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Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.
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With one week of the COP26 conference left, people worldwide participated in protests in support of climate change action. Activists say that pledges to cut carbon emissions don't go far enough.
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Carbon dioxide emissions are rebounding after a dip in 2020, and researchers say that at the current rate, Earth's "carbon budget" will be exhausted in roughly 11 years.
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A town in northern England wants to open a coking coal mine to create jobs. But while hosting the U.N. climate summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging countries to slash greenhouse gases.
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A new report finds some climate impacts are already irreversible and will last for many decades to come. It calls for far more money to help countries prepare for the growing risks they face.
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In a social media post Tuesday night, Peng Shuai described her assault years earlier at the hands of Zhang Gaoli. It's the first public accusation of sexual assault against a senior Party officer.
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Cleo Smith went missing from her family's camping tent more than two weeks ago. Police rescued her from a locked house in an early-morning raid that left some officers "openly crying with relief."
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Two people died and one was injured at an ABBA tribute show near Stockholm on Tuesday. The pop group has postponed the release of a promotional video for their upcoming concert, citing the tragedy.
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Vinisha Umashankar came up with the idea of solar power instead of charcoal to heat street irons. "Iron-Max" was a finalist for Prince William's Earthshot Prize, and this week, she spoke at COP26.
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An investigation released a year after the start of violence over the breakaway region of Ethiopia has compiled evidence of summary executions, torture and rape.
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While President Biden has been working with world leaders on the pressing issue of climate change, his domestic plans for more funding still face holdouts.
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When Hilda Flavia Nakabuye was a girl, a severe storm flooded her family's farm. Now she realizes that climate change was a factor — and she's become an advocate for change.