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Half of China toymakers go bust in 2008: state media Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008 
More than half of China's toy exporters have gone bust in 2008, hit by rising production costs, the stronger yuan and tightened safety standards in export markets, state media reported on Tuesday. A total of 3,631 enterprises that made toys for export, or 52.7 percent of all such businesses, have gone out of business in the first seven months of the year, Xinhua news agency reported. ... read morePoland's president insists on attending EU summit 
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Poland's eurosceptic President Lech Kaczynski insisted Tuesday he would attend an EU summit over the objections of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and amid legal doubts over his right to do so. Kaczynski vowed to attend the summit despite the government's refusal to provide him with an airplane. "I'll go, most likely aboard an airplane, as I don't know how to fly," Kaczynski said in an ... more |
Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen plane
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic' Iran schools, offices close in cold snap Rare otter 'disappeared' in Kyrgyzstan, experts warn UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit bills UK engineers warn on AI risks to environment A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution Indonesia halts development of estate hosting Trump properties COP30 president urges most 'ambitious' emissions targets possible Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief 
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On climate change, US contenders share the wavelength
Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Little separates Barack Obama and John McCain on the issue of global warming. That means victory for either of them in the November 4 elections will signal a sea change in the way the United States addresses the issue. Both agree that climate change results from human activity. Both favor cutting US emissions by 2020 and deepening them by 2050. Both want a cap-and-trade system to achieve ... more Ethiopia urges aid for drought victims 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Drought-stricken Ethiopia on Tuesday urged the world to help millions facing hunger and said Africa should not be forsaken amid the global financial turmoil. "Despite the financial crisis, they (the international community) have to focus their attention on poor countries," State Minister for Food Security Mitiku Kassa told a press conference. "My message to the world is 'don't forget ... more Chimpanzees Endangered In Their Last Stronghold 
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2008In a population survey of West African chimpanzees living in C�te d'Ivoire, researchers estimate that this endangered subspecies has dropped in numbers by a whopping 90 percent since the last survey was conducted 18 years ago. The few remaining chimpanzees are now highly fragmented, with only one viable population living in Tai National Park, according to a report in Current Biology ... more  |
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China says Asia-Europe meet to focus on financial crisis
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008China said Tuesday that the global financial crisis would be a focus of talks between Asian and European leaders at a key inter-regional forum to be held in Beijing later this month. "The financial crisis has caused concern in all countries," Liu Jieyi, assistant foreign minister, told reporters ahead of the Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, to be held in the Chinese capital on October 24 and 25 ... more Financial crisis won't delay Australian carbon trade: PM 
Sydney (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Australia's plans to introduce a carbon emissions trading scheme by 2010 will not be delayed by the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday. Rudd is under increasing pressure to defer the scheme, which will set an overall limit on the amount of carbon emissions the economy can produce, given its cost to businesses already grappling with the credit crunch. ... more Financial crisis must not slow talks on CO2 emissions: UN 
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 14, 2008The financial crisis cannot slow negotiations on a future accord to fight climate change or derail the process, United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer said here Tuesday. "We can't afford to let the process slip," de Boer told AFP on the sidelines of an environment ministers' meeting in Warsaw paving the way for a UN climate change conference in Poznan, western Poland, in December. ... more China aims to provide healthcare for all by 2020 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2008China unveiled details Tuesday of a long-awaited overhaul of its struggling healthcare system, aiming to provide affordable basic care for all by 2020. China's main economic planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission, outlined the plans on its website, saying it wanted to launch a public debate and inviting people to comment by November 14. The project aims to "create ... more |
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