The United States on Monday kicks off a set of G20 meetings touting “energy abundance,” even as President Donald Trump’s war against Iran continues to disrupt global fuel markets. The discussions are slated to run through Wednesday in Houston, in the oil-rich US state of Texas. The meetings gather delegations from the world’s largest economies […]
Read MoreA little cheer rose for 79-year-old Hwang Sun-hee after she managed to place an online order at a training session in South Korea, which has one of the world’s starkest digital divides for seniors. Age gaps in digital literacy are a global concern, yet the gulf has widened massively in the hyper-connected and fast-ageing country, prompting […]
Read MoreEvery spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of being targeted by militants in the disputed Himalayan region. Sarwar, 25, is one of an estimated half a million migrant workers who stream into the Himalayan region each year, forming the backbone of an economy increasingly […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney calls Canada “the most European of non-European countries,” and while formal EU membership may be tricky, he is pursuing unprecedented closeness with the bloc to reduce dependence on a hostile United States. Carney heads to Strasbourg, France, this week, where he will become the first head of government to attend the […]
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Bei den Kommunalwahlen in Niedersachsen ist die CDU am Sonntag laut einer Hochrechnung erneut stärkste Kraft geworden. Der Berechnung des Instituts Infratest dimap für den Norddeutschen Rundfunk (NDR) zufolge kamen die Christdemokraten landesweit auf 27,7 Prozent und lagen damit vor der SPD mit 24,5 Prozent und der drittplatzierten AfD, die bei 16,5 Prozent gesehen wurde. […]
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Voters across the Philippines’ autonomous Muslim region began casting ballots for their first elected parliament Monday morning, hours after gun violence left at least three people dead outside a polling station. The polls are the culmination of an on-off peace process that began in the late 1990s and established the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim […]
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Leaders of the Kennedy Center who have sought to add President Donald Trump’s name to the storied institution say it is facing bankruptcy and possible closure in days, the Washington Post reported Sunday. According to documents obtained by the paper, the center’s board of trustees is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to close the […]
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis said Sunday that Saudi Arabia had launched more than 50 strikes against their positions in 24 hours, after the Iran-backed group claimed a rare drone and missile attack on a military base in the kingdom. The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in […]
Read MoreChanting and waving banners, thousands marched Sunday in the Mexican city of Culiacan to protest the deaths of people caught up in a war between two rival factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel. Dressed in white, the protesters released dozens of white balloons into the sky before marching to the cathedral in the capital of […]
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