A Typo Almost Derailed Paris Climate Deal (nytimes.com)

An anonymous reader writes: On Saturday, world leaders completed an ambitious international agreement to address climate change. But when the officials received the first copy of what was supposed to be the final draft, a one-word mistake threatened to derail their progress. Part of the agreement involved language that encouraged wealthy nations to provide monetary aid to poorer nations in order to help transition to more sustainable systems. But the draft used the word "shall," which would have made it a legally-binding requirement. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pushed back on the change, noting that previous versions of the document had used the word "should" instead. Officials tried to quickly figure out whether the swap had been made intentionally. Ultimately, they classified it as a typo, and hurriedly prepared a corrected version of the document, which was adopted without incident.

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Re: Sad to see Kerry...

[cayenne8]

"And exactly who are you to judge what we like to do here in the US?"

A resident of a country that hasn't seen a school shooting since 1996.

Ok, so being that you are not a US citizen and not living in the US....

I'd say you have almost up to 0.000% to say in the matter then.

Apparently you're glad to be where you are and are quite happy with the laws there, I'm happy for you.

But you have absolutely NO say in how we do things here in the US. You're opinions on this are meaningless, as are mine about your country.

You may have your opinions, but you really don't need to try to sway how we live here at all...none of your business.