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    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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    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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    GM, Ford results likely to reflect chip shortage's varying impacts on sector

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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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    New Mexico, site of Baldwin set shooting, plays key role for Hollywood
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    With corporate tax off table, U.S. Democrats turn to billionaires to fund spending bill

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    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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    Lebanese judge charges dozens over fatal Beirut clashes
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    Turkish state banks follow central bank lead and slash rates

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    Investors 'play chicken' with Bank of Canada as inflation soars
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    UNICEF warns Haiti fuel shortages put hospitalised women and children at risk
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    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

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    '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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    UK plans 6 billion pound package to boost health service capacity
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    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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    Climate change protesters restart campaign with City of London blockades

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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
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    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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    Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon
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    Climate inaction costlier than net zero transition: Reuters poll
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    In major ocean polluter Philippines, group turns plastic waste into planks
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    Hurricane Rick makes landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast

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    Oil prices extend gains to multi-year highs on tight supply
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    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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