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A breach of the 1.5°C global warming threshold is now inevitable, but the world still has the power to determine how high temperatures rise and how long they remain above that limit, United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, calling for global emissions to fall around 6% every year and a much faster…
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — The world has failed to slow or stop global warming trends in the past five years because plans weren’t realized and efforts that would have helped were canceled out, a report said Thursday. The grim assessment came during a U.N. climate meeting in Antalya, Turkey, where more government leaders were due…
Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary | Image Credit: Bloomberg 1 min read Last Updated : Nov 12 2026 | 7:52 AM IST US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stalled President Donald Trump’s crackdown on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia’s chips to China, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing high-level sources. Trump on Thursday authorized a crackdown…
Iran has said it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz or resume negotiations with the United States until Washington meets seven conditions set by Tehran. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the responsibility for the next move now rests with the US, as Iran waits for an official response to its demands. Iran says…
Axios reported that Howard Lutnick stalled Trump’s crackdown on diversion of Nvidia chips to China. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stalled President Donald Trump’s crackdown on companies suspected of diverting Nvidia’s chips to China, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing high-level sources. Trump on Thursday authorized a crackdown on companies suspected of diverting the chips for…
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“Is Maga dead?” asked Margaret, a Guardian reader in Switzerland, in a live Q&A with our correspondents after the seismic US midterm elections. If Margaret’s query expressed a hope that the Democrats’ blue wave could transform Europe’s fortunes after two years of Maga-induced trauma, she was probably not alone. The resounding defeat for Donald Trump’s…
By JOSEPH LUKE PALMER Published: 16:29 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 16:42 GMT, 11 November 2026 On the latest episode of Palace Confidential, Diary Editor Richard Eden and Royal Editor Rebecca English debate the rights and wrongs of Prince Harry‘s absence from the national Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph. Harry, who served two…
Let’s remember a simpler time, just a few weeks ago, when the supposed China dupes were those Americans raising concerns about AI—not the guy leading the industry’s charge. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the company’s annual GTC developers conference in San Jose, Calif., in March. Back then, Jensen Huang was Mr. Cool with a black…
Turkey’s banking regulator chief, Sahap Kavcioglu, asked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to accept his resignation, as a fund-scandal investigation increasingly targets top regulators and financial officials. Sahap Kavcioglu has not been accused of any wrongdoing. (X/ @sahapkavcioglu) “In light of the recent allegations concerning the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and myself, I asked President…