The single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code — imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned over the past three weeks, implementing such … Read More
Authorities order the ‘immediate evacuation’ of people to refuge areas, saying tsunami waves could reach up to three metres The quake struck at a shallow 10km deep Photograph: Theo Rouby/AP A tsunami warning has been issued for the Pacific island … Read More
Leaders of some Central and Eastern European countries refused to support the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which should be signed in Moroccan Marrakesh in December. For example, Czech President Milos Zeman noted that the adoption … Read More
Girl Scouts practice placing orders using Digital Cookie, a new addition to the Girl Scout Cookie Program. in this undated handout picture. | (PHOTO: REUTERS/GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA) The Girl Scouts of the United States of America has slapped the Boy Scouts of … Read More
(L) Pershing II battlefield support missile © Wikipedia (R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo © Reuters / Yves Herman US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington will suspend its obligations under the 1987 INF nuclear treaty … Read More
North Korea needs signs of economic benefits from US to move forward in denuclearization. he momentum for a second US-North Korea summit early next year and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul has been kept alive through a … Read More
(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP) WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t be coming to Washington for a second summit with President Donald Trump anytime soon, a Putin spokesman said Monday. “Now it is out of (the) question,” Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, told … Read More
In this Oct. 23, 2018 photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters at a news conference at the State Department in Washington. The Trump administration is calling for a halt to the civil war in Yemen, including airstrikes … Read More
