As Brazil takes over the G20 presidency on December 1 from India, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be challenged to fulfil his promise of holding up the interests of the global south amid two ongoing wars and a slowing global economy. Lula also takes over at a time of bitter internal divisions within the … Read more
While the world’s governments have taken measures to promote energy efficiency this year, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says the pace at which improvements to energy efficiency are made this decade needs to double if global climate targets are to be met. The report found in 2023, the momentum behind energy … Read more
US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden will strive to keep a lid on tensions between the world‘s top … Read more
A Republican senator and the president of the Teamsters union nearly got into a fistfight Tuesday in the middle of a Senate committee hearing, until Sen. Bernie Sanders stepped in and broke it up. The exchange began when Sen. Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, read a tweet that Teamsters President Sean O’Brien had posted in June. … Read more
On Friday, Behar mocked the former president for telling Univision — which had asked about his claims of a Justice Department and FBI “weaponized” against him — that he could go after his opponents if he saw them “doing well” and beating him “very badly.” “If I happen to be president and … I say … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that potential risks associated with artificial intelligence are challenges that countries should deal with together, remarks that come against the backdrop of China’s rigid control of free speech on the internet.At the same time, China has also maximized the internet’s economic benefits and social media’s propaganda contributions to … Read more
Before the latest escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, pregnant women in the Gaza Strip could have health check-ups, get advice on nutrition and prepare their homes for the arrival of their babies. Today, thousands are living in shelters where there is not enough food or clean water, and they dread the prospect of … Read more
US President Joe Biden met China’s foreign minister for talks on Friday as the two countries seek to smooth ties ahead of a possible visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Issued on: 27/10/2023 – 16:45Modified: 27/10/2023 – 22:25 2 min Biden told top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi that Washington and Beijing must “manage competition in … Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will mark Turkey’s centenary Sunday by honouring the post-Ottoman republic’s revered founder, while chipping away at the foundation of his secular state. Issued on: 26/10/2023 – 07:31Modified: 26/10/2023 – 07:29 4 min Erdogan and World War I-era military commander Mustafa Kemal Ataturk have become the seminal figures of modern Turkey, their … Read more
WASHINGTON: Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president’s free speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution.The motions filed late Monday in the case charging the Republican with plotting to overturn the … Read more