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Shipping’s Carbon Emissions: How Industry Aims to Reach Net Zero by 2050Shipping’s global regulator is pushing the industry to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. Getting there will mean transforming a sector that’s still largely powered by fossil fuels and accounts for about 3% of human-made carbon dioxide.May 20, 2024
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New Caledonia Riots: Why French Pacific Territory Is in a State of EmergencyNew Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean, has been shaken by riots over proposed changes to election voting rules. The government in Paris has declared a state of emergency in the islands, giving local officials broad powers to ban large public gatherings and force people to stay in their homes. The unrest, which has left five people dead, is an unwelcome development for French President Emmanuel Macron, who is under pressure to take a tough line on law and order to head off a chalMay 17, 2024
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Russia-China de facto Alliance: Why Putin and Xi Are So CloseRivals for centuries, China and Russia now have a de facto alliance, even if it’s failed to reach the high, “no limits” bar that Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin set just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The economic, military and political ties nurtured over the past decade between the world’s two most powerful authoritarian states — both of which aim to upend at least parts of the US-dominated, post-Cold War order — have grown as a result of the war, despiteMay 16, 2024
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Putin Visits Xi as US Threatens China Sanctions Over TiesRussian President Vladimir Putin is heading to China for the first foreign visit of his new term, underlining the vital importance of the relationship as Beijing faces growing US pressure to curtail support that’s helping Moscow continue its war in Ukraine.May 14, 2024