The Daily Populous

As the presentations got underway, protesters gathered outside the doors with raised fists, shouting “leave it in the ground!”

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change, tweeted: “Promoting coal at a climate summit is like promoting tobacco at a cancer summit.”.

“However, we need the breakthrough technologies in storage and transmission for renewables, innovation that allows renewables to become truly competitive …. »

Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in September, and now must get court approval for many of its basic business decisions.

While the company asked for $16 million, the bonus plan could actually pay out $32 million if the company reaches much better than expected profit targets.

The filing also disclosed that some of Toys "R" Us's top executives received a combined $8.2 million in "retention" bonuses prior to the bankruptcy filing. »

Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of groping her, without her consent, while she was asleep and provided a photo as evidence.

KABC anchor: Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It https://t.co/lG4A1ZTUhC pic.twitter.com/EYIzr9ok2s — Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 16, 2017.

"When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. »

An Iranian weightlifter has put his Rio 2016 gold medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of last week's deadly 7.3-magnitude earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border.

The western Kermanshah province is the worst-affected area, with hundreds of homes destroyed and some residents sleeping outdoors in the cold.

"I will auction my most valuable medal, my Rio 2016 Paralympics gold, to help my compatriots in Kermanshah," she said. »