Climate change threat is more than a storm in Vietnam’s coffee cup
Trouble is brewing for drinkers of coffee, one of the world’s most traded commodities, as climate change affects farmers, reshaping production patterns.
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The clumsy rebranding of Kamala Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris, newly tasked by the Democratic Party to run against ex-president Donald Trump at this year’s US presidential election, spent her first week as a candidate trying to outrun her political past.
Baltimore divers recover two bodies from harbor after bridge collapse
Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of two of the six workers missing since they were tossed into Baltimore Harbor from a highway bridge that collapsed into shipping lanes when a faltering cargo freighter rammed into the structure, officials said on Wednesday.
The world has a wealth of high-stakes elections in 2024. Are they a test or a triumph for democracy?
LONDON (AP) — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news. The year looks set to test even the most robust democracies and to strengthen the hands of leaders with authoritarian leanings.