Tag: US politics
A quarter of the world’s population ‘under extremely high water stress,’...
One-quarter of the world's population is facing "extremely high water stress", a newly published ranking has revealed. Data published by the World Resources Institute...
Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, widening coalition rift
The Italian Senate on Wednesday rejected a motion by one of the ruling coalition parties, the 5-Star Movement, to block an alpine rail link...
Irish PM: No-deal Brexit increasingly likely, border poll would be ‘divisive’
Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar said Britain's exit from the European Union without a deal looks increasingly likely — but that a referendum on...
Siberia’s wildfires ‘getting bigger’ despite Russian airforce intervention, Greenpeace warns
Siberia's wildfires are not decreasing - they are only getting bigger despite Russian airforce intervention, Greenpeace Russia warned this week. In a situation update...
Estonia says it won’t recognise Russian passports Putin has offered in...
Estonia says it will refuse to recognise Russian passports controversially offered to residents in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. Vladimir Putin earlier this year promised fast-tracked...
Could new UK PM Boris Johnson call a snap general election?
Speculation is swirling over whether the UK's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pull off a shock by calling an early general election. Johnson's...
French boy, six, fractured his spine in Tate Modern fall
A six-year-old French boy allegedly thrown from a 10th-floor viewing gallery at London’s Tate Modern museum fractured his spine and suffered a bleed on...
Spectacular explosions after fire at Russian arms depot in Siberia
Massive explosions at a Russian military ammunition depot in Siberia injured at least eight people and prompted the evacuation of thousands Monday. Russia's Defence...
Coca-Cola advert for gay tolerance prompts boycott call in Hungary
Advertisements by Coca-Cola that promote gay acceptance have prompted a boycott call from a senior member of the Hungary’s right-wing ruling party. The posters,...
US labels China a ‘currency manipulator’ as trade war deepens
The United States has officially designated China a "currency manipulator", the first such accusation between major powers for a quarter of a century. The...
