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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Global energy-related carbon emissions flat in 2019

February 11, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Global energy-related emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide remained steady last year, with declines in rich countries balancing out a rise in poor nations, according to data published Tuesday.The International Energy Agency said emissions...

UK’s Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition

By JILL LAWLESS | February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government on Tuesday approved an overdue, over-budget plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and northern England, despite opposition from environmentalists and lawmakers in his own party.Prime...

EU chief rejects Johnson’s idea of loose UK trade deal

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | February 11, 2020

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will only offer Britain unique access to its vast single market if the U.K. agrees to stick to the bloc's standards, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, dismissing British Prime Minister...

UK man linked to virus spread thanks doctors for recovery

By DANICA KIRKA | February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A businessman from England who contracted the new virus from China and may have spread it through his wide travels thanked Britain's National Health Service after he recovered.Steve Walsh issued a statement Tuesday after being the focus...

Amid uncertainty, French wine industry puts itself on show

By THOMAS ADAMSON | February 11, 2020

PARIS (AP) — France's big wine industry, shaken by U.S. President Trump’s painful tariff hikes and the threat of climate change, is hoping to re-energize global interest in its products with a big trade fair in Paris.Two thousand winemakers - including...

Daimler profits slump as auto industry comes under pressure

By DAVID McHUGH | February 11, 2020

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw profit slump in 2019 and turned in a loss for the fourth quarter, underlining the pressures on the auto industry from economic headwinds and the need to invest in electric cars to...

Global stock turn higher as investors watch virus impact

By JOE McDONALD | February 11, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets turned higher on Tuesday, at least temporarily shaking off jitters about China's virus outbreak.Indexes in London and Frankfurt advanced in Europe, while Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul closed higher. Tokyo fell for...

Africa shouldn’t need to beg for climate aid: Bank president

By ELIAS MESERET | February 11, 2020

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Africa shouldn’t have to beg for help in addressing climate change, the president of the African Development Bank said Tuesday, adding that polluting global powers “have to pay.”Akinwumi Adesina told The Associated...

UK economy flat-lines in Q4 amid Brexit and election clouds

By PAN PYLAS | February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Uncertainty related to Brexit seems to have weighed heavily on the British economy during the final quarter of 2019 as output flat-lined, official data showed Tuesday.In its first assessment of the quarter as a whole, the Office for National...

China denies cybertheft following Equifax accusations

February 11, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China denied involvement in any hacking activities on Tuesday after the United States indicted four members of the Chinese military for allegedly breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing...

Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak

By DANICA KIRKA | February 11, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global efforts to track and contain the new coronavirus that emerged in China.From the Singapore hotel...

Rebuilding Afghanistan has a high human cost, US agency says

By RAHIM FAIEZ | February 11, 2020

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a U.S. government watchdog that monitors the billions of dollars Washington spends in the war-ravaged country.The Special Inspector...

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