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Efforts to reach a deal to combat climate change faltered on Friday after China and many other countries refused to give ground and forced host France to extend the United Nations summit by an extra day to overcome divisions. After a night of sometimes tense discussions on issues including a proposed goal of phasing out greenhouse gas emissions in the second half of the century, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accepted that the two-week summit would not will end on Friday as planned. Fabius said a final text, which seeks to chart a path to using more green and solar energy, will be presented Saturday at 9 a.m. local time to nearly 200 countries for review. The minister added that he was optimistic about reaching an agreement. Delegates said China was reluctant to accept proposals, led by the United States and the European Union, for all countries to review and update their national plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions every five years. President Xi Jinping had already promised that carbon dioxide emissions from the Chinese economy, which has grown rapidly in recent decades, will begin to fall from 2030, so he does not want to revise that goal.
Delegates said China had also reaffirmed demands that developing countries do much more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially those from burning coal, gas and oil. Gao Feng, the Chinese Foreign Special Database Ministry's special representative on climate change, downplayed differences between his country and the United States. “There are no special differences an agreement is closer,” he stated. “In fact, we have been putting pressure on all kinds of countries, whether they are in the EU or others. We hope everyone can be more ambitious,” she added. She is not like 'Amina, the activist'. She is another personality. The controversy that Amina sparked in 2013 has not died down yet. On the streets of Tunisia and even in the picturesque town of Sidi Bou Said, where she now lives, Amina's appearance on the street provokes insults, abuse and looks of disbelief . Tunisia may be among the most liberal nations in North Africa, but it remains a predominantly Islamic and traditional country , a place where Amina's blue hair, piercings, and tattoos represent a clash with the forces of power. Death threats have not disappeared entirely. But if Amina is afraid, she doesn't show it. It's the haters, she says, who are really scared. "I see people who are scared of women," she says. "They are trying to do whatever it takes to keep us from opening our mouths because they feel the danger that a woman represents."
The founder and of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, expressed his support for the Muslim community in the United States this Wednesday, in the midst of the controversy that is being experienced in the country after the Republican candidate Donald Trump assured that it is necessary to prohibit the access of this religious group to the country. “After the attacks in Paris and the hatred this week, I can only imagine the fear of Muslims for being persecuted for the actions of others,” the businessman said on his social network account. Donald Trump said this Tuesday that if Muslims are not banned from entering the country, “there will be more attacks like the one on the Twin Towers.” The businessman also made this statement after it was revealed that one of the attackers at a care center in San Bernardino, California, on December 2, had sworn allegiance to ISIS. Political figures from his party, and even the president of the United States, Barack Obama, criticized his words. Even the author of the best-selling Harry Potter, JK Rowling, compared him to the villain of her novels. “As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand united against attacks on all communities.
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