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Live updates: Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement

Read full article: Live updates: Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement

International pressure has increased again on Israel.

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Israel deports Greta Thunberg after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized

Read full article: Israel deports Greta Thunberg after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized

Israel has deported activist Greta Thunberg a day after Israel's military seized the Gaza-bound ship she was on.

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Israel seized a Gaza-bound boat with Greta Thunberg on board. Can it do that?

Read full article: Israel seized a Gaza-bound boat with Greta Thunberg on board. Can it do that?

Israeli naval forces, far from the country’s shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists, including Greta Thunberg, in an early morning raid.

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Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

Read full article: Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has arrived at an Israeli port after Israeli forces stopped and detained them.

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Israel vows to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza

Read full article: Israel vows to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza

Israel’s government has vowed to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching the Gaza Strip.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel's blockade

Read full article: Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel's blockade

Organizers say climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory.

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Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process

Read full article: Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process

In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing number of deserts have either outright failed or come out with limited outcomes that didn’t address the scale of the problems.

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A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell

Read full article: A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell

Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the most talked-about people this year.

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Australian states back national plan to ban children younger than 16 from social media

Read full article: Australian states back national plan to ban children younger than 16 from social media

Australia’s states and territories have unanimously backed a world-first national plan to ban children younger than 16 from most forms of social media.

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Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Read full article: Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges.

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In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough

Read full article: In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough

Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, young people around the world staged fresh marches and said their protests are not being sufficiently acted upon.

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Dutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague

Read full article: Dutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among dozens of people who have been detained by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking a road in the Dutch city.

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A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to leave oil industry conference

Read full article: A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to leave oil industry conference

A judge in London has acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to an oil and gas industry conference last year.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference

Read full article: Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is on trial for protesting outside a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year.

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Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport's expansion for private planes

Read full article: Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport's expansion for private planes

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a march in southern England to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport.

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Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election

Read full article: Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been briefly interrupted by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital.

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Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds

Read full article: Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds

Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations climate talks in Egypt.

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Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives' forum

Read full article: Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives' forum

Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference.

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Top warming talks official hopes for 'course correction' and praises small steps in climate efforts

Read full article: Top warming talks official hopes for 'course correction' and praises small steps in climate efforts

A top official of upcoming international climate negotiations hopes to prove critics wrong and surprise them with a “course correction” for an ever-warming world.

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Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up

Read full article: Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up

From Europe to Africa to southeast Asia, tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as Earth suffers from dramatic weather extremes.

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Greta Thunberg defiant after Swedish court fines her for disobeying police during climate protest

Read full article: Greta Thunberg defiant after Swedish court fines her for disobeying police during climate protest

Hours after a Swedish court fined Greta Thunberg for disobeying police during an environmental protest at an oil facility last month, the climate activist once again attempted to block access to the facility and was removed by the police.

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European Union lawmakers back a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change

Read full article: European Union lawmakers back a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change

The European Union’s parliament has narrowly backed a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change.

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EU faces cliffhanger vote on major bill protecting nature and fighting climate change

Read full article: EU faces cliffhanger vote on major bill protecting nature and fighting climate change

Protesters and legislators are converging on the European Union parliament as the bloc prepares a cliffhanger vote on protecting its threatened nature and shielding it from disruptive environmental change.

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and others to address the war's effect on ecology

Read full article: Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and others to address the war's effect on ecology

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Thursday with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European figures who are forming a working group to address ecological damage from the 16-month-old Russian invasion.

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Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders' resolve on climate

Read full article: Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders' resolve on climate

Heads of state, finance leaders and activists are converging in Paris to seek ways to overhaul the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.

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Ukraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event

Read full article: Ukraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event

Power brokers have wrapped up the World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss town of Davos as worries about the war in Ukraine, a warming planet and a cooling global economy dominated discussions about the world’s ills.

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At Davos, Thunberg visit spotlights lack of climate action

Read full article: At Davos, Thunberg visit spotlights lack of climate action

Prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate are condemning corporate VIPs and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, for prioritizing short-term profits from fossil fuels over people affected by the climate crisis.

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Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Read full article: Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion

Thousands of people are demonstrating in persistent rain to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.

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Women lead climate talks' toughest topic: reparations

Read full article: Women lead climate talks' toughest topic: reparations

Women are leading negotiations about the thorniest topic in the United Nations climate talks in Egypt.

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After quiet days, handful of protests at UN climate summit

Read full article: After quiet days, handful of protests at UN climate summit

The first days of the annual climate summit had few protests.

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Fed up young climate activists: 'Adults aren't listening'

Read full article: Fed up young climate activists: 'Adults aren't listening'

An AP questionnaire of more than 130 young climate activists finds that the future they envision — even fear — has them frustrated and anxious.

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War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt

Read full article: War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt

Each year there are high hopes for the two-week United Nations climate gathering and, almost inevitably, disappointment when it doesn’t deliver another landmark pact like the one agreed 2015 in Paris.

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Editors at Bartlett's work to keep up with what's quotable

Read full article: Editors at Bartlett's work to keep up with what's quotable

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Thunberg: Coal worse than keeping German nuclear plants on

Read full article: Thunberg: Coal worse than keeping German nuclear plants on

Climate activist Greta Thunberg says it would be “a mistake” for Germany to switch off its nuclear power plants if that means burning more planet-heating coal.

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Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action

Read full article: Afraid and anxious, young protesters demand climate action

Young activists have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.

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German climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades

Read full article: German climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades

Climate activists in Germany and across Europe are escalating their tactics in a bid to prompt more government action on climate change.

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Paul McCartney wows Glastonbury with Dave Grohl and The Boss

Read full article: Paul McCartney wows Glastonbury with Dave Grohl and The Boss

Paul McCartney has wowed fans at the Glastonbury Festival with a 2½-hour concert that included Beatles hits and big-name guest stars.

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Latino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change

Read full article: Latino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change

Latinos are leading the way in U.S. activism around climate change from grassroots organizing to global advocacy, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands and the experience of effects on their communities.

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DAVOS DIARY: Train instead of plane —scenery, carbon cutting

Read full article: DAVOS DIARY: Train instead of plane —scenery, carbon cutting

The World Economic Forum is encouraging European attendees to come to its exclusive gathering in the Swiss Alps by train.

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Greta Thunberg aims to drive change with ‘The Climate Book’

Read full article: Greta Thunberg aims to drive change with ‘The Climate Book’

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has compiled a handbook for tackling the world’s interconnected environmental crises, with contributions from leading scientists and writers.

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Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war

Read full article: Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war

Climate activists have staged a 10th series of worldwide protests to demand that leaders take stronger action against global warming.

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Near-empty flights crisscross Europe to secure landing slots

Read full article: Near-empty flights crisscross Europe to secure landing slots

Europe's sky is filling up with near-empty flights that even airlines admit serve no purpose except securing valuable time slots at some of the world's biggest airports.

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New this week: 'Lost Daughter,' NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett

Read full article: New this week: 'Lost Daughter,' NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett

Christmas may be over, but a feast of movies and television shows arrive next week.

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McConnell, Spears, Osaka: A look at 2021's notable quotes

Read full article: McConnell, Spears, Osaka: A look at 2021's notable quotes

A line from a speech given from the U.S. Senate floor before rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6 tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2021.

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Keep fighting, Obama urges young climate activists

Read full article: Keep fighting, Obama urges young climate activists

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has dropped in on U.N. climate talks to urge young climate activists to stay in the fight.

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Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action

Read full article: Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action

Tens of thousands of climate activists are marching through Glasgow, Scotland, for a second day of protests outside the U.N. climate summit.

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Inside and outside climate talks, youths urge faster action

Read full article: Inside and outside climate talks, youths urge faster action

Young people both inside and outside the U.N. climate talks are telling world leaders that concrete measures to avoid catastrophic warming can’t wait.

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Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at COP26

Read full article: Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at COP26

World leaders are promising to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit.

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What is COP? Key facts and terms at climate summit explained

Read full article: What is COP? Key facts and terms at climate summit explained

The U.N. climate summit, known as COP26 this year, brings officials from almost 200 countries to Glasgow to haggle over the best measures to combat global warming.

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Protesters slam London banks on climate, fossil fuel support

Read full article: Protesters slam London banks on climate, fossil fuel support

Protesters took to the streets of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

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Campaigners stage climate protests across continents

Read full article: Campaigners stage climate protests across continents

Environmental campaigners have staged protests on several continents to press their demands for more government action to curb global warming ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.

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Activists, WHO in the frame as Nobel Peace guessing starts

Read full article: Activists, WHO in the frame as Nobel Peace guessing starts

The annual Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced Oct. 8, shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace.

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Young climate activists denounce 'youth-washing' in Milan

Read full article: Young climate activists denounce 'youth-washing' in Milan

Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who protested peacefully inside their Milan conference before Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s speech.

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Climate activist Nakate seeks immediate action in Glasgow

Read full article: Climate activist Nakate seeks immediate action in Glasgow

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said youth delegates at a gathering in Italy’s financial capital are struggling to get their voices through in an event that she and others complain has been heavily orchestrated.

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Young activists bemoan climate inaction, demand more say

Read full article: Young activists bemoan climate inaction, demand more say

Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing to meet funding pledges to help poor nations adapt to a warming Earth and for delivering too much “blah blah blah’’ as climate change wreaks havoc.

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Thunberg chides leaders for 'blah, blah, blah' on climate

Read full article: Thunberg chides leaders for 'blah, blah, blah' on climate

Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing to meet funding pledges to fight climate change and for delivering too much “blah blah blah’’ as climate change wreaks havoc around the world.

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Thunberg joins climate rally in Germany ahead of election

Read full article: Thunberg joins climate rally in Germany ahead of election

Tens of thousands of environmental activists have rallied outside Germany’s parliament two days before the country holds a national election and demanded that politicians take stronger action to curb climate change.

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Its relevance at stake, UN reaches toward a new generation

Read full article: Its relevance at stake, UN reaches toward a new generation

At the United Nations this week, the pandemic-era rules of engagement for General Assembly week are strict for kings, presidents and other “excellencies.”.

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In German election, hunger strikers seek climate promises

Read full article: In German election, hunger strikers seek climate promises

For the first time in Germany, climate change is perhaps the most dominant issue in an election campaign, especially for young voters.

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Global protest seeks to turn up heat on leaders over climate

Read full article: Global protest seeks to turn up heat on leaders over climate

Youth activists are hoping to turn up the heat on governments with the first large-scale international protest against climate change in six months.

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Electric boats making waves without the noise

Read full article: Electric boats making waves without the noise

The auto industry has raced ahead on an electric wave with more manufacturers joining the race seemingly every day.

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After UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part

Read full article: After UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part

Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a “code red for humanity,” with global warming threatening to choke the planet, individuals are seeking to play their part.

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Chelsea Clinton plans full year of ‘She Persisted’ books

Read full article: Chelsea Clinton plans full year of ‘She Persisted’ books

Chelsea Clinton has a full schedule of books coming in 2022.

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Leaders, activists alarmed, not surprised by climate report

Read full article: Leaders, activists alarmed, not surprised by climate report

A U.N.-appointed panel of experts says that Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past the most ambitious threshold set in the Paris accord.

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Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

Read full article: Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration.

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Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

Read full article: Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration.

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Thunberg: 'We will not accept' giving up on limiting warming

Read full article: Thunberg: 'We will not accept' giving up on limiting warming

Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg says it seems that those in power “have given up” on the 2015 landmark Paris climate deal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

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The Latest: Mayors ask Biden for consult on climate migrants

Read full article: The Latest: Mayors ask Biden for consult on climate migrants

The mayors of a dozen major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York City and San Diego, are asking President Joe Biden to consult them as the administration studies how to identify and resettle people displaced by drought, rising seas and other effects of climate change.

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DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil

Read full article: DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil

Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreement with his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro.

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Swedish teen Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity

Read full article: Swedish teen Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the international community to “step up their game” to fight vaccine inequity.

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Scores protest in India against arrest of climate activist

Read full article: Scores protest in India against arrest of climate activist

Members of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans demanding the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The 22 years old activist was arrested Saturday for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW DELHI – Scores of people demonstrated in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Mumbai on Monday after a climate activist was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers. “The call was to wage economic, social, cultural and regional war against India,” police tweeted on Sunday. The protests attracted international attention earlier this month when pop star Rihanna, Thunberg and Meena Harris tweeted their support.

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India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests

Read full article: India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests

A vendor reaches out for a copy of The Caravan, Indias leading investigating magazine, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. At the heart of the allegations is the magazine’s coverage of the ongoing farmers’ protests that have gripped India for more than two months. Critics say it has used the massive demonstrations to escalate a crackdown on free speech, detaining journalists and freezing Twitter accounts. Hundreds of Indian Twitter accounts, including those of news websites, activists and a farmers’ union, were suspended on Monday. But similarly, Twitter’s reaction of suspending accounts has also “set a terrible precedent” for free speech and press, said Jose.

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1 tweet from Rihanna on farmer protests gets India incensed

Read full article: 1 tweet from Rihanna on farmer protests gets India incensed

A person reads tweets by Indian celebrities, one of the many backing the Indian government, on his mobile in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. It took just one tweet from pop star Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, after she tweeted about the farmer protests that have gripped India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)NEW DELHI – It took just one tweet from Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. The pop star linked a news article in a tweet drawing attention to the massive farmer protests that have gripped India for more than two months. AdTharoor in a tweet said Indian government getting “Indian celebrities to react to Western ones is embarrassing."

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EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about

Read full article: EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about

Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this years nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no shortage of causes or candidates for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider for what arguably remains the world’s most prestigious prize. Here's a look at the Nobel nomination process:WHO CAN NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? The U.N. World Food Program won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize and other Nobel awards are presented to the winners on Dec. 10, the anniversary of founder Alfred Nobel’s death.

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Death threat against 11-year-old activist outrages Colombia

Read full article: Death threat against 11-year-old activist outrages Colombia

Francisco Vera, 11, who is well-known in Colombia for his environmental campaigns and defense of children's rights, gives an interview in Villeta, Colombia, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The 11-year old activist who received a death threat over Twitter, says that he will continue to lead campaigns and urged other young people to use social media to support causes they believe in. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)VILLETA – A social media death threat aimed at an 11-year-old environmental activist has roused outrage in Colombia, a nation where attacks on social leaders are common and threats are taken seriously. Colombian officials said they are investigating the death threat against Francisco Vera and President Ivan Duque recently promised in a television appearance that his government would find “the bandits” behind the Twitter message. She said a town official suggested shutting down her son’s social media account, but she prefers to let him decide whether to stop campaigning.

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Climate activist Thunberg to appear on Swedish postal stamp

Read full article: Climate activist Thunberg to appear on Swedish postal stamp

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg appears on a postal stamp in her native Sweden that is part of a series focusing on the environment, as seen through a magnifying glass, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. One of the stamps features teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg in her trademark yellow raincoat with her braid blowing in the wind and standing a top a hill. (AP Photo/David Keyton)STOCKHOLM – Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment. Thunberg, who just turned 18, rose to prominence for weekly solo protests outside Sweden’s parliament in Stockholm that she started on Aug. 20, 2018. Appearing on a stamp “means that a person is doing something extraordinary,” said Kristina Olofsdotter, managing director for stamps at the postal company.

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Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

Read full article: Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

Five years after a historic climate deal in Paris, world leaders are again meeting to increase their efforts to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term. With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and projected temperature rises now smaller than they once were, scientists and diplomats say the outlook for mid-to-late century is not as gloomy as it was when the historic 2015 Paris climate accord was signed. On Saturday, exactly five years after the Paris climate agreement was struck, world leaders will gather virtually to both celebrate progress and chart the next steps. More than 100 countries — and even more companies, states and cities — have pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century.

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Colorado student, scientist named Time's 'Kid of the Year'

Read full article: Colorado student, scientist named Time's 'Kid of the Year'

LONE TREE, Colo. – A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioid addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine's first-ever “Kid of the Year." Rao told The Associated Press in a Zoom interview from her home Friday that the prize is "nothing that I could have ever imagined. Rao has partnered with rural schools; museums; science, technology, engineering and mathematics organizations; and other institutions to run innovation workshops for thousands of other students. Science and technology are being employed as never before to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, global warming and a host of other issues, she noted. “Anybody can do science.”Time was planning a Kid of the Year broadcast special at 7:30 p.m. EST (5:30 p.m. MST) on Nickelodeon.

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Bangladeshi wins children's prize for fighting cyberbullying

Read full article: Bangladeshi wins children's prize for fighting cyberbullying

THE HAGUE – A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating cyberbullying in his country, and he vowed to keep fighting online abuse until it is eradicated. The award is accompanied by a fund of 100,000 euros ($118,225), which is invested by the KidsRights Foundation in projects that are closely linked to the winner’s work. After Yousafzai won the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2013, she went on to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a year later for campaigning for girls to have a universal right to education even after she survived being shot by Taliban militants. Addressing Friday's award ceremony via a video link, Yousafzai praised Rahman's work for contributing to internet safety. “Cyberbullying is a violation of that right.”

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Greta Thunberg on 2 very surreal years of protest and fame

Read full article: Greta Thunberg on 2 very surreal years of protest and fame

This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta." (Hulu via AP)NEW YORK – In the first days of Greta Thunberg’s solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. I think: Oh, I was so young and naive back then — which is quite funny,” says Thunberg, recalling her first days of protest in an interview. “I don’t really like the title of the film, ‘I Am Greta.’ It makes it seem like I take myself very seriously,” says Thunberg. Asked how she felt watching news clips of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin deriding her in the film, Thunberg laughs.

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New this week: 'I Am Greta,' Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards

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This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta" the story of Thunberg, the teenage Swedish schoolgirl who is leading the global school strike for action on climate change. The film premieres Friday on Hulu. (Hulu via AP)

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New this week: 'I Am Greta,' Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards

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This image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta" the story of Thunberg, the teenage Swedish schoolgirl who is leading the global school strike for action on climate change. (Hulu via AP)Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES— When Greta Thunberg began protesting outside Swedish Parliament two years ago, it only took days for director Nathan Grossman to start trailing her in her mission to prod government leaders on the climate crisis. “I Am Greta,” which premieres Friday on Hulu, documents the enormous movement fueled by Thunberg’s one-person school strike, and a few very surreal years for the Swedish teenager. — After releasing two chart-topping albums in 2017, superstar country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton is back with a new collection of songs coming out Friday.

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ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus pens support for Day of the Girl Child

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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, Bjorn Ulvaeus poses for photographers in a recreation of the Polar recording studio in London. ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus talks exclusively to AP on UNICEF's International Day of the Girl Child about the challenges girls face and promoting girl's empowerment. “I’ve been surrounded by women, strong women for a long time,” Ulvaeus said, speaking about the need to empower female voices ahead of Sunday’s International Day of the Girl Child. With few exceptions their powers rest on cultures, religions and ideologies that suppress women.”Ulvaeus said he was inspired to write about the need to support International Day of the Girl Child. In 2011, the United Nations declared Oct. 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to promote girls’ rights and address the challenges girls face around the world.

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World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize for hunger fight

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015 file photo, a child carries a parcel from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Mwenezi, Zimbabwe. The WFP has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made Friday Oct. 9, 2020 in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. “The World Food Program works at the intersection of those two problems (and) it's going to face an increasing workload in the coming years." Some, however, noted that the World Food Program’s top donors are also major food exporters and often involved in the sale of arms to conflict zones where the agency works, from Afghanistan to Yemen.

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Belarus activist shares ‘Alternative Nobel’ with 3 others

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 21, 2014 file photo, Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski is welcomed by his supporters at a railway terminal in Minsk, Belarus. The prominent Belarus opposition figure Ales Bialiatski and leading imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh have been awarded the 2020 Swedish Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the Alternative Nobel, along with activists from Nicaragua and the United States. (AP Photo/Dmitry Brushko, File)STOCKHOLM – A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Nobel,” together with activists from Nicaragua and the United States. Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honors efforts that the prize founder, Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, felt were being ignored by the Nobel prizes. Earlier recipients of the Right Livelihood Award include Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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Greta Thunberg and youth climate protests make a return

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She joined fellow demonstrators outside the Swedish Parliament on Friday to kick off a day of socially distanced global climate protests. Thunberg started her solo protests outside Sweden’s parliament in Stockholm on Aug. 20, 2018. Climate protests are also planned elsewhere on Friday. The protests started earlier in the Arctic, when British climate activist and ornithologist Mya-Rose Craig, stood on a piece of ice broken off from the ice cap. The 18-year-old bird lover and founder of the non-profit Black2Nature said she believes it’s the most northerly climate strike ever.

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Ricky Gervais mocks Hollywood with explicit jokes at Globes

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This image released by NBC shows host Ricky Gervais speaking at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Ricky Gervais kicked off the Golden Globes by telling the audience his fifth time hosting would be his last, then proceeded to deliver an expletive-laced skewering of Hollywood's elites. True to his reputation, Gervais opened the show on Sunday with a mix of evisceration and exasperation, pretending to confuse Joe Pesci for Baby Yoda, calling the Hollywood Foreign Press Association racist and declaring Netflix's takeover of Hollywood. He made fun of Felicity Huffman for her prison sentence in a college exam cheating scandal, saying she made the license plate on his limo. Few in the audience should have been surprised by Gervais' tone: He's taken delight in dicing up the Hollywood elite with his jokes with his previous hosting stints.

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Greta Thunberg leads climate march through LA

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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg addresses a climate change rally at Grant Park in Los Angeles. Distributed by LAKANA. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Leonardo DiCaprio praises Greta Thunberg as a 'leader of our time'

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Leonardo DiCaprio attends the L.A. premiere of HBO's "Ice On Fire" at LACMA on June 5, 2019, in Los Angeles. (CNN) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has a lot of fans -- and Leonardo DiCaprio is one of them. Like Thunberg, DiCaprio is also an environmental activist. His Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation " supports projects around the world that build climate resiliency, protect vulnerable wildlife and restore balance to threatened ecosystems and communities." "I hope that Greta's message is a wake-up call to world leaders everywhere that the time for inaction is over," DiCaprio said.

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Greta Thunberg asks for help to get to COP25 climate summit in Spain

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Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the Fridays For Future Denver Climate Strike on Oct. 11, 2019, at Civic Center Park in Denver. (CNN) - Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg put out a transportation plea on Twitter after the COP25 environmental summit set for Chile was moved to Spain. Thunberg has traveled halfway to the South American nation but will need to turn back to make the UN climate summit. "It turns out I've traveled half around the world, the wrong way," Thunberg wrote on Twitter. Thunberg undertook her own 15-day trans-Atlantic voyage to New York in August in the high-tech, zero-emissions sailboat Malizia II to attend the UN Climate Action Summit in September.

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Activist Greta Thunberg declines climate award

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Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the Fridays For Future Denver Climate Strike on Oct. 11, 2019, at Civic Center Park in Denver. (CNN) - Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won't be accepting it. Thunberg said on Instagram on Tuesday that she received the award but declined to accept it because "the climate movement does not need any more awards." The 16-year-old also called on Nordic countries to take more climate action. Thunberg said it was a great honor to be recognized, but she will decline the award until Nordic countries take the action she sees as necessary to change the world.

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Here are five simple ways to celebrate Make a Difference Day

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Showing a simple act of kindness to a sick or elderly person can make a big difference between a good and a bad day. Anyone can make a difference; all it takes is a step in the right direction. This Make a Difference Day, an annual event taking place on the fourth Saturday of every October, is the perfect time to take that step. Even just informing your friends and those around you about important issues can raise awareness and help make a difference, too. Give someone an uplifting complimentIt may seem meager, but receiving an unexpected compliment can really make a difference in someone's day, especially if it's genuine.

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Ted Danson, Jane Fonda arrested at climate crisis protest

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WASHINGTON (CNN) - For the third consecutive week, Jane Fonda was taken away in ziptie handcuffs during a climate crisis protest at the US Capitol, but this time she was joined by fellow actor Ted Danson. The pair were arrested by US Capitol Police during what Fonda has coined "Fire Drill Fridays" following weeks of climate crisis demonstrations at the Capitol. "We have to behave like our house is on fire, because it is," Fonda said, referencing a phrase teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has been known for. During the protest, Fonda urged resistance against new fossil fuel extractions and encouraged fellow protesters to hold elected officials accountable for pushing reforms. This week's protest theme was "Oceans Can't Wait," with next week's slated as "Women Can't Wait," according to the Fire Drill Fridays website.

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New species of beetle named in honor of Greta Thunberg

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Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the Fridays For Future Denver Climate Strike on Oct. 11, 2019, at Civic Center Park in Denver. (CNN) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg is being honored in a very small way. "I'm really a great fan of Greta," Michael Darby, a scientific associate at the museum who named the new beetle, said in the statement. "I suspect that this could very well be the first time a species has been named after Greta. I don't know of any other beetle named after her, that's for sure," Darby said.

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Jane Fonda handcuffed at climate event

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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Capitol Police arrested Jane Fonda Friday as she led her weekly climate protest inspired by young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Police took Fonda into custody as she led a demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Fonda recently moved to Washington and plans to lead protests every Friday for the rest of the year. She said she was inspired to do so by 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Thunberg. The daughter of Henry Fonda and ex-wife of Ted Turner, Fonda is arguably as well-known for her activism as her acting career and 1980s fitness empire.

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Jane Fonda taken into custody at climate crisis protest in Washington

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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Jane Fonda was taken into police custody Friday in Washington, DC, while participating in a climate crisis demonstration. The incident comes as the actress and activist launched her "Fire Drill Fridays" campaign, a civil disobedience effort to raise awareness of environmental challenges. "The United States Capitol Police arrested 16 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol," Eva Malecki, spokeswoman for the Capitol police told CNN. While Malecki did not confirm Fonda was among those arrested, Fonda's campaign shared an image of her being taken into custody. In a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times, Fonda said she was inspired to act by environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

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Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg takes her message to Denver

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Greta is headlining a climate rally and strike at the Greek Amphitheater in Civic Center Park, according to event organizers, which include the International Indigenous Youth Council and Earth Guardians. The young activist first grabbed the world's attention in August 2018 by skipping school and standing outside the Swedish Parliament to seek a stronger response to climate change. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth," the Swedish climate activist told the United Nations General Assembly. She started with weekly sit-ins outside the Swedish Parliament, holding a handmade "School Climate Strike" sign. Greta is taking a sabbatical year from school to attend conferences and meetings with policymakers and those impacted by climate change.

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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed is a favorite to win this year's peace prize

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia has emerged one of the favorites to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize from a list that includes Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist. Abiy is the second favorite to win after Thunberg, according to bookmakers Betfair and William Hill. Plaudits and criticismsAbiy became Ethiopia's Prime Minister in April 2018, the first Oromo to lead his country. The early months of his premiership were marked with bold and progressive decision making; he released the country's political prisoners, denouncing their torture and also freeing jailed journalists. "Prime Minister Abiy has done a wonderful job in bringing peace with and within the neighboring countries," Mohammed, the executive director of the Oromia Media Network, told CNN.

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Major airline group promises carbon-neutral flying by 2050

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A major airlines group that includes British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia has promised it will remove or offset all carbon emissions from its fleet of over 570 aircraft by 2050. According to industry group IATA, air transport accounts for 2% of global man-made CO2 emissions. In addition to CO2, aircraft emit nitrogen oxides, which contribute to global warming. Dutch airline KLM has even encouraged customers to take trains or do video calls instead of flying, when possible. It will also partner with an American company called Mosaic Materials, which has created an absorbent material to remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

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Meet Friday's Nobel Peace Prize favorites

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Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist, is among this year's nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. OSLO, Norway - Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist, is widely considered by bookmakers to be the favorite to win the 100th Nobel Peace Prize. There are 301 candidates in the running for this year's award -- 223 individuals and 78 organizations -- according to the Nobel Peace Prize website. Another British bookmaker, William Hill, which put Thunberg at odds of 8/13, said Wednesday that 96% of Nobel Peace Prize bets had been placed on Thunberg. Last year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former ISIS sex slave Nadia Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

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