Yahoo Halts Services in Mainland China
Yahoo said it stopped providing services in mainland China because of what it described as a difficult operating environment. The...
Hope Eroding as COP26 Climate Pledges Fall Short
Hopes are already fading that the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will result in any new deal for a significant...
Australia Rejects French Claims of AUKUS Deal Deception
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected accusations French President Emmanuel Macron made about a scrapped $37 billion submarine deal. Macron has recently said Morrison lied when abandoning the submarine deal before Australia joined a new...
Success at COP26 Will Be ‘Touch and Go’ say British Officials
For months, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his aides have been raising expectations for the 2021 United Nations Climate...
Biden Opens Climate Talks with Set of New US Climate Commitments
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday announced a range of American commitments aimed at curbing global warming, as leaders from...
Barclays CEO Staley Resigns After Epstein Probe
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley is leaving the bank after a dispute with British financial regulators over how he described...
G-20 Ends Without Agreement to Phase Out Coal
G-20 leaders concluded their two-day summit in Rome on Sunday with an agreement to work to reach carbon neutrality ‘by...
North Macedonia PM Zaev Announces Resignation
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced his resignation late Sunday following the heavy defeat of his governing Social Democratic Union in...
With No Sign of Eruption’s End, Ash Blankets La Palma Island
A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that has been erupting for six weeks spewed greater quantities of...
Thousands Protest Results of Georgia’s Local Elections
Thousands of opposition supporters filled the street outside Georgia’s national parliament building Sunday to protest municipal election results that gave...
G-20 Gets Climate Agreement, But Activists Fear Deal Not Big Enough
Pope Francis called on world leaders Sunday to hear “the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor,”...
G-20 Leaders Pledge to End Financing for Overseas Coal Plants
G-20 leaders meeting in Rome have agreed to work to reach carbon neutrality “by around mid-century” and pledged to end...
Biden Meets Erdogan Amid Simmering Tensions
U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Rome Sunday...
UK, France Urged to Cool Down Escalating Fishing Spat
Britain and France faced calls Saturday to sort out their post-Brexit spat over fishing rights in the English Channel, which...
European MPs Meet with Taiwan Envoy Despite China Risks
As Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu made an unprecedented trip to Brussels on Friday, it remained unclear whether Europe...
G-20 Leaders to Discuss Climate Change
The G-20 heads of state from the world’s major economies will discuss climate change Sunday on day two of their...
To Stargazers: Fireworks Show Called Northern Lights Coming
A fireworks show that has nothing to do with the Fourth of July and everything to do with the cosmos...
Climate Change Threatens Russia’s Permafrost and Oil Economy
Parts of the planet that were once thought to be permanently frozen are starting to thaw – posing problems for...
Day One of G-20 Summit Focuses on Global Minimum Tax, Pandemic Preparedness
The G-20 Summit hosted by Italy in Rome this weekend brought together leaders from the world’s major economies. White House...
China’s Top Diplomat Visits Serbia, Albania Aiming to Deepen Ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made stops in Belgrade, Serbia, and Tirana, Albania, this week, seeking to further the Chinese government’s...
US, EU Agree to Resolve Trump-Era Steel, Aluminum Tariffs, Sources Say
The United States and European Union are expected this weekend to announce a deal to resolve a dispute over U.S....
Greece Bids Merkel Bittersweet Farewell
Angela Merkel has completed her final trip as German chancellor to Greece, a country where she was not overly welcome...
