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India sees unprecedented daily surge in COVID-19 cases
India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health-care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
Canada's past climate promises have been a flop. Could that change today?
Canada's past climate promises have been a flop. Could that change today? The U.S. is hosting a climate summit in a rapidly altering world, riven by geopolitical tension, changing technology, and a warming planet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will set new emissions targets today, and promises this time is different.
NASA makes breathable oxygen from thin air on Mars
NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.
Days after celebrating Derek Chauvin verdict, Minneapolis to bury another Black man killed by police
On Tuesday, Minneapolis celebrated Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict. On Thursday, the city will bury another Black man killed by police.
Biden opening summit with ambitious new U.S. climate pledge
President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out, a commitment he hopes will spur China and other big polluters to speed up efforts of their own.
