46 m. ago Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows

Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5CDonald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations.The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Ireland vs France LIVE rugby: Result and reaction from Six Nations as visitors secure extraordinary win in title decider

Ireland 27-42 France: A resounding, remarkable win for the visitors leaves them in control of their own destiny

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41 h. ago Ireland vs France LIVE rugby: Score and updates from Six Nations title decider as Dan Sheehan strikes

Can the hosts take a significant step towards a grand slam and an unprecedented third successive title?

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41 h. ago Antoine Dupont carried off pitch as France's Six Nations gamble dealt hammer blow

France suffered the blow of losing their talisman early in their Six Nations clash with Ireland in Dublin

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42 h. ago Ireland rocked by huge injury minutes before France clash in Six Nations

James Lowe has been ruled out of Ireland's Six Nations clash with France after limping out of the warm-up. The star winger appeared to suffer an injury in the warm-up.

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42 h. ago Ireland vs France LIVE rugby: Score and updates from Six Nations title decider

Can the hosts take a significant step towards a grand slam and an unprecedented third successive title?

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42 h. ago Ireland rocked by late injury blow ahead of Six Nations title decider against France

James Lowe was ruled out in the minutes before kick off in Dublin

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3 d. ago Ben Doak in Scotland hammer injury blow as Liverpool star ruled out of Nations League double header

The Liverpool winger has caught the eye in a loan spell with Middlesbrough but is now facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines

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5 d. ago Football Daily | Will the Gunners sink or swim as they return to the Round of Arsenal?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Welcome back, everyone, to the Round of Arsenal, otherwise known as the last-16 of Bigger Cup since the Wenger years, and for us it will always be thus. Pedants will point out that ‘ooooooh, Arsenal weren’t even in Bigger Cup for many years’ and ‘oooooooh, Arsenal actually won their last-16 tie against Porto last season’. It doesn’t matter. This is the Round of Arsenal. Manchester United didn’t always score in injury time under Sir Alex Ferguson. They didn’t even score late goals most of the time. But that didn’t mean that particular watch-tapping, chewing-gumming stoppage time didn’t have a name. And this, so-called Bigger Cup round-of-16, is yours.Reading your reference to the boy Line-acre (yesterday’s Football Daily) reminded me of your own Big Paper’s commitment to educational furtherment back in 1986 by declining the verb ‘to done great’. I done great, you done great, he done great, we done great, you done great, they done gre...

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1 week ago Trump administration ends funding for UN program fighting HIV/Aids

Peter Marocco sends letter to UNAids terminating US involvement in serious blow to live-saving health serviceUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has terminated its funding of the joint United Nations program on HIV/Aids, known as UNAids, delivering another devastating blow to the global fight against the disease.The notice that US funding of UNAids is being cut off is the latest move by the administration to staunch American involvement in life-saving health and anti-poverty programs around the world. It was issued by Peter Marocco, a Trump loyalist who is spearheading the evisceration of the US overseas aid program through USAid. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Macfarlane flags strong deal pipeline and profits but national insurance Budget blow to cost £1.2m

“It does make you think about recruitment and from our perspective we need to find ways to mitigate these costs” – Ivor Gray, finance director

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2 w. ago England turn to ‘Superman’ in hour of need after late injury blow ahead of Calcutta Cup

Hill is the beneficiary of a set-back for George Martin having been called into Steve Borthwick’s squad to face Scotland

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2 w. ago The rare Arne Slot trait that could decide Liverpool’s title charge

Liverpool are in the midst of a crucial month for their Premier League title hopes and Arne Slot is demonstrating an unusual characteristic among elite coaches

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