Environment
China's CO2 emissions were flat or falling for 18 months, analysts said, focusing attention on Beijing at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, amid the US absence.
Ten years after the 2015 Paris Agreement, global greenhouse‑gas emissions continued to rise despite some national reductions, exposing a gap as countries met at COP in Belém.
Governments and companies raced to build vast AI data centers worldwide, prompting environmental concerns and local resistance while raising questions about power demand, siting and risky debt financing.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned at COP30 in Belém that governments must act to avoid famine and conflict abroad and stagnation and rising inflation at home.
France experienced unusually mild, potentially record-breaking temperatures and largely calm, dry conditions on Tuesday, November 11, driven by a southerly flow between an Atlantic low and central European anticyclone.
Three men were rescued off Vietnam after drifting at sea for about 40 hours when Typhoon Kalmaegi swept them from the coast, authorities said.
Lower Austria's government eased rules to allow killing of "problem" wolves that approach settlements or kill protected livestock, though outlets differed on whether dispersal must be attempted first.
Iran faced its worst drought in decades, leaving large parts of the country with severe water shortages, drying reservoirs and groundwater and threatening taps for millions.
Tenerife authorities said giant waves swept people on the coast, killing a woman likely Dutch and injuring several tourists, including Germans and a French national, after warnings were ignored.
