Russia arrests protestors, US deepens climate goals at Earth Day summit, more

  • 3 years ago
Police rounded up more than 1,400 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail.

In other news, Joe Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50 per cent-52 per cent from 2005 levels at the start of a two-day climate summit kicked off on Earth Day and attended virtually by leaders of 40 countries including big emitters China, India and Russia.

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