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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation, the largest individual gift ... the organization has ever received. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is on a giving spree. The second-richest person in the world on Monday committed $100 million to former…

Steven Rattner, head of the Auto Industry Task Force under former President Barack Obama, is the latest Obama-era economic aide to sound the alarm on inflation, asking how the Biden administration could have gotten “this critical issue so wrong,” warning the Build Back Better plan could exacerbate inflationary pressures. Rattner…

John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, right, touches the arm of Alok Sharma President of the COP26 summit during a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday.Photo: Alberto Pezzali (AP) GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Every Democrat in Glasgow for the United Nations…

Alok Sharma was hardly a household name in Britain, let alone the rest of the world, when appointed to lead the UN climate talks now reaching a climax in Glasgow. But with the planet's future at stake, the COP26 president has had to emerge from the shadows to stand in…

Britain's President for COP26 Alok Sharma speaks at The Procedural Opening of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. (Image: AFP) The nickname is modelled on the former US president, Barack Obama.AFP LondonLast Updated:November 12, 2021, 18:41 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Alok Sharma was hardly a household name in Britain, let…

When President Barack Obama spoke last week at the COP 26 Climate Summit he made a statement I don’t think he meant to make. But in making that statement he proved everything we already know about, first, the climate change argument, and second, liberal hypocrisy.  Before we get to what…

Cornell Belcher is a Democratic pollster and strategist and the founder and president of Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies in Washington, D.C. He helped Howard Dean on the “50-state strategy” when Dean was chair of the Democratic National Committee, and he polled for both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. He’s…

AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. GLASGOW - Former US President Barack Obama returned to the international spotlight Monday in Glasgow, urging young people to pressure their leaders to do more to combat…

By Michael Marshall, Richard Webb, Adam Vaughan and Jason Arunn Murugesu Former US president Barack Obama gives a speech during COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland REUTERS/Yves Herman Sign up for Today at COP26, our free daily briefing on all the latest news and analysis from the crucial climate summit It’s the…

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during a session at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 8, 2021. Paul ELLIS / AFPFormer US President Barack Obama said Monday he understood why young people were “frustrated” with climate inaction from leaders and that “most countries have failed” to live…