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In this June 28, 2021, file photo, Saudi Aramco engineers and journalists look at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Hawiyah, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. One of the world's largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, announced on Saturday, Oct. 23, it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and curb man-made climate change. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) **FILE**

Saudi Arabia pledges 2060 target of net-zero emissions

- Associated Press

One of the world's largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, announced Saturday it aims to reach "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and curb man-made climate change.

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Milena Smit, foreground left, and Penélope Cruz in a scene from Pedro Almodovar’s "Parellel Mothers." (Iglesias Más/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

A blurred movie year comes into view at New York Film Fest

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

A movie year of fits-and-starts, delays and reversals has sometimes been difficult to track. Knowing just where and how a new movie premieres has become a sport of its own. Even for those closely following new films, it's been a sometimes exhilarating, sometimes befuddling half-virtual, half-in-person year of moviegoing.

This June 29, 2018 file photo shows tanks at the Enbridge Energy terminal in Superior, Wis. The state of Minnesota has gone to federal court to block a lawsuit over Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project from proceeding in tribal court. The novel case names Manoomin — the Ojibwe word for wild rice — as the lead plaintiff. Wild rice is sacred in Ojibwe culture and a traditional source of food. The lawsuit, which was filed two weeks ago in the White Earth Band's tribal court, is the first "rights of nature" enforcement case brought in a U.S. tribal court and the second such case to be filed in any U.S. court. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) **FILE**

Democratic congresswomen urge Biden to stop pipeline in Minnesota visit

By Mohamed Ibrahim - Associated Press

Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and her progressive congressional allies urged President Joe Biden on Friday to stop construction on Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement, even as the project nears completion and the options to stop it dwindle.

A worker unloads a garbage truck at ecomaine, Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Portland, Maine. Waste-to-energy converters like ecomaine are seeing an uptick in the amount of trash they collect to produce power as the coronavirus pandemic winds down in the U.S. These facilities burn garbage to create electricity. Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates are debating whether creating more energy by burning the excess waste is a safe idea. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Pandemic garbage boom ignites debate over waste as energy

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

America remains awash in refuse as new cases of the coronavirus decline - and that has reignited a debate about the sustainability of burning more trash to create energy.

Will Smith poses for photographers during the photo call of "Bad Boys for Life," in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Will Smith picks up tab for New Orleans’ July 4 fireworks

Associated Press

Fireworks are returning to New Orleans on Independence Day thanks to actor Will Smith.

In this file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

White House woos Manchin, fossil fuel workers with promises of climate-change jobs

The White House is upping its efforts to court Sen. Joe Manchin III, a vital Democratic swing-vote for President Biden's agenda, as bipartisan infrastructure talks stall.

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, semi-automatic rifles fill a wall at a gun shop in Lynnwood, Wash. Mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado in March 2021, that left several people dead, have reignited calls from gun control advocates for tighter restrictions on buying firearms and ammunition. But with Democrats in control of the federal government, gun rights advocates have been persuading Republican-run state legislatures to go the other way, making it easier to obtain and carry guns.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

President Biden planning executive actions on guns, White House says

President Biden is preparing executive actions that seek to combat gun violence.

A woman wearing a face mask against the spread of coronavirus, walks in front of Greek flags which are for sale in Athens, Friday, March 19, 2021. The military parade on March 25, marking 200-years since the war that resulted in Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire and rebirth as a nation, will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus, and only Greek and foreigners political officials will attend it. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece to reopen ancient sites despite COVID-19 surge

Associated Press

Greece's government announced plans Friday to reopen the Acropolis in Athens and other ancient sites nationwide and provide free weekly rapid tests for COVID-19 for all the country's residents as it prepares to restart the tourism season in mid-May.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at Bucks County Community College, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Bristol, Pa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Under fire, Biden vows ‘I am not banning fracking’

Seeking to stop the political bleeding, Joseph R. Biden struck out on the campaign trail Saturday in Pennsylvania, pushing back against President Trump's charge that he wants to bring the hammer down on the oil and gas industry in the state by banning fracking.

In this March 29, 2018, file photo, is the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook to stop running political ads after Election Day

Facebook said it plans to temporarily stop running political ads in the U.S. after polls close on Election Day next month in order to "reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse" on its platform.

This file photo shows the lobby in The Hoxton Hotel in Portland, Ore. A new report by a hospitality trade group anticipates a significant decline in holiday travel as 2020 winds down, compared to 2019, as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues. (Ennismore/The Hoxton via AP) **FILE**

40% of hotel workers out of a job as hospitality industry prepares for nightmarish holiday season

Forty percent of employees in the hotel business remain out-of-work as the coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdowns have hammered the hospitality industry nationwide, according to a new report from the American Hotel and Lodging Association.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about a chart as Attorney General Jeff Landry listens, while addressing steps being taken to fight the coronavirus and the status of cases in the state during a press conference at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, Monday April 6, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Pharmaceutical company promises drugs for hard-hit Louisiana

A second pharmaceutical company promised more coronavirus fighting drugs Monday to hard-hit Louisiana as the state's death toll attributed to the virus rose to 512.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with supply chain distributors in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump accuses hospitals of ‘hoarding’ ventilators, other needed supplies

Associated Press

President Donald Trump says his administration has identified cases of "hoarding" of medical supplies and equipment by hospitals and medical professionals.

National Rifle Association members listen to speakers during the NRA's annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Rasmussen poll: 23% of voters say NRA should be declared a ‘terrorist group’

The National Rifle Association is America's largest gun rights organization with over 5 million members. Nevertheless, San Francisco officials recently voted to declare the organization a "terrorist group" - an idea which has appeal for some Americans, particularly Democrats.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to his ruling party officials, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Erdogan has threatened to allow Syrian refugees in Turkey to travel toward the West unless a so-called safe zone in Syria is established. Erdogan also said Turkey was determined to create a safe zone and would act alone if no agreement is reached on the issue with the United States by the end of the month. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Nukes the latest distraction as Erdogan clings to power

Dictators throughout history have played the same games in order to stay in power. One stratagem is as old as Rome itself, after the republic became corrupt and gave way to an empire run by one man, rather than the Senate.

In this April 6, 2016, file photo, a woman walks outside the main mosque in the downtown Chechen regional capital of Grozny, Russia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)

An eye-opening, first-hand view of Chechnya today

I have to admit I was hesitant when asked to participate in a 10-day "cultural tour" of Chechnya in the northern Caucasus.

(Associated Press)

Stephen Landes pleads guilty in ‘swatting’ Delaware Walmart, school

Associated Press

A New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to making interstate bomb threats against an elementary school and a Walmart in southern Delaware

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Trump’s realism opens up new possibilities with Russia

President Trump confirmed Thursday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone about the raging fires and about possible technical help the U.S. could offer. Moscow no doubt sees the Trump offer as the start of a pathway for better U.S.-Russia relations.

In this Dec. 15, 2014 photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Saudi think tank closes D.C. offices

The Arabia Foundation was a pro-Saudi think tank in Washington, known for communicating on issues important to the Kingdom to the American audience and their representatives. It abruptly closed this week, leading to speculation as to why.

FILE - In this file photo taken on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, a Russian tanker under the the Kerch bridge blocks the passage to the Kerch Strait near Kerch, Crimea. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said in a statement Thursday July 25, 2019, that it has seized the Russian tanker moored in a Ukrainian Black Sea port. (AP Photo)