Tag: World news
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Trump picks billionaire for Treasury post
BANGKOK -- Shares climbed in Asia on Monday, tracking last week’s gains on Wall Street, and analysts said investors were viewing President-elect Donald...
Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16
MELBOURNE, Australia -- An advocate for major social media platforms told an Australian Senate committee Monday that laws to ban children younger than...
What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea
A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South...
Nations meet in final round to address global plastic crisis
Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic...
Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them...
Nigeria turns to natural gas as transport prices soar after petrol subsidies were removed
ABUJA, Nigeria -- When Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu ended the costly subsidies that made petrol affordable for many in Africa's most populous country,...