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With the government reopening this week, air traffic controllers have been paid for the first time in more than a month.

NPR's Joel Rose reports the Federal Aviation Administration says they have controllers receive their first installment of their back pay.

The FAA has begun taking steps to restore flights at the nation's airports, citing improvements in staffing levels at air traffic facilities.

Traffic reductions at a dozen major airports will be lowered from 6 percent to 3 percent this weekend.

At the annual UN Climate Summit, host country Brazil's proposal for an accelerated roadmap away from fossil fuels appears to be gathering support.

Developed countries such as Germany and Britain and developing nations including Kenya are backing a scheme that would see the world move away from coal, oil and gas at a faster rate.

Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen is also on board.

Renewable energy investment doubled.

The Australian government knows it.

The Australian industry knows it.

The summit being held in Brazil, hundreds of demonstrators marched today.

The Trump administration declined to send a U.S.

delegation to the summit.

YouTube television subscribers can now access Disney programming again after a two-week blackout prompted by a contract dispute.

NPR's Matt Bloom reports the two media companies settled on a distribution deal late Friday.

President Trump says he will sue the BBC, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that he will likely seek up to $5 billion.

The BBC has apologized for a wrongly edited video of a speech Trump delivered on January 6, 2021.

when his supporters stormed the Capitol, but says there is no legal basis for his claim.