Rich countries aren’t stopping climate change. Can poor nations save themselves?

Tall and stony-faced, with a long and bitter history of fighting for democracy, Tongan leader Akilisi Pōhiva is not someone you’d expect to break down in tears at an intergovernmental summit.
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Nation’s Last 4 Circus Elephants Just Got Good News

Ramboline, Lara, Djunga, and Jenny should be jumping for joy with the news that Denmark’s last four circus elephants are now government property. The country’s Ministry of Environment and Food has paid two circuses the equivalent of $ 1.6 million to acquire the elephants, reports the BBC . Their future had…
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Xenophobia has reared its ugly head in the Rainbow Nation. African nations have had enough

When I travel out of South Africa, I am often asked a version of the same question. “So, what will you be doing in Africa?”
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Abby Hornacek drives Melissa Francis to work in Fox Nation’s latest ‘Ride to Work’

In Fox Nation’s “Ride to Work,” Abby Hornacek battled New York City traffic to get Fox News and Fox Business anchor Melissa Francis and her sons, Thompson and Grayson, to school on time. 
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Death Could Be Nation’s First Connected to Vaping

A death in Illinois announced Friday by health officials could be the first in the nation connected to the use of e-cigarettes. The adult patient had vaped and was later hospitalized with severe respiratory illness, Fox News reports. No other information about the patient was released. “The severity of illness…
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California job growth is outpacing the nation’s

California’s job market powered ahead in July amid the longest expansion since the 1960s, and unemployment remained at a record low.

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The Nation’s Top Spy Is Stepping Down: Report

America’s top spy is on the verge of stepping down after clashing with President Trump for the past two years, the New York Times reports. Dan Coats, who became director of national intelligence in 2017, is expected to leave in the next few days. Axios reports that Texas Rep. John…
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The 10 Most Innovative Nations — Plus China

The state of innovation is strong around the world, a new report says, despite trade battles and an economic slowdown. There’s been a bit of reshuffling this year in the new Global Innovation Index ; Switzerland tops the list for the ninth time, Sweden rose to second place, and the US…
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Armed group abducts nation’s leading female politician

One of Libya’s most prominent female politicians has been abducted from her home in Benghazi by an armed militia, according to her family, and has not been heard from for three days.
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Muslim nations defend China as it cracks down on Muslims

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