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    COP26 · 1:59 PM UTC

    Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday, showing the task facing climate talks in Glasgow aimed at averting dangerous levels of warming.

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    Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protective, safe in young children
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    Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally - documents
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    Sudan military seizes power, dissolves transitional government
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    Analysis: From zero to $12 bln; investors chase Trump stock hype
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    Twin peaks: Whether it's supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time
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    Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
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    'Phantom of the Opera' plots a cautious return

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    Everything we want to buy is more expensive… Some people are rich enough to buy a private jet, but wow, that $1 million maintenance bill… And there’s an epic, nearly cinematic fight among the family members who control Rogers, the Canadian telecom giant that owns the Toronto Blue Jays 

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    Tesla drives toward $1 trillion club on record Hertz order
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    Facebook ad revenue seen feeling brunt of Apple privacy changes
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    Airbus rejects pressure to curb record jet output goal
    Business
    GM, Ford results likely to reflect chip shortage's varying impacts on sector

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    United States
    Biden says Democrats' talks went well, hopes for spending deal before G20
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    U.S. to invest $70 mln to boost access to COVID-19 tests
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    U.S. to outline Nov. 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules
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    Mudslides, power outages as storm drenches burn-scarred California

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    Middle East
    Former Saudi spymaster seeks U.S. help for his jailed children
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    Israel's new family unification approvals bring hope to Palestinians
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    Erdogan chairs Turkish cabinet to discuss expulsion of envoys
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    Lebanese judge charges dozens over fatal Beirut clashes

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    Americas
    Investors 'play chicken' with Bank of Canada as inflation soars
    Americas
    UNICEF warns Haiti fuel shortages put hospitalised women and children at risk
    Americas
    Container ship fire off British Columbia smoldering, no longer spreading
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    Hurricane Rick unleashes rain on slow path towards Mexican coast near Acapulco

    Asia Pacific

    Asia Pacific
    'Children are going to die', U.N. agency warns as Afghanistan verges on collapse
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    South Korea plots course to scrapping COVID curbs by early 2022
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    New Zealand reports second-highest daily COVID-19 cases in pandemic
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    Australian publisher calls government on Facebook, regulator concerned

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    United Kingdom
    UK's Prince Charles to visit Jordan and Egypt
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    UK plans 6 billion pound package to boost health service capacity
    United Kingdom
    Britain to raise minimum wage to 9.50 pounds a hour
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    UK likely to force NHS staff to have COVID shots, Javid says

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    China will uphold world peace, Xi says, despite others' concerns
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    Senior Chinese diplomat to meet Taliban interim gov't on Qatar trip
    China
    Evergrande EV unit shares jump after chairman signals business shift
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    Amnesty to shut Hong Kong offices given national security law risks

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    Environment
    Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon
    Environment
    Developed nations say they can deliver $100 bln climate fund by 2023
    Environment
    In major ocean polluter Philippines, group turns plastic waste into planks
    Environment
    Hurricane Rick makes landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast

    Energy

    Energy
    Oil prices extend gains to multi-year highs on tight supply
    Energy
    China to investigate energy index providers in bid to tame coal prices
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    Canada boosts U.S. natgas exports, drills more as global prices surge
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    Gazprom leaves 2021 gas export guidance to Europe unchanged

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    Feels like America has accepted Formula One, says Hamilton
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    Beijing Games competitors to face daily COVID-19 tests, remain in closed loop
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    With axes and stones, women make their mark on traditional Basque rural sports
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    NFL roundup: Joe Burrow, Bengals end Ravens’ 5-game winning streak

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    'Dune' Opens to $40 Million at the Box Office. Strong Enough for a Sequel?
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    Oslo opens museum to "The Scream" painter Munch
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    With axes and stones, women make their mark on traditional Basque rural sports
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    Bejeweled Mughal-era glasses expected to fetch up to $3.5 mln at auction

    Two pairs of bejewelled Mughal-era spectacles set with diamond and emerald lenses are expected to fetch up to $3.5 million each when they are auctioned in London on Wednesday.

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