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'Losing the battle': Emmanuel Macron delivers bleak assessment of fight against climate change

The French president says that there are no more excuses when it comes to climate change.

France

Paris climate summit opens with Bill Gates, but not Trump

World leaders and philanthropists are in the French capital to try to give new momentum to the fight against climate change, despite the US withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord.

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Ivory Coast: the migration challenge

What is Ivory Coast doing to meet its migration challenge?

Vietnam

Trump: 'I believe Putin denial' on election meddling claim

The US and Russian leaders also discussed Syria and North Korea at their first meeting in four months.

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Lisbon WebSummit: promises and pitfalls of high tech

60,000 visitors converge on Lisbon for WebSummit where experts discuss the promises and pitfalls of ultra-fast tech developments.

World

Germany's renewable revolution: Can clean energy stand alone in a coal dependent nation?

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Bonn in Germany, and you can expect some research papers and workshops to focus on one village in…

World

Indian women in the workforce: discussion from the India Economic Summit

India has one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in the world, and this number is declining.

Germany

US left isolated at G20 meeting

The US was left isolated at the end of the G20 meeting in Hamburg after all other member states reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Climate Change deal.

World News

G20: 10 things you didn't know

Protesters are out in force ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, but how much do you really know about this powerful global organisation?

Germany

EU leaders united on climate change ahead of tricky G20 with Trump

They reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris accord after the US decision to pull out.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Migration back on EU agenda

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top stories from the EU’s de facto political capital.

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Job creation: the EU-Africa Business Forum

The EU will spend 3.35 billion euros in an attempt to attract 44 billion of investment in Africa

Germany

Merkel urges more investment, weapons for Africa

Germany is calling on Western nations to help Africa tackle the poverty and conflict driving migrants into Europe.

Sci-Tech

UN Summit on AI: 'The most significant technology we will ever create'

Russia

Putin put on the spot over Russia and Trump

Belgium

Did Donald Trump push more than US interests at NATO summit?

The NATO HQ is opened and defence spending plans outlined, but the US President steals the show in Brussels.

Belgium

NATO’s image improves on both sides of Atlantic ahead of summit

Views of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have generally improved over the past year in both North America and Europe, a new survey finds, just days before a NATO summit in Brussels on…

Saudi Arabia

Trump tells Middle East: "Step up the fight against Islamic extremism"

The US President has called on Arab leaders to do their share to fight "Islamist extremism" in a speech that put the responsibility on the region to combat militant groups while urging unity among rel

Germany

Climate envoys meet in Bonn despite Trump threat over Paris deal

UN climate envoys urge US not to pull out of Paris accord on limiting carbon emissions

Focus

Extremists’ prey - the young and vulnerable

Why makes some youth join extremist groups and how can terrorist recruitment be thwarted? The 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue investigates.