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A round of high-level talks began Sunday evening (early Monday morning in Japan) – a day earlier than scheduled – to shape an agreement on the new global framework, which is scheduled to take effect in 2020.

The Paris conference is the 21st time world governments have met to seek a joint solution to climate change.

After spending the last five years essentially lost in space, the Japanese probe Akatsuki fired up its engines this last weekend in hopes of finally entering the orbit of Venus.

“I think this is the bare minimum which we can do”, Mr Thakur said of the scheme, which would allow private cars on the roads only on alternate days according to their licence plate numbers. “If there are too many problems, it will be stopped”, Kejriwal...

A decision to ration road space was announced on Friday by the Arvind Kejriwal-led government to check rising pollution in the city.

Other states involved are California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee later today to discuss severe flooding in north west England where thousands of homes were without power for a second day.

Amazon has not disclosed sales figures for its tablets but said this week that it sold “millions” following the launch of a new line of Fire tablets which included one priced at $50. By launching a tablet aimed squarely at readers, Kindle hopes to convince people that...

Carousel wasn’t quite as unique among photo apps, though alongside Mailbox it pushed the idea that killer apps could lead to greater use of paid cloud storage.

The remains of numerous 1,177 US military personnel who died aboard the Arizona are still inside the submerged wreck.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been facing criticism from all the opposition parties, thanked Justice Thakur for his support and said that this would provide inspiration to millions of others. “Many things have to be sorted out. We are going to ask people...

Turkey has summoned Russia’s ambassador to Ankara after images of a Russian serviceman brandishing a rocket launcher on a warship navigating through Turkish waters were published, a foreign ministry official said.

The Cygnus spacecraft lifted off at 4:44 p.m. Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, laden with more than 7,000 pounds (3,200 kilograms) of scientific experiments, miniature satellites, air filters, jet packs and other goods.

The Orbital Sciences vehicle is also packing over 2,500 pounds of crew supplies, and a load of other hardware as well, like replacement parts for the ISS’ space suits.

France is proposing that it will ban free public Wi-Fi and anonymised browsing because of the Paris attacks, according to leaked documents.