Politics

Parisians Vote In Anti-SUV Parking And Pollution Referendum
Polling stations opened in Paris on Sunday for a referendum on tripling parking costs for hefty SUV-style cars, a campaign that has drivers' groups up in arms against city...
House To Vote On $17.6B Israel Aid Bill That Excludes Ukraine, Johnson announces
KEY POINTSHouse Speaker Mike Johnson announced in a Saturday letter to colleagues about voting on the billThe announcement challenges a long-awaited Senate bill that is expected to includes assistance...
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob Dies In Hospital
Namibia's President Hage Geingob died early Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek, his office said. He was 82.Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his...
Biden Wins South Carolina Primary: First Official Victory This Election Season
KEY POINTSPresident Joe Biden cruised to victory and easily won all 55 of the state's Democratic delegatesHe had backed the unprecedented move of making South Carolina the first voting...
Parisians Called To Vote On SUV Parking Surcharge
Parisians will be asked to vote Sunday on whether to triple the cost of parking Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) in the French capital, a move denounced as manipulative by...
Scores Killed In Overnight Strikes As Hamas Weighs Gaza Truce Proposal
Scores were reported killed in overnight strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after Hamas said it needed more time to consider a proposal that would halt its war...
51 Killed In Chilean Wildfires; At Least 1,100 Homes Destroyed
AFP KEY POINTSInterior Minister Carolina Tohá said Saturday that there were 92 active fires burningMore than 43,000 hectares has been affected as the fires are spreading closer to urban...
Airlines Learn Patience In Constrained Airbus-Boeing Duopoly
With the latest Boeing crisis, airlines are staring down more delays, a familiar problem in a market in which both the US giant and rival Airbus face supply chain...
Economists Pilloried For Getting Forecasts Wrong
Economists are taking flak after missing the mark on inflation, failing to anticipate disruptions in global supply chains and forecasting a recession that has not materialised.The Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's...
Taylor Swift Primed To Make Music History At Eclectic Grammys
Taylor Swift's name is on everyone's lips as music's glitterati descend on Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammys, but with one of the more eclectic nomination fields in recent memory,...