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Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels

Jan. 23, 2025 04:09 AM EST

A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc's push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration's pursuit of more fossil fuels. Nearly three-quarters...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump's inauguration

Jan. 16, 2025 21:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative. The decision, announced Friday in China by the foreign ministry, came more than a month after Trump...

DeSantis appoints conservative think tank members to university board

Jan. 06, 2025 19:05 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five new members to the board overseeing the University of West Florida in Pensacola, including two people affiliated with the conservative think tank behind Project 2025. The appointments to the public university in...