UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan 18, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) DAVOS, Switzerland – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos to follow the principles outlined by an expert group […]
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Davos 2023: EU to counter US climate move with own law
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomes President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, during the annual World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17, 2023. (ARND WIEGMANN / REUTERS) DAVOS — The European Union responded on Tuesday to US moves to boost its energy transition with its own plans to make life easier for […]
6 dead in US shooting, including 6-month-old baby, mother
In this image released by Tulare County Sheriff's Office, detectives investigate a shooting in Goshen near Visalia, California, early morning on Jan 16, 2023. (TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VIA AP) Six people including a six-month-old baby cradled in the arms of her 17-year-old mother were shot dead at a home in California's main agricultural valley […]
France shocked by second schoolgirl rape and murder in a month
A photo shows sealed on the door of an abandoned house in the village of Birac-sur-Trec, southwestern France, on Nov 21, 2022, where a 14-year-old girl was found dead after being kidnapped outside her school in the city of Tonneins. (MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP) PARIS – France was shocked by the rape and murder of […]
Biden touts crackdown on airlines over passenger treatment
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration had cracked down on US airlines to improve treatment […]
Boris Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses a press conference during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali on June 24, 2022. (DAN KITWOOD / POOL / AFP) KIGALI – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he aims to remain in power until the middle of the next decade, […]