Source link The pontiff also told the COP28 summit that ‘the destruction of the environment is an offense against God’ The Pope has called on world leaders to divert money being used to support conflicts across the globe into a fund to help eliminate world hunger, and also sounded the alarm about the impact of […]
Source link More and more students question the return on investing in a degree, the broadcaster says Enrollment in colleges across the US continues to decline, CNBC has reported, citing data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The trend, which started during the Covid-19 pandemic when many opted to get a job or complete […]
Source link Olaf Scholz’s government is too engrossed in domestic problems at the moment, a commissioner told reporters Faced with pressing domestic issues, the German government has been unable to take part in discussions on EU finances, the bloc’s budget commissioner, Johannes Hahn, has told journalists. Earlier this year, Berlin – along with several other […]
Source link The restrictions were imposed in 1992 as a means to halt the flow of weapons to feuding warlords The United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to lift its last restrictions on the sale of weapons to Somalia’s government and armed forces, removing the final elements of a long-standing arms embargo. The UN […]
Source link Central bankers’ continued fight to bring rampant inflation under control could plunge developed countries into recession next year, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. According to its global outlook, issued earlier this week, the tightening of monetary policy since early 2022 is slowing domestic demand growth, while interest rates […]
Source link Pyongyang says it’ll retaliate and target American spacecraft if Washington interferes with North Korea’s spy satellite Pyongyang will view any interference with its recently-launched satellite as a declaration of war and will respond accordingly, a spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of Defence warned on Saturday. The statement followed a comment by the […]
Source link The media outlet, citing unnamed officials, claims Washington has given its ally 100 of the 2,000-pound munitions since October 7 The US has supplied Israel with scores of BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs since October 7, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous officials. The media outlet pointed out that President Joe Biden’s administration […]
Source link More than 6,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas-led attack on Israel A spokesperson for UNICEF has condemned the mass killings of children in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict, and called on “those with influence” to put an end to the conflict. James Elder posted an emotional video on […]
Source link China and other growing economies are catching up with the US, Dmitry Peskov says The American-centric world is coming to an end, giving way to a new period of diversity in economics and other areas of international relations, Kremlin Press-Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. Peskov made the remarks on Sunday, in response to […]
Source link Walmart stops advertising on X, adding to growing list of companies distancing themselves from the platform US retail giant Walmart has announced it is suspending advertising on X (formerly Twitter), becoming the latest major brand to abandon the platform. Corporations including Apple, Coca Cola and Disney have halted their paid ads on X […]
Source link Prosecutors say the suspect claimed that his actions had “symbolic” ties to the Black Lives Matter movement The inmate who stabbed former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin 22 times in prison has been indicted for attempted murder, prosecutors said. The ex-cop targeted in the attack was previously convicted for the on-duty killing of George […]
Source link The success occurred less than two week after Pyongyang put its reconnaissance craft into orbit South Korea successfully launched its first domestically made military spy satellite on Friday, amid tensions with its northern neighbor. The satellite carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It […]
Source link Atlanta police say the move was “likely an extreme act of political protest,” but not linked to terrorism A demonstrator suffered severe injuries after setting themselves ablaze near the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia, according to local law enforcement. The head of the diplomatic mission later denounced the protest as an example of […]
Source link Alejandro Cao de Benos has been accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions by using cryptocurrency A Spanish man accused of helping North Korea use cryptocurrency to circumvent US sanctions has been arrested in Madrid and faces up to 20 years in an American prison if convicted. Alejandro Cao de Benos was apprehended […]
Source link The parent company of Facebook and Instagram continues to struggle with its algorithms enabling child molesters on its platforms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Earlier this year, the Journal and researchers at two US universities revealed that Instagram algorithms were helping connect accounts “devoted to the creation, purchasing and trading of […]