The director of South Carolina’s new environmental department pledged Monday to focus on protecting the state’s water, air and landscape from pollution, while improving service, as the agency establishes itself as a replacement for the state’s often-criticized health and environmental department. At a news conference under a broiling July sun, Department of Environmental Services chief […]
The Conservatives and Labour have been accused by the UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies of a “conspiracy of silence” over the financial challenges facing the UK after the upcoming election. Black marks for the manifestos There comes a point in every election campaign when – like schoolchildren submitting their homework for marking – the parties […]
Nigel Farage has launched Reform UK’s election promises in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, as his party looks to continue its strong showing in the opinion polls ahead of the July 4th British general election. – So this is Reform’s manifesto? Well, sort of. Reform UK’s document was titled Our Contract With You because leader Mr […]
The leader of South Africa’s second-biggest party has said it will back Cyril Ramaphosa for president – almost guaranteeing he will be elected for a second term. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said his party has now formally signed a coalition agreement with Mr Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC), and part of the agreement […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin has promised to “immediately” order a ceasefire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv starts to withdraw troops from the four occupied Ukrainian regions and renounces plans to join Nato. Such a deal appears a non-starter for Kyiv, which wants to join the military alliance and has demanded that Russia withdraw […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to “immediately” order a ceasefire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv starts to withdraw troops from the four occupied Ukrainian regions and renounces plans to join Nato. Such a deal appears a non-starter for Kyiv, which wants to join the military alliance and has demanded that Russia withdraw […]
Western allies with a Baltic Sea coastline will join forces to oppose Russian provocation, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in the Finnish coastal city of Porvoo on Thursday. “If Russia’s pinpricks attempt to divide us, we will draw closer together,” Baerbock said ahead of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Council of […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has vowed to foster a globally competitive open environment for scientific and technological innovations, and expand international exchanges and cooperation, state media reported on Tuesday. The comments come at a time when the world’s second-biggest economy is trying to nurture new growth drivers, in its bid to restore […]
A new joint venture between seven of the biggest global automakers — BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Kia and Stellantis — has picked Durham County for a $10 million corporate center that promises to hire 203 positions by the end of the decade. Launched in July, the California-based company Ionna aims to set up […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has promised Ukraine Mirage fighter jets, though he did not initially say how many. In a television interview in the northern city of Caen on Thursday evening, Macron said a coalition with partners was in the process of being formed to provide Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to the country defending itself […]
By Jeff Mason, Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish OMAHA BEACH, France (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Thursday, urging Western powers to stay the course with Ukraine and not surrender to Russian tyranny. […]
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024, speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by David […]