ASEAN must keep joining global supply chains, Thailand says
SOUTHEAST ASIAN nations should look at ways to further integrate their supply chains regionally and around the world to reap the benefits of economies...
Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves
MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland — From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland’s glaciers.
Californians urged to cut power use during extreme heat
CALIFORNIA’s grid operator urged the state’s 40 million people to ratchet down the use of electricity in homes and businesses on Wednesday as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of the state, stretching power supplies to breaking point.
When cars fly? Japan wants airborne vehicles to take off
Tokyo -- It might sound like pie in the sky, but Japan's government is banking on a future with flying cars, launching an initiative...
Singapore sees the rise of million-dollar public housing
SINGAPORE — Hundreds of public housing apartments in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive cities, are being sold for over one million Singapore...
EU pushes legally binding global pact under UN to end plastic pollution
WHEN UN negotiations over a global agreement on plastic waste convene for a second session this spring, the European Union (EU) will bring evidence...
Climate change cases predicted to make a legal splash in 2018
NEW YORK/TEPIC -- A clutch of high-profile legal cases over responsibility for the effects of climate change will be fought out in courtrooms next...
French prime minister flags tax hike on the wealthy
PARIS — Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Sunday opened the door to raising taxes on France’s wealthiest individuals and some big corporations to help...
People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s —...
CHICAGO — People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer’s and face symptoms at an earlier age,...
China criticizes US ‘scapegoating’ over COVID origin report
BEIJING/WASHINGTON — China on Wednesday criticized the US “politicization” of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding without any evidence that American labs be investigated, ahead of the release of a US intelligence report on the virus.
Biden says made clear to Israel occupying Gaza would be ‘big mistake’
WOODSIDE, California - United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a...
UN suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and...