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Telecoms outage cuts off millions of Australians
Telecoms outage cuts off millions of Australians
Economy
by  AFP

More than 10 million Australians were cut off from internet and phone services on Wednesday after unexplained outages struck one of the country's largest communications companies. Optus, Australia's second-largest telecoms firm with more than 10 million customers, had struggled through the day to bring its systems back up.

Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN
Fossil fuel plans by producing nations threatens 1.5C limit: UN
Economy
by  AFP

Plans to expand oil, gas and coal production by major fossil fuel countries would push the world far beyond the Paris deal's 1.5C global warming limit, the UN warned Wednesday. It found that planned increases in production in these countries would produce 460 percent more coal, 82 percent more gas, and 29 percent more oil than would be in line with the 1.5C limit.