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The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28

Dec. 10, 2023 07:32 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union plan to tax the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries fear such tariffs will harm livelihoods and economic...

Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?

Dec. 09, 2023 23:58 PM EST

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the top deck of a three-tiered structure moored near downtown Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt above their heads and rinds of oranges salvaged from supermarket juice machines in the port city. Canopies overhead protect the...

From SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced

Dec. 07, 2023 18:39 PM EST

Some of the words tied to this year's hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud, with stumpers ranging from the first name of “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy to the singer SZA to the name of a sacred slab of sandstone used in the coronation of King...

In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project

Dec. 06, 2023 06:26 AM EST

KHAVDA, India (AP) — Rising from the bare expanse of the large salt desert that separates India from Pakistan is what will likely be the world's largest renewable energy project when completed three years from now. The solar and wind energy project will be so big that it will be...

Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia

Dec. 05, 2023 11:00 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online...

Heavy rains leave at least 12 dead before storm Michaung makes landfall on India's southeast coast

Dec. 05, 2023 09:01 AM EST

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Twelve people died in the downpour before Tropical Storm Michaung made landfall along India's southeast coast Tuesday, bringing further torrential rains and strong winds, officials said. The storm entered Andhra Pradesh state with maximum sustained winds of...

Heavy rains lash India's southern and eastern coasts as a powerful storm closes in

Dec. 04, 2023 21:29 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds pelted India's southern and eastern coastlines on Monday and states were put on high alert after a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a powerful storm, authorities said. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states in the...

World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation

Dec. 04, 2023 19:11 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported. The increase was reported early Tuesday at international climate...

India's ruling BJP wins 3 of 4 states in elections that pitted Modi's party against Congress

Dec. 03, 2023 22:04 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party won in three of four state elections, according to results released Sunday from a crucial vote that pitted the main opposition party against that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi before national polls next year. Modi’s...

India-US ties could face their biggest test in years after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh

Dec. 01, 2023 08:52 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ties between India and the U.S. had never looked better than they did in June, when President Joe Biden honored Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a pomp-filled state visit. The relationship was among the most consequential in the world and “more dynamic than at any time in...