Tag: World news
Australia won't force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia's communications minister said Wednesday the government won't force social media users to hand over their personal information to tech...
Higher energy bills push UK inflation to 6-month high in October
LONDON -- Inflation in the U.K. rose sharply to a six-month high in October and back above the rate targeted by rate-setters at...
Time ticks down for negotiators at UN climate talks to find deal to curb warming and its effects
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- With time running down, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate talks on Wednesday returned to the puzzle of finding...
Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
BELEM, Brazil -- For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up...
Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after playing spoiler at G20
LA PAZ, Boliva -- Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling...
Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai begins to testify in his national security trial
HONG KONG -- Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai began testifying Wednesday in his landmark national security trial that is widely seen as...