Somini Sengupta

international climate reporter for the New York Times

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Somini Sengupta is the United Nations reporter and former New Delhi Bureau Chief for the New York Times. She is the author of The End of Karma: Hope and Fury among India’s Young.

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President Biden left for Europe today to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow next week.

What’s left in Biden’s climate agenda, what’s ahead at Glasgow climate conference

President Biden left for Europe today to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow next week.

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Fires are raging in Orange County today, already scorching more than 3500 acres.

Wildfire smoke is poisoning the Central Valley air. Some kids are paying a high price

Fires are raging in Orange County today, already scorching more than 3500 acres.

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Conservative leader Boris Johnson won big in the Brexit election. Labor’s Jeremy Corbyn lost disastrously.

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Conservative leader Boris Johnson won big in the Brexit election. Labor’s Jeremy Corbyn lost disastrously.

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