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France bracing for more protests despite retreat on taxes
The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray.
In South Sudan, a new approach in ending child soldiers' use
After coming face to face with "unpredictable" gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the Canadian former commander of the failed UN peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war.
Dead whale had 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach
A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world's largest plastic polluting countries.
U.S. judge blocks construction of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline
U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said in his decision Thursday that the U.S. government's analysis didn't fully study the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of current oil prices on the pipeline's viability or include updated modelling of potential oil spills.
Mountain caribou from U.S. are being sent to British Columbia
The six mountain caribou remaining in the lower 48 states will be relocated farther north into British Columbia, a move that ends decades of efforts to reintroduce the large animals into Idaho and Washington state.
Breaching dams to save Northwest orcas is contentious issue
Calls to breach four hydroelectric dams in Washington state have grown louder in recent months as the plight of critically endangered Northwest orcas has captured global attention.
Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments
Saudi Arabia on Sunday threatened to retaliate for any sanctions imposed against it after President Donald Trump said the oil-rich kingdom deserves "severe punishment" if it is responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
California judge will order new trial in $289M Roundup award
A San Francisco judge said in a tentative ruling on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, that she would order a new trial in a $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto brought by a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his cancer.
Officials: Power lines ignited fatal blaze in California
Two sagging Pacific Gas & Electric power lines made contact, sparked and ignited a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and injured a firefighter, officials said on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
Northeastern US seeks to prevent arrival of deer disease
Deer biologists across northern New England are dusting off their plans for dealing with a fatal disease that has been spreading across North America for a half-century and was recently discovered again on a Canadian game farm.