EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then Germany suddenly changed its mind | CNN Business

EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then Germany suddenly changed its mind | CNN Business

CNN  —  When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035, it was a landmark victory for climate. In February, the European Parliament approved the law. All that was needed was a rubber stamp from the bloc’s political leaders. Then Germany changed its mind. In a … Read more

South Africa bus crash kills 20, dozens taken to hospital | CNN

South Africa bus crash kills 20, dozens taken to hospital | CNN

CNN  —  A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and emergency medical company said. After the crash, the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 freeway into a … Read more

40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, president says | CNN

40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, president says | CNN

CNN  —  At least 40 people were killed Sunday and many others seriously injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to the country’s president.  “I am deeply saddened by today’s tragic road accident in Gniby, where 40 people died and many were seriously injured. I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of … Read more

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge | CNN

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge | CNN

New Delhi CNN  —  At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile now over 62 meters (203 feet) high. Fires caused by heat and methane gas sporadically break out – the Delhi Fire Service Department has responded to 14 … Read more