The United States and Taliban officials have announced a resumption of official negotiations for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly halted talks three months ago to end the nearly 19-year war. U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad reportedly met with Taliban officials on December 7 in Qatar, the scene of previous negotiations, and was […]
December 7th, 2019 by Kyle Field The Netherlands is getting another massive wave of electric buses, thanks to a massive order from Keolis Nederland BV for 259 new buses from BYD. The order, which was inked on December 6th at Keolis’ head office in Deventer, is the largest single order for electric buses in Europe […]
Two years after the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s vast cesspool of corruption has become impossible to ignore. The EU’s smallest member state is on the brink of failure. Darrin Zammit Lupi / REUTERS Michael Vella, father of late Daphne Caruana Galizia, holding a portrait of his late daughter at a protest demanding […]
Issued on: 08/12/2019 – 07:15Modified: 08/12/2019 – 07:16 Hong Kong police on Sunday said they conducted raids ahead of a major pro-democracy rally and found weapons including a pistol and ammunition, the first firearm seizure linked to the protests. Advertising Read more The city is bracing itself for another huge march on Sunday afternoon as […]
WASHINGTON — International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva says the lender has reached agreement with Ukraine on a new three-year loan program worth $ 5.5 billion. Georgieva said in a statement on December 7 that the agreement was finalized following “a very constructive” phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which she commended the […]
If you’ve never read The Tiger Who Came To Tea, don’t worry. We can catch you up on the plot fairly quickly. The children’s classic, written in 1968 by Judith Kerr, tells the story of a young girl named Sophie, who has to stay home with her mum because it’s too rainy to go to […]
(Reuters) – Nearly half of lymphoma patients treated with Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were alive at least three years after a one-time infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy, according to data presented on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company headquarters in Foster City, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. […]
Austrian writer Peter Handke delivered his Nobel Academy lecture but avoided mentioning the controversy surrounding his views that triggered outrage in the Balkans because of his stated admiration for the late Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, spoke on December 7 in Stockholm in a traditional Academy lecture […]
Infographic Volumes along the four connections linking North Africa to Spain and Italy saw little change last week compared with the previous week Volumes along the four connections linking North Africa to Spain and Italy saw little change last week compared with the previous week. By Andreas Walstad 4 days ago Middle East & Africa […]
By Adam Vaughan Reef fishes are at risk as ocean water loses its dissolved oxygenCsaba Tokolyi/Getty Images The world’s oceans have lost around 2 per cent of their oxygen on average over half a century, alarming scientists who have warned of the trend’s impact on fisheries and endangered species. The number of low oxygen sites […]