New Zealand outlines plans to tax livestock burps, farts
Wellington – New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled plans to tax the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals, in a... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
54 poor nations urgently need debt relief, says UN
Geneva – Cascading global crises have left 54 countries – home to more than half of the world’s poorest... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
‘Respect refugee rights’ Merkel tells leaders as she accepts UN prize
Geneva – Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday urged leaders to refrain from sending people back to countries... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Air France, Airbus trial to open over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
Paris – Air France and Airbus will go on trial on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter over the... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
Malaysia Prime Minister calls for snap elections
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s prime minister dissolved parliament on Monday to clear the way for snap elections in a... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
Taiwan leader vows ‘no compromise’ on freedom, democracy
Taipei – Taiwan’s leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
Lula, Bolsonaro clash over illiteracy in Brazil
Sao Bernardo do Campo – Front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday for implying... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Biden pardons thousands for cannabis possession
Washington – US President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession in a major... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Sydney smashes annual rainfall records
Sydney – Australia’s most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record on Thursday after a year marked... Read more
6 Oct, 2022
Gunman murders at least 35 in Thai nursery attack
Bangkok – A former police officer shot dead at least 35 people, most of them children, when he stormed a... Read more
6 Oct, 2022
