COP27: Hosts launch plan to help poorest adapt to climate change
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The hosts of the COP27 climate talks on Tuesday launched a global plan to help the world’s poorest communities withstand the impacts of global warming.
Amateur traders pile into Asian stocks, making the pros nervous
When the coronavirus pandemic sent shares plunging, you didn’t have to be a professional investor to spot a buying opportunity. In fact, it might be better if you weren’t.
All washed up: furloughed Londoner finds fortune in the Thames
LONDON — Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of the River Thames.
Sweden says it’s target of Russia-backed disinformation over NATO, Koran burnings
STOCKHOLM — Sweden is the target of a disinformation campaign by “Russia-backed actors” intended to hurt the image of the NATO-candidate country by implying...
Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star
WASHINGTON — Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by...
Canada’s spy service warns of election interference by China and India
OTTAWA — China and India are likely to try to interfere in the Canadian general election on April 28, while Russia and Pakistan have...
Boeing to repay furloughed staff, proceed with job cuts
WASHINGTON - Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday that employees furloughed during a seven-week strike by factory workers would be repaid by the company for lost wages, but...
Hong Kong nears end of search and rescue mission as tower fire toll rises...
HONG KONG — Hong Kong fire authorities said they expected to wrap up search and rescue operations after the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years...
25 cities drive urban greenhouse gas emissions
LONDON/MADRID — Just 25 big cities — almost all of them in China – accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases pumped out by a sample of 167 urban hubs around the world, an analysis of emissions trends showed on Monday.
US pauses financial contributions to WTO, trade sources say
GENEVA - The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ramps up...
US resumes accepting DACA applications
US IMMIGRATION authorities said on Saturday that it will resume accepting requests under a program that shields young people brought to the United States...
Audit fails to win US backing for release of Afghan central bank funds –...
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD - A US-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two US officials and a former US official, a move that...