| 12-Year-Old California Girl Crowned Spelling Bee Champ: 'I Knew Them All' Posted: 02 Jun 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Ananya Vinay, of Fresno, took the crown after correctly spelling "marocain," a dress fabric.
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| Paris Agreement: Donald Trump has 'no understanding' of deal, says former UN climate change chief Posted: 02 Jun 2017 12:09 PM PDT  The White House has "no understanding of the legal underpinning" of the Paris Agreement, the former head of the United Nations (UN) climate change body has said. This means, the US will only exit the day after the 2020 election, in which Mr Trump will likely run for a second term.
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| Merkel vows 'more decisive action than ever' on climate Posted: 02 Jun 2017 11:50 AM PDT  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday pledged "more decisive action than ever" to protect the climate after the US pullout from the landmark Paris accord. "We in Germany, in Europe and the world will band together to take more decisive action than ever to confront and successfully surmount major challenges to humanity such as climate change," she told reporters. In a strongly worded statement, Merkel said US President Donald Trump's announcement to turn his back on the Paris pact was "highly regrettable, to put it very mildly".
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| US unemployment rate hits 16-year low in May Posted: 02 Jun 2017 11:35 AM PDT  The US unemployment rate fell to a 16-year low in May but monthly job creation saw a sharp slowdown from April, the Labor Department reported Friday. The economy added just 138,000 net new jobs for the month, well below analyst expectations, while the jobless rate decreased by a tenth of a point to 4.3 percent. The mixed picture of the labor market could muddy the waters ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates later this month.
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| A wander through Old Tbilisi Posted: 02 Jun 2017 11:20 AM PDT ![A wander through Old Tbilisi]( "A wander through Old Tbilisi") The buildings of Old Tbilisi, the Georgian capital's historic quarter, for centuries reflected the city's rule by Mongols, Arabs, Turks and Russians.Tbilisi is the capital of the country of Georgia. Its cobblestoned old town reflects a long, complicated history, with periods under Persian and Russian rule. Its diverse architecture encompasses Eastern Orthodox churches, ornate art nouveau buildings and Soviet Modernist structures. (Reuters)Photography by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
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| California to seek its own climate change deal with China after Donald Trump ditches Paris Agreement Posted: 02 Jun 2017 11:02 AM PDT  California is to seek its own "international" agreement on climate change with China, the state's governor has suggested. Jerry Brown, who previously signalled the west coast state was "ready to fight" Donald Trump over the issue, said he would discuss merging China's and California's carbon trading markets on a visit to Beijing. Carbon trading, also known as cap-and-trade, is seen as an important mechanism for driving down greenhouse gas emissions and California's market is already linked to the one in Quebec, Canada.
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| Venezuela leader promises constitution referendum to calm crisis Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:42 AM PDT  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro offered to hold a referendum on contested constitutional reforms in an apparent bid to calm critics in his own camp as he resists opposition efforts to remove him from office. The surprise announcement late Thursday followed two months of deadly unrest during anti-government protests and signs of division in the socialist leader's side. The opposition says his constitutional reform plan is a bid to cling to power -- and key allies such as Attorney General Luisa Ortega have broken ranks with him, arguing it is undemocratic.
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| The World's Largest Airplane is Finally Unveiled Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:24 AM PDT  The Stratolaunch aircraft was the dream of Paul Allen, the owner of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and NFL's Seattle Seahawks
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| Pfizer defeats appeals linking Zoloft to birth defects Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:09 AM PDT  Pfizer Inc on Friday defeated an effort to revive more than 300 lawsuits alleging that its antidepressant Zoloft causes cardiac birth defects in children when taken by women during early pregnancy. A panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld the April 2016 dismissal of the cases by a lower court judge, who said the plaintiffs had not shown a plausible scientific link between Zoloft and the birth defects. The plaintiffs accused New York-based Pfizer of downplaying the risks to boost sales of Zoloft, which topped $3 billion annually before sales of generic versions began in 2006.
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| Germany finds emission-cheating gear on 24,000 Audis in Europe Posted: 02 Jun 2017 09:51 AM PDT  German authorities have found emissions-cheating devices on 24,000 Audi vehicles in Europe, including some 14,000 cars in Germany, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said Thursday. The software was discovered on the carmaker's diesel A7 and A8 sedans with V6 and V8 motors, built between 2009 and 2013, Dobrindt told Germany's DPA news agency. DPA said it was the first time that rigged Audis had been found in Germany.
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