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World leaders and United Nations officials called for faster cuts to greenhouse gas emissions on Wednesday as the COP31 leaders’ summit opened in Antalya. The gathering followed Monday’s start of the wider climate conference, where negotiators face the challenge of turning national pledges into policies that cut emissions and protect communities from extreme weather. UN

France faced widespread clashes, fires and looting on Saturday as nationwide demonstrations over rising living costs brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets. The unrest followed weeks of student protests and intensified pressure on the government ahead of next year’s presidential election. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said late Saturday that 1,200 people had

South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, receiving recognition for decades of work defending human rights and strengthening international justice. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on Friday, October 9, citing her efforts to promote peace and international law. The committee praised Pillay’s courage, independence and commitment to

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump have renewed efforts to find a route toward negotiations with Russia, as winter approaches and fears grow that attacks on energy infrastructure could leave millions of Ukrainians without heat and electricity. The leaders met Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, Zelenskyy

The United States has crossed a fiscal threshold few wanted to see: the national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released this week. Treasury figures show total public debt outstanding stood at $40.047 trillion as of August 18, arriving months earlier than forecasters had previously expected, driven in part by

Why Starmer Fell Starmer’s resignation didn’t come out of nowhere. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, an emotional Starmer acknowledged he had lost the confidence of his own Labour MPs to lead the party into the next general election, telling supporters every decision he’d made had been about putting the country first. His downfall followed roughly

The World Cup semifinal field is complete, and it delivered exactly the matchup fans have been waiting decades for. Defending champion Argentina will face England on Wednesday in Atlanta, in a rematch of one of international soccer’s most storied rivalries — and the two nations’ first meeting at a World Cup since 2002. Both teams