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PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - China formally committed to halting the rise in its emissions within the next 15 years and pledged on Tuesday to reduce the carbon intensity of its vast economy, releasing its much anticipated strategy for United Nations climate talks.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - X2 Resources, the private equity fund set up by former Xstrata boss Mick Davis, is now in initial bi-lateral talks to buy some of Rio Tinto's Australian coal assets, a source close to the situation said on Tuesday.

OTTAWA, June 30 (Reuters) - Canadian economic growth unexpectedly edged down in April, hurt by a decline in activity in the mining and oil and gas extraction industry, data from Statistics Canada showed on Tuesday, boding poorly for an anticipated pick-up in growth in the second quarter.

NEW DELHI, June 30 (Reuters) - India on Tuesday banned trade with Islamic State-linked entities in oil and other products, complying with a U.N. resolution to act against militants active in oil-rich countries such as Iraq, Syria and Libya.

TORONTO, June 30 (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy Inc, Canada's second-largest independent oil producer, said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its portfolio of oil and gas royalty properties to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for about C$3.3 billion ($2.66 billion).

PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - China will try to curb its carbon emissions before a 2030 target, its prime minister said during a visit to Paris where he announced the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter's contribution to United Nations climate talks.

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - OPEC oil supply in June has climbed to a three-year high due to record or near-record output from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, a Reuters survey found, underlining the focus of the group's top exporters on market share.

FRANKFURT, June 30 (Reuters) - German utilities hope the government will drop a plan to slap carbon levies on coal-fired power plants on Wednesday, but compensating the companies to move aging capacity to a reserve scheme instead would create new problems.

BERLIN, June 30 (Reuters) - Germany has delayed a parliamentary vote on new rules for the disputed technique of fracking for shale gas after parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition failed to agree on final details, lawmakers said on Tuesday.

DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - A man in the United Arab Emirates was sentenced to three years in jail on Monday for Twitter posts allegedly insulting the Gulf country's Supreme Court, a local newspaper reported.

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