Canada and the European Union say they are making strides toward new partnerships on green energy, digital transformation and research funding, as a Canada-EU Summit got underway in the Atlantic coast province of Newfoundland ByThe Associated Press November 24, 2023, 4:30 PM Charles Michel, President of the European Council, from left, Ursula von der Leyen, … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — They marched from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. They plastered photos of their missing children, sisters, cousins, partners on bus stops and buildings. They lobbied the Knesset, foreign diplomats and, eventually, the prime minister. In media interviews, again and again, they relived the horror of discovering … Read more
Israel and Hamas early Wednesday agreed to a hostage release deal that will involve a four-day pause in fighting, the first cessation in Israel’s six-week air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip. At least 50 women and children of the estimated 240 people held hostage in Gaza will be released over that period, the … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s two main opposition parties have failed to agree on a joint candidate for president, once again throwing into doubt their ability to unseat the ruling party in January’s election. The Nationalist Party and the Taiwan People’s Party were expected to unveil an agreed-upon candidate at a news conference Saturday. Instead, they … Read more
‘I don’t have a lot of cash’: Billionaire Ron Baron says the US pays for its wars, pandemics by ‘making your money worth less’ — and he’s never owned a bond because of that. Do you agree? Markets are sensitive to geopolitical conflicts. With crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, investors are grappling with … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to seek a resolution through dialogue to a dispute over wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Kishida said after their first summit in a year. “I urged that this be dealt with calmly on a scientific basis,” Kishida told reporters in San Francisco. “We … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China, have agreed to restart formal climate change talks that had been on hold for more than a year, in a breakthrough that could inject momentum into international climate negotiations that begin later this month in … Read more
Vice President Harris announced during her speech in London that the declaration has now been signed by US-aligned nations that include the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and France. The 31 signatories do not include China or Russia, which alongside the US are seen as leaders in the development of autonomous weapons systems. China did join … Read more
‘Spending like drunken sailors’: Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller says US seniors need to ‘take a cut’ in Social Security — at a time when it isn’t enough for many boomers. Do you agree? With the U.S. national debt totalling over $33 trillion and the White House calling for billions of dollars more in spending packages, billionaire … Read more
Three leading space companies told Congress this week that the industry needs time to mature before federal regulators introduce new safety guidelines for human spaceflight — but that existing regulatory processes for launch are in dire need of improvement. SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic were all in agreement that the 20-year moratorium on federal … Read more