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Obama calls Supreme Court emissions ruling ‘unusual’

  • PALO ALTO, United States, (APP/AFP): US President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Supreme Court did something “unusual” in freezing a plan to tackle carbon emissions, as he insisted his administration was on firm legal ground. In his first public reaction after the top court put the brakes on a sweeping plan to reduce emissions […]

  • 70 injured as Egypt train derails

    CAIRO, APP/AFP) – At least 70 people were injured in Egypt on Thursday when a passenger train derailed and two of its cars overturned, the health ministry said. The accident occurred in Bani Sueif province south of Cairo as the train was headed to the Egyptian capital from the temple city of Luxor. “Fifty-eight people […]

  • dead’ in Syria ‘500

    BEIRUT:(APP): A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced mounting pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence. Tens of thousands of Syrians were still stranded Wednesday at the frontier north of the second city of Aleppo, which remained […]

  • UAE creates ministries of happiness and tolerance

    DUBAI:(APP): It sounds a bit New Age, but the United Arab Emirates has just appointed state ministers for happiness, tolerance and youth Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the UAE prime minister who is also the ruler of Dubai, announced the new lineup on Wednesday via his official Twitter account. It is apparently part of a […]

  • Sanders says New Hampshire win shows people want ‘real change’

    CONCORD, United States, Feb 10, (APP/AFP): Bernie Sanders on Tuesday gave a triumphant victory speech after defeating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, saying the win showed that voters were seeking “real change.” “What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late […]

  • Supreme Court deals blow to Obama climate plan

    WASHINGTON, Feb 10, (APP/AFP): The US Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fueled power plants, dealing a significant blow to President Barack Obama’s efforts to rein in climate change. A coalition of 27 US states — most of them run by Obama’s Republican adversaries — […]