WELLINGTON -- New Zealand has become the first country in the world to introduce a law that requires the financial sector to disclose the impacts of climate change on their business and explain how they will manage climate-related risks and opportunities, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark announced on Tuesday.

The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosure and Other Matters) Amendment Bill has been introduced to Parliament and will receive its first reading this week. (New Zealand-Climate Reporting)

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LAGOS -- The death toll from attacks in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna has risen to five, a local official said late Monday.

The attacks took place on Monday when unidentified gunmen attacked the Zango Kataf and Giwa areas of the state, said Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs in Kaduna, in a statement. (Nigeria-Attacks)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden and other White House officials on Monday met with executives from 19 major companies to discuss the global semiconductor shortage that has severely affected U.S. automakers.

"The semiconductor shortage, which is impacting American workers and families right now, is a top and immediate priority for the President and his senior most advisors on economic and national security," the White House said in a statement after hosting the virtual semiconductor summit. (U.S.-Semiconductor-shortage)

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CANBERRA -- The potentially devastating citrus canker plant disease has officially been eradicated from Australia.

Citrus canker damages citrus fruit it infects and causes unripe fruit to fall to the ground. (Australia-Citrus Disease-Eradication) Enditem

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