to social media and their podcasts to whine and even threaten to oust Sen. John Thune (R-SD)—who was voted into Senate leadership via secret ballot—if he doesn’t fall in line with all …
House leaders move quickly to consolidate power in show of …
Nov 7, 2024 · The top three House Republican leaders are all running for their roles in the new Congress, a show of confidence that the GOP will prevail in winning full control of the federal government.. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., sent letters to fellow House GOP lawmakers on Wednesday night asking for support to remain …
High turnout, no post-election violence - Yahoo News UK
Nov 6, 2024 · In a presidential election that US democrats framed as a fight for democracy itself, former President Donald Trump – who pledged to rule as a “dictator” if re-elected – won a resounding victory. Was the 2024 vote a success for the world’s most powerful democracy? Ballot boxes opened across the US on Tuesday amid heightened security with election officials …
Do you think Donald Trump's election will be good or bad for …
3 days ago · In a YouGov poll conducted last week as the result of the US election became clear, 31% of 4,800 British adults said his victory would be "very bad" for the UK, with a further 24% saying it would be "fairly bad" - only a combined 18% said it would be "very good" or "fairly good". But, one week after he became president-elect, what impact do you ...
Aussie tourist's warning after 'insane' injury while sleeping in Bali …
1 day ago · Source: Instagram/nataliesinead. Travellers often fear Bali belly ahead of their trip to Indonesia but one Aussie woman is warning people to be aware of a lesser-known danger that has left her ...