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Politics latest: Climate task will get harder beyond 2030: Kennedy
The Treasury secretary says uncertainty surrounding climate policy has done significant damage to the decarbonisation effort, driving up transition costs.
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Beware Trump, the global peacemaker
Donald Trump’s administration has sent a decisive message that will shake the world. Signs of a peace deal in Ukraine are emerging along with evidence that the President will scale back the US global alliance system and leave Europe to deter Vladimir Putin.
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Smartphone ban brings calm to classrooms
Smartphone and vaping bans in schools have been hailed for making students ‘better behaved’ and classrooms calmer.
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