Trump throws shade at ‘overrated general’ Mattis after ex-Pentagon chief says...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump has heaped scorn on his former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, after the general called on Joe Biden to ditch Trump’s “America First” foreign policy in favor of a “network of solid alliances.” Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Biden cabinet: John Kerry as climate tsar ‘may cool US-China tensions’
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
John Kerry’s appointment as US climate envoy and Washington’s expected pivot on climate change policy could help find common ground with Beijing under president-elect Joe Biden, Chinese foreign policy observers said.The return of former secretary of state Kerry to a cabinet-level role was an earl... .. read more..
Joe Biden cabinet: John Kerry as climate tsar ‘may cool US-China tensions’
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
John Kerry’s appointment as US climate envoy and Washington’s expected pivot on climate change policy could help find common ground with Beijing under president-elect Joe Biden, Chinese foreign policy observers said.The return of former secretary of state Kerry to a cabinet-level role was an earl... .. read more..
John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden's climate envoy
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Former secretary of state John Kerry helped broker the landmark Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of the United States, a decision subsequently reversed by President Donald Trump. Now, he is set to be President-elect Joe Biden's climate envoy, in a clear sign of the upcoming administratio... .. read more..
Biden signals US return to full-on globalism and foreign meddling by picking ...
Monday, November 23, 2020
Joe Biden has named Anthony Blinken – an advocate for isolating Russia, cozying up to China and intervening in Syria – as secretary of state, cementing a foreign policy built on military forays and multi-national motivations. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen for head of ...
Monday, November 23, 2020
Democrat US president-elect Joe Biden has reportedly named former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, continuing a near-perfect record of re-recruiting former Obama staffers to fill his cabinet. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen for head of ...
Monday, November 23, 2020
Democrat US president-elect Joe Biden has reportedly named former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, continuing a near-perfect record of re-recruiting former Obama staffers to fill his cabinet. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen as head of U...
Monday, November 23, 2020
Democrat US president-elect Joe Biden has reportedly named former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, continuing a near-perfect record of re-recruiting former Obama staffers to fill his cabinet. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Familiar faces: Biden picks Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry as his clim...
Monday, November 23, 2020
Joe Biden will name former Secretary of State John Kerry as his climate czar and former CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence. The move signals a return to the policies of the Obama years. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Covid-19 lockdowns have little impact as greenhouse gas concentration continu...
Monday, November 23, 2020
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is likely to go up in 2020 despite a reduction in global emissions due to Covid-19. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Suga says Japan to lead international efforts on climate change
Monday, November 23, 2020
Suga has already said that Japan will aim for net-zero emissions by 2050, making a green society one of his key policy priorities. .. read more..
China’s path to zero emissions prepared by veteran climate change diplomat’s ...
Monday, November 23, 2020
When Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date on his country’s contribution to global warming, he managed to take almost the whole world by surprise. Even diplomats, climate activists and policy experts inside China for the most part had not anticipated Xi’s pivotal announcement in his Se... .. read more..
G20: Donald Trump slams the Paris climate accord saying it was ‘designed to k...
Sunday, November 22, 2020
President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed the Paris climate accord, telling world leaders at the G20 summit that the pact was harmful to American citizens.“To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United... .. read more..
Canada’s Trudeau calls Great Reset a CONSPIRACY THEORY after video of him pro...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who brought an avalanche of attention to the World Economic Forum's ‘Great Reset’ when a video of him talking about the plan surfaced earlier this week, now says it's a “conspiracy theory.” Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Nasa to launch satellite to monitor sea level rise and affects of climate cha...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
A week after it sent four astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time, SpaceX is expected to launch the first of two satellites on Saturday that will monitor sea level rise over the next decade.Nasa’s Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich oceanography satellite – a joint venture with t... .. read more..
Donald Trump tweets about US election ‘fraud’, gives update on virus-stricken...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
As leaders from across the globe began a virtual summit discussing issues from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change, Donald Trump’s thoughts were elsewhere – on the tussle over the US election.The president kept his head down, staring at something on his desk out of sight during a nine-minu... .. read more..
Pink dolphins staying longer in Hong Kong waters, a sign of falling pollution...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Rare pink dolphins are staying longer in Hong Kong waters, and possibly in greater numbers than before, thanks to reduced sea traffic and a more hospitable marine environment during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.Native to the Pearl River Estuary and listed as a vulnerable species, their p... .. read more..
‘Out-compete’ China: Chris Coons, contender for Joe Biden’s secretary of stat...
Friday, November 20, 2020
US Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who is seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration, told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy on China that would “out-compete” Beijing.Coons also said in an interview that while the main US focus would have t... .. read more..
Freak weather triggers state of emergency in Russia's Far East, with freezing...
Friday, November 20, 2020
Strong winds and ice cold downpours have struck the city of Vladivostok in the Far East of Russia, leaving thousands without power, electricity and running water. The local government has officially declared a natural disaster. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..
Sport in the COVID era: Three sports that have DELIVERED during the pandemic,...
Friday, November 20, 2020
The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the sporting world into disarray, with sports battling to continue during the ongoing pandemic. RT Sport looks at three that have performed well, and three that have struggled. Read Full Article at RT.com .. read more..