Projects funded by Washington's Climate Commitment Act have not been nearly as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as previously thought, state officials acknowledged this week.
The Zurich Film Festival will honor Swiss director Petra Volpe on Monday with the Golden Eye Award for her film “Late Shift,” which is on the shortlist for the Academy Award for best international feature film. The award will be presented alongside a screening of the film for
MOSCOW, Jan 8 - Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be \"legitimate combat targets\", after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.
Netflix barnstormer “Secrets We Keep,” Canneseries top winner “A Better Man” and “Vignis,” directed by “The Witcher” star Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, will do battle for the 2026 Nordic Series Script Award, the Göteborg Film Festival’s weightiest industry award. Also making the
No doubt a sign of things to come.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to “Rise of the Conquerer,” the historical action epic based on the true story of 14th century conqueror Amir Timur. The film, directed by Jacob Schwarz (“Iron Cowboy”), stars Christian Mortensen and Mahesh Jadu (“The
Indo-Japanese romance “Toh Ti Ani Fuji” (Him, Her and Fuji) has unveiled its first looks as the film prepares for its world premiere at the 24th Pune International Film Festival. The bilingual production, shot extensively across Japan and India, has been selected for PIFF’s
Jensen Huang, CEO of the tech behemoth Nvidia and the eighth-richest man in the world, says he is “perfectly fine” with a grassroots push in California to impose a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaire residents. In an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Huang said:
A mother of three and award-winning poet, Good's sudden death sparks protests across the US.
Foreigners issued with littering offence notices may be allowed to leave Malaysia but are required to attend a court hearing at a later date, a Johor agency told CNA.
Disciplinary measures have been imposed on four army lieutenant-generals and one army colonel.
Chintai, a blockchain provider and trading platform regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Indonesia’s Maluku Archipelago Joint Venture (MAJV) announced on January 6 an agreement to tokenize development rights spanning a 60-year period and covering some
Virginie Joron, MEP for Patriots for Europe has called out what she qualified as "false claims" alleging that she was placed on a blacklist by the European Parliament. So, is there any weight to this assertion?
BEIJING, Jan 8 - Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, a Chinese national, has been extradited from Cambodia to China, where he is wanted on suspicion of fraud and operating illegal casinos, Chinese national broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.
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Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who rose to No. 2 Democrat in the House and helped spearhead key legislation around protections for people with disabilities and election administration reform, is retiring from Congress after serving 45 years in the lower chamber. “I did not want to
The two boats were Singapore-registered, Malaysia’s New Straits Times reported.
Leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church have been arrested and Yayang Church is being torn down, groups say.
Why museums should voluntarily recognize unions, the art dealer guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron, impressions from Guatemala’s Paiz Art Biennial, and more.
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We must not let geoengineering be shaped behind closed doors. Climate justice demands an inclusive approach As the world faces the challenges of the climate crisis and critical threshold levels or tipping points may be reached soon, a disputable idea is gaining momentum as a
President Trump is targeting a number of blue states amid the fraud scandal plaguing Minnesota, raising questions about the motivation behind the move. On Tuesday, the administration announced it was freezing more than $10 billion in child care funds to California, Colorado,
In recent days, the Trump administration has taken dramatic steps to make federal funds for childcare more difficult to obtain. A lack of clarity around how a slew of new requirements will be implemented has left childcare providers reeling, and raised the specter of facility
If you doubt neoconservatism is dead, take note of how little attention not only President Donald Trump but even the American press is giving Edmundo González . González won Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election . Now exiled to Spain, he’s ready for his close-up. But if the
In the five days since the U.S. kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and began to “run” the country—an operation that President Trump said heralded a new “Donroe Doctrine” —Trump and his administration have threatened to attack, invade, or fully colonize four countries
In his new book “Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI,” writer Nick Srnicek details how a few tech companies, and the U.S. and China, are jostling to control the development of AI.
Student loan borrowers are about to see some of the practical changes the Trump administration is making to the system that will affect their borrowing capabilities and monthly repayments after a year of heated policy discussions. How much a student can borrow, what options
There are growing signs that Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberately seeking an escalation between Israel and Iran and preparing for another round of war. Iran’s precision-missile testing and missile production are the pretext, and widespread protests taking place in Iranian cities
A handful of states are teeing up special elections in the beginning of 2026 in some of the earliest tests for Democrats as they look to continue their streak of wins and overperformances ahead of the midterms. Texas, New Jersey and Georgia are among the states holding
The House will attempt to override President Trump’s vetoes of two GOP-backed bills Thursday, a move that could showcase GOP division. Veto override votes are standard procedure, and a matter of high privilege in the House that forces the vote. A White House official said that
Republican senators are telling senior White House officials, including senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, to “drop” talk of a U.S. takeover of Greenland, possibly with military force, which has driven a wedge between the United States and Denmark, a key NATO ally.
President Trump’s call for the GOP to be more “flexible” on abortion restrictions is landing with a thud among Senate Republicans who view Hyde Amendment language barring federal funds from going toward abortion crucial for any health care deal. A bipartisan group of lawmakers
The House is poised to pass legislation Thursday extending contentious ObamaCare tax credits for three years, marking a hard-fought victory for Democrats and fueling hope among centrist Republicans that it will lead to a bipartisan compromise to revive the subsidies. The
Republicans are excitedly forecasting the fall of the communist regime in Cuba following President Trump’s shocking operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Trump’s oil embargo on Venezuela is viewed as the central pressure point on Cuba and its governing
Democrats say President Trump’s decision to order strikes on Venezuela and capture the now-former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife will be a galvanizing incident for their voters. “This is the thing that everyone feared about Trump,” said Joel Payne, chief
The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up efforts to get market structure legislation past a key hurdle, as two Senate committees prepare to vote on the bill next week. Both the Senate Banking and Senate Agriculture panels will hold markups on Jan. 15, even as Republicans and
First published in the spring of 1994, two months before the birth of Amazon and one month after the death of Kurt Cobain, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott has far outlasted the era of its origin, becoming one of the most influential writing guides of all time. During its 31 years
