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‘Sorry, this is an emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around the world
October 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster. In London, police arrested 276 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group as they blocked bridges and roads in the city center,...
Portugal’s Socialists win national elections, set to rule for four more years
October 7 (AP) - The center-left Socialist Party got the most votes in Portugal’s general election Sunday, leaving it poised to continue leading the government for another four years. With 226 seats in the 230-seat parliament awarded in the official count, the Socialists reached 106 seats, compared with 77 for the second-place Social Democratic Party. The parliament chooses a government,...
Contours of China’s engagement with the Middle East
China's engagement with the Middle East is multifarious and increasing.
The silent suffering of climate migrants
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration does not give due attention to protecting the climate-displaced
Forever 21 closing stores in bankruptcy filing shows limits to fast fashion
October 1 (Reuters) - Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy late on Sunday, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar companies that have seen sales hit by the rise of competition from online sellers like Amazon.com Inc and the changing fashion trends dictated by millennial shoppers. Forever 21 Inc, the privately held company that helped popularize trendy and cheap clothing,...
At 70, China recounts its achievements and ponders the challenges
The White Paper says that certain fundamentals have to be corrected before China can consider itself a First World country.
China White Paper lists economic achievements and challenges
China is the world's second-largest economy but it is still a developing country, says the White Paper
IAAF Athletics World Championships: Runner wins hearts by helping rival cross the finish line
September 28 (AP) - You didn't need a stopwatch or a measuring tape to identify the biggest winner on the first night of track and field's world championships. The gold medal for sportsmanship went to Braima Suncar Dabo, the 5,000-meter runner from Guinea-Bissau who stopped his own race to help a struggling competitor finish Friday night. Dabo held up an...
China’s White Paper on foreign policy slams US, praises Russia and is soft on Europe
China says it rejects hegemonic thinking and power politics and strives to increase the representation of developing countries in international affairs.
Teenage climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt
September 25 (Reuters) - Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back at on Tuesday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump’s taunting remark. Late on Monday Trump retweeted a clip of the 16-year-old’s speech to a United Nations climate summit in which she...
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