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New Zealand has lowered its 2050 methane target for livestock and other farm sources to a 14-24% cut from 2017 levels, down from the previous goal of 24-47%, according to a joint statement from three ministers.

Archaeologist Kristina Douglass and Ángel Adames-Corraliza, an atmospheric scientist, are among this year’s winners of the $800,00 MacArthur Fellowship.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a “very positive and productive” phone call with President Donald Trump and also spoke on Saturday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Ukrainian president said in posts on X.

A record-setting surge in US stocks has traders approaching the start of corporate earnings season with elevated expectations and little patience for companies that don’t meet the bar.

President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is already the fourth longest in US history with no end in sight.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

Republicans have newfound optimism about their chances to win governor’s mansions in the left-leaning states of New Jersey and Virginia as polls tighten in the Garden State contest and the Commonwealth’s Democratic ticket is beset by scandal.

South African Trade Minister Parks Tau said a trade deal with the US was very close, without providing details.

As many as 237 people were arrested Saturday in Ivory Coast’s economic hub of Abidjan during a banned protest called by the opposition to reject upcoming presidential elections where incumbent Alassane Ouattara is seeking a fourth term.

China accused the US of Cold War-era intervention in Latin America after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Argentina’s president was “committed to getting China out.”

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President Donald Trump said he is directing the Defense Department to use funds his administration has identified to deliver paychecks to US troops on Oct. 15 despite the ongoing government shutdown.

Admitting his part in a $2 billion fraud was only the start for the ex-Credit Suisse banker whose life unraveled after his 2019 arrest.

“To touch gold is the closest you will ever come to touching eternity.”

Moisture streaming north from two tropical storms is soaking the drought-parched US Southwest with heavy rain that’s set to extend through the weekend, drenching a desert area where hurricanes usually aren’t top of mind.

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.

President Donald Trump’s preference to cut one-to-one deals with allies and adversaries has been the hallmark of his self-proclaimed dealmaking magic, but with the China trade truce seemingly teetering on collapse, the fragility of such an approach has been laid bare.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge to dismiss the murder count that could lead to his execution if he were convicted of killing UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson.

Moms and dads with coolers, cleats and credit cards are powering a $40 billion US youth-sports industry and its unofficial home base, Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

US public transit riders took more than 2 billion trips in the second quarter of this year. All those rides, not to mention the countless more trips by bike, e-bike and foot, represent a major carbon savings compared to traveling by car. Yet President Donald Trump’s administration has yanked funding for mass transit and other no-carbon forms of transit.

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power.