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At the opening of Cop31 in Turkey, president of negotiations and Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, acknowledged the world would overshoot the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C warming limit but said 'we can return' if countries acted with urgency and cooperation. Against a backdrop of soaring fossil fuel prices and growing pressure to accelerate the transition to clean energy, Bowen called for faster electrification, with a goal of increasing electricity’s share of global energy consumption

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Caroline Harvey scores three as unbeaten USA cruise Hilary Knight extends worlds record to 70 goals Canada thrash hosts Denmark 10-0 to stay perfect Caroline Harvey scored a hat trick as defending champions the United States routed Austria 11-1 at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Monday. Canada followed suit by thrashing hosts Denmark 10-0 to maintain their own perfect record. Continue reading...

Ukrainian president says battlefield successes and mounting Russian losses add to negotiating leverage ahead of Abu Dhabi talks on Tuesday. What we know on day 1,721 Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskyy has said ⁠that ​battlefield ‌successes ‌were strengthening Kyiv’s position ‌in negotiations, on ⁠the ⁠eve of ​new US-led trilateral talks ⁠on resolving the war. “Every ​task that is fully accomplished, every ⁠defensive operation that increases ​Ukraine’s strength ​and ​delivers results, strengthens ​Ukraine ‌and