Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — widely seen as a top challenger to former United States President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential ambitions — has laid out a right-wing vision for the country in a closely watched speech. DeSantis delivered his State of the State address on […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — widely seen as a top challenger to former United States President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential ambitions — has laid out a right-wing vision for the country in a closely watched speech. DeSantis delivered his State of the State address on […]
Nvidia Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and other tech firms are scrambling to assess whether they must halt sales to units of China’s Inspur Group Ltd after its addition to a US export blacklist last week. The United States last week added Inspur to its […]
The US Department of Justice has filed a suit to stop JetBlue Airways Corp from buying Spirit Airlines Inc, saying the planned $3.8bn merger “will lead to higher fares and fewer seats, harming millions of consumers on hundreds of routes”. Attorney General Merrick Garland said […]
The United Nations is appealing for nearly $900m to help Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from their native Myanmar. So, how will the international community respond? And can the Rohingya ever hope for an end to the stateless limbo they’re trapped in? Presenter: […]
More than 250 protests have been staged in the French capital Paris and around the country against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms with rubbish collectors, utility workers, train drivers and others walking off the job against the proposed legislation. An estimated 1.28 million people demonstrated […]
An estimated 1.28 million people have participated in a nationwide strike against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to push forward the retirement age to 64, the interior ministry said. The figure suggests the demonstrations were some of the biggest in decades, slightly higher than the […]
Colombia and Ecuador have launched a joint alert system meant to protect Indigenous Awa communities from attacks by armed groups in the border region between the two countries. At a news conference on Tuesday in the Colombian capital Bogota, human rights ombudsmen from the two […]
US President Joe Biden has proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance programme’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden […]
The United States Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates more than expected in response to recent strong data and is prepared to move in larger steps if the “totality” of incoming information suggests tougher measures are needed to control inflation, Fed Chair […]
