Iran dismisses Macron’s call for release of two jailed French nationals: IRNA
Iran dismissed as interference in its state matters French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for the release of two French nationals jailed in the Islamic Republic since June, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
U.N. head demands bolder climate action or ‘we are doomed’
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres exhorted major world economies on Wednesday to signal more ambitious commitments to cut greenhouse emissions as climate talks in Madrid hit an intense phase.
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time’s Person of the Year
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019, NBC’s Today show announced on Wednesday.
France’s prime minister defies unions with pension overhaul
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe defied striking workers on Wednesday with plans for a long-anticipated overhaul of France’s byzantine pension system that he said would be fairer and encourage people to work longer.
Factbox: How France’s government wants to change the pension system
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Wednesday outlined plans for a long-anticipated overhaul of France’s pension system that he said would be fairer and encourage people to work. Protesters continued strikes across the country, however, and unions vowe…
Lawyers ransack Pakistani hospital in row with doctors, patient dies
More than 100 lawyers stormed and ransacked a hospital in Pakistan on Wednesday to avenge what they said was an assault by doctors there on a fellow advocate, and an elderly patient died during the disturbance, authorities said.
Pakistan scholar’s blasphemy trial enters final stages as U.S. raises alarm
A Pakistani court will hear final arguments on Thursday in the blasphemy trial of a liberal scholar and former university lecturer a week after a U.S. religious freedom commission placed his name on its list of global victims, his lawyer said.
North Korean hackers are working with Eastern European cybercriminals: report
North Korean state-backed hackers appear to be cooperating with Eastern European cybercriminals, a report https://labs.sentinelone.com/the-deadly-planeswalker-how-the-trickbot-group-united-high-tech-crimeware-apt said on Wednesday, a finding that sugge…
French CGT union leader says pension reform is a ‘mockery’
The head of France’s hardline CGT union Philippe Martinez dismissed on Wednesday the government’s planned reform of the pensions system.
EU court should not intervene in Croatia/Slovenia border dispute: adviser
An adviser at the EU Court of Justice agreed with Croatia on Wednesday that settling the border between Slovenia and Croatia was not a matter on which EU courts should rule.
