An international vote to approve cutting maritime emissions was delayed by a year Friday in a victory for the United States, which opposes the carbon-cutting plan.But a vote Friday on whether to formally approve the deal was delayed until next year after US President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against countries backing the plan.

A new global climate tax would be the ultimate in taxation without representation.

The International Maritime Organization delays vote on reducing pollution in shipping after Trump threatens sanctions.

It’s been a big week in geopolitics, so it’s no surprise that other critical developments have slipped under the radar.

Successes in slowing nuclear proliferation and easing world hunger are overshadowed by political deadlock and the hostile takeover of bodies like

Member states of the International Maritime Organization will decide on Friday whether to formally adopt a plan to cut carbon emissions in the face of opposition from the United States.

On 26 June 1945, official representatives of 50 countries, meeting in San Francisco, United States, signed the Charter of the United Nations, forming the world’s premier international organization, dedicated to “saving succeeding generations from the ...

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