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European Union to reduce carbon emissions by 55% of 1990 levels by 2030

On Wednesday, the European Union (EU) set a new goal to cut carbon emissions by at least 55% from 1990 levels by 2030 and reach zero net emissions by 2050, increasing the reduction target set in 2014, which was 40% by 2030 and 80-95% by 2050.

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Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Richard Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl

On November 16, code-sharing and hosting service GitHub re-enabled the public access to youtube-dl repository, a software which can download videos from the internet via the command-line. Wikinews spoke with Free Software Foundation's founder Richard Stallman to discuss harms of DRM and DMCA.

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Wikinews interviews Democratic candidate for the Texas 6th congressional district special election Daryl Eddings, Sr's campaign manager

Wikinews extended invitations by e-mail on March 23 to multiple candidates running in the Texas' 6th congressional district special election of May 1 to fill a vacancy left upon the death of Republican congressman Ron Wright.

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Irish Finance Minister Donohoe criticises OECD's global minimum corporate tax rate

On Tuesday, Finance Minister of Ireland Paschal Donohoe criticised talks co-ordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for a global minimum corporate tax rate, arguing smaller countries like Ireland "need to be able to use tax policy as a legitimate lever to compensate for the real, material and persistent advantage enjoyed by larger countries".

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin found guilty of murdering George Floyd

On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer, was found guilty of murdering US citizen George Floyd. He was then taken into custody until sentencing, and could spend up to 40 years in prison.

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