President Biden announced successes from the climate summit aligning nations to the 1.5 Celsius goal and from the G20 promoting universal human rights, and standing for the international order, and working in lockstep with our allies and partners.
Elected president of Brazil, Lula inherits a fractured country, torn apart by a deep social and political crisis. To which is added a most significant environmental issue, the Amazon rainforest crystallizing all passions on an international scale.
President Biden stumped in key swing states over the past week, appearing in Pennsylvania on behalf of Democratic senatorial challenger John Fetterman, the state's current Lieutenant governor, and denounced the rise in attacks on public figures.
TotalEnergies, the French energy giant, has become the focus of two reverberating scandals as it has been accused of war crimes for refueling Russian bombers and refusing wage increases for French workers leaving the nation's gas supply dwindling.
President Biden, unveiled his National Security Strategy this week, presenting the administration's plan to increase America's superiority to compete against The People's Republic of China, who remains committed to realigning and elevating its preeminence to restructure world order.
The recent protests in Iran have signaled to the world the possibility that a change in leadership is needed, as the Iranian youth tired of oppressive Islamic laws are seeking more freedom, western influence, and economic stability.
President Biden met this week with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as he toured hard hit southwest Florida, pleading a united, determined effort to aid and assist the people most impacted by Hurricane Ian's destructive rage.
French President Emmanuel Macron is once again pushing his controversial pension reform agenda. By threatening dissolution, Emmanuel Macron understands that after the indignation of parliamentarians, a realism, tinted of cynicism, will impose itself further hurting the institutions.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden announced plans to travel to hard hit areas in Puerto Rico and Florida to survey the shocking devastation caused by Hurricane Ian, which decimated communities, and left millions without power.
The recent victory for Italy's right-wing leader, Giorgia Meloni, is sending a strong signal to the European Union by paving the way for a far-right government and questioning the limits of democracy in a world in turmoil.
President Biden delivered the opening remarks for the United Nation General Assembly meeting in New York City, using the speech to denounce the egregious actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he escalates his war against the Ukraine.
With a Ukrainian conflict that seems to turn to Kiev's advantage, a new space of influence is being redrawn in parallel in which China imposes itself, anxious to establish itself as the first protester to the Western order.
The death of Queen Elizabeth of England propelled Prince Charles to the throne of a monarchy whose modernization was long overdue. King Charles III, who by his actions, will inherit the unofficial title of a great king . . .or not.
Queen Elizabeth II, who served as England's longest reigning monarch, has died. She was surrounded by her family, who were summoned this morning to Balmoral estate after her doctors announced they were concerned for her health.
Trigger or accelerator, the Ukrainian conflict has revealed the emergence of several geopolitical poles working for their survival and relying on the fears and structural weaknesses of societies that are ultimately fragile and exposed.
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French President Emmanuel Macron understands he will face a salvo of criticism on purchasing power, the climate emergency, crisis mismanagement all of which appear to have become an unbreachable wall as he begins his second term.
Walmart President & CEO Doug McMillion spoke in an exclusive interview with CNBC's Courtney Reagan on "Squawk on the Street" talking on changing economy, chasing inventory, inflation impact, food inflation, wage inflation, challenges, and Walmart Plus.
Even in a world where stunning technological advancements abound, seemingly daily, it's not that often when such advancements have a genuine opportunity to revolutionize an entire industry—let alone one generating multi-trillion-dollar annual revenues.
Nicole L. Linton, a registered nurse from Texas, was charged with six counts of murder stemming from the August 4 multi-vehicle crash in Windsor Hills that killed a pregnant woman, her toddler son, unborn baby, and others.
Harmony Montgomery, 5, of Manchester, New Hampshire, whose 2019 disappearance was not reported until 2021, has been declared dead, the victim of a homicide, in an announcement by New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella.
Under opposition since its renewal, the National Assembly is exposed to the growing risk of seeing its work slowed by numerous and violent clashes, even if it means tiring citizens in search of clear direction regarding the situation.
Faced with an unprecedented situation with regard to its composition, the National Assembly and the presidential majority will have to get used to defending each text and each law by playing by a new rule: compromise.
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The Uber files scandal that has splashed the President of the Republic highlights all the ambiguities of public authorities and companies in the face of these companies with growing influence that question the resilience of States.
Ukraine's candidacy as a member of the European Union offers the latter a diplomatic solution that satisfies both Kiev and Moscow, with Russia still very allergic to NATO and indifferent to the European Union.
Robert E. Crimo III, 21, who opened fire on the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade, killing seven and wounding at least 40, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder with more charges expected.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) today announced U.S. retail deliveries in the second quarter of 2022 totaled 19,487, up 2.8 percent from the same period one year ago, despite ongoing supply issues in the wider economy.
Faced with its first conflict in nearly 80 years, Europe must prepare for future micro-conflicts in the region that can mobilize past international alliances with the big three: the United States, China, and Russia.
The new National Assembly will be subject to the reign of compromise and coalitions of circumstance if each opposition party wishes to make its mark on this or that law and turn this potpourri of parties into a Macron victory.
As the most violent conflict that Europe has experienced since the end of World War II drags on world public opinion, preoccupied by other themes of a social or economic nature, is showing signs of weariness.
The impoverishment of the French political landscape could only lead to the emergence of an ideological opposition between the supporters of a liberalism tinged with social democracy and those of a demanding progressivism taken advantage of by everyone.
Numerous indicators Illuminate that the next five years will usher in extreme transformation in the global economy and a multitude of luxury lifestyle industries and sectors. This begs the question: what is driving such significant and rapid change?
The United States increase in aid to Ukraine sentences the European Union and Europeans to a role of advocacy. Unable to compete with North American means, the latter are limited to imposing economic sanctions with uncertain effects.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced to the media that a lone gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and "horrifically, incomprehensibly," killed fourteen children and one educator before he was shot and killed by responding officers.
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With Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of the expulsion of thirty-four French diplomats, the European Union responded with a proposal for an additional military aid package to Ukraine in the amount of nine billion euros.
French President Emmanuel Macron may have been elected to a second term, but June’s upcoming legislative elections are proving to be risky for the man who understands a successful presidency depends on a majority capable of serving him.
Between Russian stubbornness, Ukrainian heroism, European sanctions and North American interventionism, the conflict that has shaken Europe since February 24 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia seems to be on the verge of getting bogged down.
Emmanuel Macron's overwhelming victory does not mask the fractures of a country divided into blocs too hermetic to ensure in the future the concord of a nation that seeks to extinguish the social fire lit by the extreme right.
In the presidential election aftermath, the homeland of human rights will be faced with a crucial choice, between demagoguery and rationalism. Now bathed in a destructive Manichaeism, France is rediscovering itself in the face of a new destiny.
Terror and panic erupted in New York City during the height of the morning commute when a lone gunman shot and injured 28 and left several undetonated explosive devices at the Sunset Park, Brooklyn, subway station.
If the conflict in Ukraine has revealed a form of dependence of the West on Russia, the question of the post-conflict is now raised, which will be conditioned by two options: Definitive rupture or normalization. But what about Vladimir Putin?
With the first round of the Presidential elections quickly approaching, only one hypothesis seems certain: the next President of France will have to manage the consequences of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and urgent internal matters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is attempting to elicit the help and compassion of Western nations through his multiple interventions. But stung by their contradictions, these same nations see their democratic model attacked and adulterated by the realities of war.
While the Ukrainian conflict has redrawn European fault lines and diplomatic balances, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi-Jinping have unofficially formed unified bond thus reassessing China's place in the globalization process and in global geopolitical spaces.
In early February, the Seattle Police Department responded to a massive firefight in one of the city's most liberal neighborhoods and not accustomed to such violence. Multiple shooters fired over 40 shots within the span of a few minutes.
If the Ukrainian crisis still seems far from a resolution capable of satisfying all the actors involved, it is offered as an almost welcome promontory to Emmanuel Macron who can see many advantages both internally and externally. Explanations.
The House of Representatives took a momentous step in giving survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment the right to hold their abusers accountable in court if they so choose with the passing of House Resolution 4445.
With three months before the first round of the French Presidential elections one thing is clear: The parties involved all seem devoid of a political philosophy, orphans of their ideologies, which to unite activists and sympathizers en masse.
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-technology start-up, Theranos Inc., who fashioned herself as a medical revolutionary, has been found guilty by a federal jury of eight counts of wire fraud and conspiracy in the failed start-up.
As the French Presidential elections are on the horizon, the French left is bogged down with infighting, and keenly aware of the challenges the French Socialist Party have launched the idea of a left primary.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty this week of five counts of sex trafficking for her role in procuring and grooming underage girls for Epstein and others to sexually assault.
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Invested candidate of the Republican party Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France region, will have to deal with the most right-right tendencies of her party if she wishes to maintain her chances of victory in May 2022.
The French Presidential Elections waters have begun churring with heightened suspense, as far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour plots his way through a political class terrorized by his breakthrough as all clues point to his future candidacy.
General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who was fully vaccinated, has died from complications brought on by the Coronavirus, his family said in a released statement. He was 84.
"They" say there is no such thing as coincidence. They must have known about Covid-19, the political viral disease. Is it a coincidence that the year of the Covid is also the year that scientific integrity died?
A Los Angeles jury found Robert Durst, 78, guilty of the murder of his former friend, Susan Berman, after he discovered she had planned to tell the police of her involvement in covering the murder of his first wife.
The attacks of September 11 marked the collective memory to the point of upsetting the apprehension of the world as it then presented itself. Twenty years later, one thing is clear: Don't these upheavals pave the way for a new era?
Angela Wager, 50, entered a guilty plea this week, admitting to her role in the 2016 massacre of eight members of the Rhoden family, which stemmed from a custody dispute, in a case that shocked the nation.
As the 9/11 terror attacks are at the twenty-year anniversary, this generation's "date that will live in infamy," does. It remains seared in the minds of those who lived and worked in the locations where the planes shattered the peaceful calm.
The Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan marks a geopolitical upheaval that Western nations will be forced to handle. But it also demands the Islamist movement weigh its ambitions as it is threatened by the Islamic State and incompressible socioeconomic realities.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, once a potential Presidential candidate, has announced he will resign his office effective in two weeks, after a bombshell report revealed he created a toxic workplace and sexually harassed and groped female staffers.
The advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan, now on the doorstep of Kabul, the capital of a country that has been plagued by almost chronic unrest for more than forty years, is sure to worry the international community.
The rising oil prices bring worry to industrialized countries concerned about slowing the predicted sustained post-Covid global growth. But this surge in prices also highlights the role of OPEC, an actor and victim of the rise of black gold.
The record abstention that marked the regional and departmental electoral event raises questions about the reasons that push citizens to flee the ballot boxes. From now on, it is necessary to identify the causes and the necessary solutions to be proposed.
These days more and more apparently intelligent people seem to upspeak. That's the irritating "Valley Girl" inflection where every sentence sounds like a question. Don't these people trust their own thoughts and words?
The National Registry of Exonerations released a report marking a dark milestone: as of June 1, 2021, exonerated defendants have collectively served 25,000 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit. Each day, that number continues to grow.
Julie Ann Hanson, 15, borrowed her brother's bicycle in July 1972 and rode off to watch a baseball game. She was never seen alive again. Now, nearly 50 years later, police have made an arrest.
A molar extracted from a skull found nearly four decades ago provided a DNA profile leading to the identity of remains which had been known only as Christy Crystal Creek since discovered in 1985 by a bear hunter.
The Center for Disease Control has bowed to the Biden Administration playbook announcing the abandonment of some coronavirus restrictions presenting an impression that the virus has somehow miraculously dissipated and everyone, now fully vaccinated, can drop the mask.
More than 300million drivers, from Texas to Pennsylvania, are facing the possibility of gasoline shortages, resulting in long lines and empty pumps, as the reality of a week-long shut down of one of the nation's largest pipeline looms.
David Rubin, native New Yorker and former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, and author of a new book, "Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel" recently spoke on the divisiveness in Israeli politics and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's future.
Nearly twenty-five years since Kristin Smart vanished while walking home from an off-campus party at California Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo, California, two men, a father and son, have been charged with her murder.
The video is brief but disturbing: Moments after two Seattle police officers kick down an apartment's front door, a shirtless man appears on camera, lumbering slowly toward them with a 4-inch switchblade in his hand.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer charged in the death of George Floyd has been found guilty on all charges after a trial that has captivated the nation and became a lightning rod for the lethal use of force.
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One year into the global Coronavirus pandemic The United States State Department has released a report charging Communist China of systemically engaging in a campaign to subvert a transparent and thorough investigation into the deadly virus' origins and initial emission.
An afternoon trip to a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, turned deadly when an unidentified shooter opened fire inside the store killing at least ten, including veteran Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley.
Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, 63, was found dead, by Michigan State Troopers at a rest area, of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot hours after he had been charged with 20 counts of human trafficking.
There are many avenues to invest in for the best return. In addition to profit, the draw of a specific clientele to the property is an essential part of choosing which properties to buy, rent, and flip.
An anti-terror ground intelligence gathering microchip program created under former President George W. Bush and developed as a secondary weapons inspection device to supersede the "Olympic Games" project has surfaced outside of the Department of Defense.
Over the last two decades sexual violence has received greater attention, as victims demand justice and are willing to dedicate significant time to ensuring their voices are heard and the crime committed against them are not neatly covered.
The coronavirus has brought unrest to stock markets around the world, surging record high gold prices, and political unrest has many investors wondering about if the state of the economy is signaling a Bear or Bull future.
As the new coronavirus epicenter targets the nation's south, the Wake County School System, encompassing virtually all of Raleigh, North Carolina, announced it will begin the Fall 2020 teaching schedule with remote learning from their homes.
Over the past two decades sexual assault cases perpetrated by industry Goliath's have screamed from the headlines. For the victim, the question is always the same, "Why did it take decades to bring these perpetrators to justice?"
Justice is elusive. For every Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Eric Schneiderman, millions of other perpetrators remain free to rape and sexually assault and those victims never get their day in court. I know I’m one of them.
Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics are being implemented daily into the workforce. As a result, modernization of the workforce is imperative to meet global demands with some positions key in helping business meet new demands.
Coast to coast violent protests have rocked America as citizens continued demonstrating over police brutality with multiple governors imposing strict curfews to reduce the destruction of property and looting that many cities have not seen in decades.
Images from Wuhan, China, have been pumped into global media as a sign of hope that "this too shall pass" when in fact life back to normal includes the very practices which introduced this disease, and in reality the last corona virus, SARS, into the global spotlight.
Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who propelled many to Oscar victory winning loyalty and devotion, has been found guilty by a Manhattan jury of sex crimes which could send the disgraced titan to prison for decades.
Bad actors, a term that is evolving into mainstream vernacular, the bad actor, those who wear the "good mask" while performing illegal, undermining and shady deals that act to undermine their industry or more widespread the system, itself.
In the spirit of fake news, Black History Month provides a forum for news pundits to lament that the Founding Fathers thought the relative worth of black persons was three fifths of a person.
Products marketed to women are often more expensive than similar products and services for males. From haircuts to medication, gender-based pricing is problematic for female and male consumers alike, and it's costing tens of thousands of dollars over a lifetime.
As we look ahead, many will remember the last ten years in prominent stories that secured the headlines as the past decade saw its share of wars, political firestorms, corruption, mass shootings, murders and tragedies. Few will remember the journalists.
Once again, Hamas and Islamic Jihad initiated rocket launches against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing him off the podium, and into a bomb shelter to ride out the attack, during a campaign speech in Ashkelon, Israel.
As we march into the 2020 Election season, the high cost of medical care is on the lips of every politician and draining the pocketbooks of most Americans, and this hot button topic will see microscopic examination.
Greta Thunberg continues to upset the global ecological discourse by returning leaders and politicians to their responsibilities. But would not the teenager not the symbol of a lack of international voluntarism in environmental matters?
New York's Catholic Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo had the World Trade Center in lights to celebrate its recently enacted abortion-on-demand-until-the-day-of-birth law. This law was framed, and sold to legislators, as empowering women through guaranteeing "Reproductive Health."
President Barack Obama continued to globally make his case to leaders of the G7 for unified and sectoral sanctions in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's sustained violations of Ukraine territorial sovereignty and threats of prolonged aggression.
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today 44 recipients of its 2017 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants. Grants range from $5,000–$20,000, and a total of $500,000 was awarded for the 2017–2018 grants year.
The 2017 stARTup Art Fair San Francisco takes over Hotel Del Sol this weekend and brings together one of the most talked about, and avant-garde Art Fairs in the country matched only by those in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Arcadia – Another memorable Cal Phil summer ends with a spectacular season finale, Les Miz and Bernstein, during Festival on the Green at Santa Anita Race Track on Saturday August 24, 2013.
Mothering Sunday, from Sony Pictures Classics, presents a stirring, heartfelt, drama of a woman's life, told through wisdom and the lens of time she exposes her hidden lovers, shattering, and devastating loss, and empowerment through tragedy.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman will be joined onstage by director Rob Reiner and actor Cary Elwes for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first live commentary event, featuring a screening of the 1987 favorite "The Princess Bride," on Thursday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
