Thunberg v Trump: A trillion trees is ‘not enough’
Activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday planting trees was not enough to address climate change, in an apparent rebuke to a pledge in Davos by U.S. President Donald Trump an hour earlier.
Factbox: Major severe coronavirus outbreaks in the past 20 years
A new coronavirus has emerged from Wuhan, China, with more than 300 cases and at least six deaths linked to the respiratory illness believed to have emerged from animals, but with the ability to transmit person-to-person. The virus has spread beyond Ch…
U.S. Secretary of State says Nicaragua is authoritarian regime
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday described Nicaragua as an authoritarian regime and urged the Central American country’s embattled president, Daniel Ortega, to support free and fair elections.
Trump says U.S. ready to ‘help’ in India-Pakistan Kashmir dispute
President Donald Trump said the United States was watching developments between India and Pakistan over Kashmir “very closely” and was prepared to help if necessary, but did not say how.
Canada, Iran at odds over who should analyze downed plane’s black boxes
Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want the recorders analyzed abroad.
Trump has ‘very good’ trade talks with Europe, keeps tariff threat on table
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a cautiously optimistic tone on trade talks with Europe on Tuesday, but kept the threat of new car tariffs firmly on the table.
French workers turn to sabotage as transport strike flags
French energy workers protesting against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans cut power to Paris’ wholesale food market on Tuesday in the latest of a series of sabotage and wildcat actions as a weeks-long transport strike loses momentum.
Main Irish opposition party would double vacant-site levy
Ireland’s main opposition party Fianna Fail, leading opinion polls before an election on Feb. 8, would double the state levy on sites suitable for housing but not yet developed in an effort to increase much needed supply.
Russia gets new government in what Putin calls major shake-up
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday approved a new Russian government that kept many veteran and senior ministers in place, but brought in a new economy minister and a new first deputy prime minister.
Brazil prosecutors charge The Intercept’s Greenwald with hacking
Brazilian prosecutors charged U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday with assisting a group of hackers who intercepted the cellular phone calls of Justice Minister Sergio Moro when he was the judge handling Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption case.
