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Impacts of climate change from more frequent cyclones to tidal flooding are devastating Bangladesh, where an estimated 30 million people may be displaced from the coast.

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, women across the country say they have had to flee or marry family friends to avoid being forcibly married off.

At COP26 in Glasgow, former central banker Mark Carney worked to reach global agreements with the financial sector to use their sway to reduce emissions. Here are some of the key points and what they mean.

Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference  The White House

Voters in Virginia Beach have approved a huge bond measure for a mid-sized city, committing to spend millions in hopes of avoiding billions in losses due to rising seas and intensifying hurricanes.

The company disclosed Tuesday that it lost about $304 million in the third quarter after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COP26 that India, the world’s third-biggest carbon emitter, would go net-zero by 2070. But appetite for coal, which supplies 70% of India’s power, remains high. (Image credit: Gautam Dey/AFP via Getty Images)

Governments and big investors have announced fresh plans to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming.

A U.N.-backed framework for cross-border carbon markets could foster a system long sought by many businesses.

Some users are significantly more likely to see disturbing content on Facebook than others, according to internal company documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen. A 2019 report from Facebook’s Civic Integrity team details the results of a study that measured