LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said Thursday that the world needed economic reform to have a chance to beat climate change and that countries should be prepared to break old agreements and contracts to meet green goals. The 17-year-old spoke to Reuters TV after she and other activists …
Read More »Democrats see growing donations as they seek the majority of the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Campaign donations are flooding the coffers of Democrats running for the United States Senate, but some Republican incumbents seeking to protect their majority in the Senate have a powerful cash advantage over their contenders to As the electoral battle enters its final months. FILE PHOTO: Then 2020 …
Read More »China says it will stick to US trade deal, but will respond to ‘bullying’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said Thursday it will stick to the Phase 1 trade deal it reached with the United States earlier this year, but warned that it will respond to Washington’s “intimidation” tactics as relations continue. deteriorating. FILE PHOTO: Hua Chunying, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, speaks at …
Read More »Brazilian Bolsonaro, infected with COVID-19, promotes untested drugs
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro observes a ceremony to lower the Brazilian national flag at night, at the Alvorada Palace, in the midst of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 15 2020. REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino SAO PAULO / BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, …
Read More »Taiwan conducts drills to combat invasion amid tensions in China
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s air, sea and land forces conducted live-fire exercises simulating the repulsion of an invading force on Thursday, and President Tsai Ing-wen said he showed his determination to defend the democratic and reclaimed island. by the Chinese. F-16s and domestically-made Ching-kuo fighter jets launched attacks, and …
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