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EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targets as COP30 looms
The European Union struck a deal Wednesday on the 27-nation bloc's next big emissions-cutting targets, after making a string of concessions to win over reluctant capitals in time for the UN's COP30 summit.
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EU scrambles to seal climate deal ahead of COP30
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US not sending any high-level officials to COP30
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Devastated Caribbean assesses damage as hurricane eyes Bermuda
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UN climate fund posts record year as chief defends loans
The head of the UN's flagship climate fund has announced a record-breaking year for approving projects in vulnerable countries, crediting red-tape-cutting reforms for the achievement that includes a major desalination project in Jordan.
Record Vietnam floods kill 10, turn streets into canals
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Spain to hold memorial on first anniversary of deadly floods
Grieving relatives will join political leaders Wednesday for a state memorial service in Spain for the more than 230 victims of last year's floods on the anniversary of the disaster.
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