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  China will start to phasedown coal consumption over the 2026-2030 period as part of itsefforts to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, President Xi Jinping told the   Climate Leaders' Summit  onThursday. "We will strictly control coal-fired power generation projects," Mr. Xi said, speaking via video link. "We will strictly limit the increase in coal consumptionover the 14th five-year plan period (2021-2025) and phase itdown in the 15th five-year plan period (2026-2030)." Mr. Xi's comments imply that China's coal consumption, by farthe highest in the world, will reach a peak in 2025 and start to fall thereafter. "However, more ambitious actions are needed," said Li Shuo,senior climate advisor for environment group Greenpeace. "It is in China's self-interest to announce and implementfurther plans ahead of COP26," he said, referring to the annualclimate meeting scheduled to take place in Glasgow in November. ...

  Washington:  Former US President Donald Trump has urged his successor Joe Biden to reinstate the travel ban on certain Muslim countries in order to keep the country safe from "radical Islamic terrorism". "If Joe Biden wants to keep our country safe from radical Islamic terrorism, he should reinstitute the foreign country travel ban and all of the vetting requirements on those seeking admission that go with it, along with the refugee restrictions I successfully put in place," Trump said in a statement on Monday. "Terrorists operate all over the world and recruit online. To keep terrorism and extremism out of our country, we need to have smart, commonsense rules in place so we don't repeat the many immigration mistakes made by Europe - and the USA prior to 'Trump''," said the former US president. Trump had imposed a ban on travel from several Muslim countries including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Ho...

  This week,   Facebook ’s Oversight Board delayed its decision on whether former US president Donald Trump can use Facebook and Instagram again. Trump was indefinitely banned from the social media sites in January. On Friday, the Oversight Board said on its Twitter account, “The Board will announce its decision on the case concerning former US President Trump’s indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks. We extended the public comments deadline for this case, receiving 9,000+ responses”. It added that the decision was delayed because the board wants to carefully consider all the comments and responses. Why was Donald Trump’s Facebook account suspended? A day after a mob of angry and armed  Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington DC , Facebook blocked Trump from all its platforms until at least the end of his term, which concluded on January 20. Twitter had followed suit but lifted the suspension a couple of days after the ...

  The public comments period for the Trump case was also extended later and the statement said it has received over 9000 responses on the same Social media giant Facebook's new Oversight Board will be taking a decision on the indefinite ban imposed on former US President Donald Trump “in the coming weeks". The Board had asked for public comments on the case, which was sent to it on January 21. The Board typically makes a decision on cases within 90 days, which would end later this month. The public comments period for the Trump case was also extended later and the statement said it has received over 9000 responses on the same. “The Board’s commitment to carefully reviewing all comments has extended the case timeline, in line with the Board’s bylaws. We will share more information soon," the statement added. The former US President’s accounts were banned from Facebook on January 7, accusing him of breaking the platform’s rules around posts incit...

  US President Joe Biden on Tuesday dispatched an unofficial delegation to Taiwan as an "important signal" about the US commitment to Taipei and its democracy amid rising tensions with China, according to a report published in CNN. "The selection of these three individuals -- senior statesmen who are longtime friends of Taiwan and personally close with President Biden -- sends an important signal about the US commitment to Taiwan and its democracy," the officials said. "This delegation follows a longstanding bipartisan tradition of US administrations sending high-level, unofficial delegations to Taiwan," the officials added. They further said that delegation's travel also comes as the US and Taiwan "mark the 42nd anniversary of the signing of the Taiwan Relations Act, for which Biden voted," CNN reported. China on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over the new US guidelines for government interaction with Taiwanese counterparts, sayi...

"We are gathered tonight to talk about the future of the Republican Party — and what we must do to set our candidates on a course to victory," Trump says in prepared remarks.   Former US President Donald Trump plans to affirm his commitment to the Republican Party — and raise the possibility that someone else will be the GOP's next presidential nominee — in a closed-door speech to donors on Saturday night. Trump's message, outlined in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press, comes as GOP officials seek to downplay an intra-party feud over Trump's continued leadership in Republican politics, his commitment to party fundraising and his plans for 2024. While Trump's advisers report he will emphasize party unity, he is famously known to go off script. "We are gathered tonight to talk about the future of the Republican Party — and what we must do to set our candidates on a course to victory," Trump says in prepared remarks. ...

  Washington:  Donald Trump's top diplomat Mike Pompeo has been hired to appear on Fox News as a "contributor," the conservative cable news channel said Thursday. "I intend to give viewers a candid, no-nonsense look at geopolitics, international relations and the America First policies that helped chart the course for unprecedented American prosperity and security," the former secretary of state and member of Congress said in a statement released by Fox. "Mike Pompeo is one of America's most recognized and respected voices on foreign policy and national security issues," Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said. "I look forward to his contributions across our range of platforms to share his distinct perspective with our millions of viewers." Pompeo took up the post of secretary of state from his predecessor Rex Tillerson in April 2018 until the end of the Trump administration in January 2021. He was previously director of the CIA. ...

  Washington:  President Joe Biden on Thursday branded US gun violence an "epidemic" and an "international embarrassment" at a White House ceremony to unveil his first attempt at getting the problem under control. "This is an epidemic, for God's sake, and it has to stop," he said, calling shootings "a public health crisis." "It's an international embarrassment," the Democrat, flanked by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris, told Congress members and gun control activists in the Rose Garden. "Enough prayers," Biden said. "Time for some action." With Congress unable to agree on broad new regulations, like stricter background checks for gun buyers, Biden announced six executive measures which he said would help tamp down the crisis. Republicans immediately attacked the proposal, with the party's senior leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, warni...

 Joe Biden said that he is going to push as hard as he can to change the circumstances so the U.S. can compete with the rest of the world U.S. President Joe Biden has exuded confidence that his proposal to hike the corporate tax is unlikely to drive companies out of the country. Mr. Biden made the comments on April 5 while talking to reporters on the South lawns of the White House as he arrived from his weekend stay at Camp David. “Not at all,” Mr. Biden said, asserting that there is no evidence of that. “The tax was 36%. It’s now down to 21%. And the idea … that’s bizarre. We were talking about a 28% tax that everybody thought was just fair enough for everybody,” he said. “The idea … here you have 51 or 52 corporations of the Fortune 500 haven’t paid a single penny in taxes for three years. Come on, man. Let’s get real,” Mr. Biden said in response to a question. Mr. Biden said that he is going to push as hard as he can to change the circumstances so the U.S. can compete ...