US issues first passport with ‘X’ gender marker
The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had issued the first U.S. passport with an “X” gender marker, designed to give non-binary, intersex and gender non-conforming people ...
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Brazilian senators back criminal charges against president Bolsonaro
A Brazilian Senate panel probing the government’s pandemic response on Wednesday presented the prosecutor general’s office with recommendations to criminally charge President Jair Bolsonaro for alleged errors that ...
Gun not thoroughly checked before Alec Baldwin fired fatal shot
– A .45 caliber Colt pistol used on the set of the film “Rust” was not thoroughly checked before being given to actor Alec Baldwin, who fired a live lead bullet in ...
England’s red-hot T20 campaign proves growth, says captain Morgan
England’s red-hot form in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup is further evidence of how far their white-ball cricket has grown in the recent years, captain Eoin Morgan said after ...
Democrats propose ‘billionaires tax’ to pay for Biden’s sweeping agenda
Some U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed taxing billionaires’ unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Biden’s social-policy and climate-change agenda, according to the top ...
Sunak announces UK growth upgrade, pledges to control inflation
Finance minister Rishi Sunak said stronger economic growth and lower borrowing would allow him to increase public spending as Britain emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and he vowed to protect ...
Green activist hid in Louvre loos before gatecrashing Louis Vuitton’s show
Marie Cohuet hid in a lavatory inside the Louvre art museum for over two hours, plotting her gatecrashing of Louis Vuitton’s Paris Fashion Week show in protest at the ...
West Ham get green light for London Stadium expansion
West Ham United have been granted planning permission to increase the capacity of the London Stadium by 2,500 seats, the Premier League club said in a statement on Wednesday.
The stadium ...
Madrid court suspends Bayern’s Lucas Hernandez prison sentence
Bayern Munich and France defender Lucas Hernandez has won his appeal against a six-month prison sentence handed down by a Spanish court for disobeying a restraining order following a fight ...
The 1970s all over again? Stagflation debate splits analysts and investors
Phil Orlando has not heard this many people mentioning stagflation since he was a financial journalist in the late 1970s, when oil prices were soaring and inflation stood at more ...
EU top court orders Poland to pay €1m a day in rule of law row
The European Union’s top court said on Wednesday it had ordered Poland to pay a penalty of 1 million euros ($1.16 million) per day for not suspending the disciplinary chamber of ...
Vegetables pricier than pork worry Chinese consumers as costs swell
Vegetable prices are surging in China after heavy rain swamped crops this month, fuelling concern over food prices at a time when consumers must brace for a hike in energy ...
Puma raises sales outlook despite supply challenges
German sportswear company Puma (PUMG.DE) increased its 2021 sales outlook on Wednesday even as it highlighted supply-chain pressures from a coronavirus lockdown in Vietnam, port congestion and container shortages.
Factories ...
Turkish trade deficit narrows 47.5 per cent in September
Turkey’s foreign trade deficit fell 47.5 per cent year-on-year in September to $2.547 billion according to the general trade system, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Wednesday.
After trade ...
Goodbye Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island ...
Covid cases surge, cause for concern in many countries
In recent days the number of Covid-19 cases has surged in many countries causing
Polish COVID cases surge above 8,000 for first time since April
Poland reported 8,361 daily COVID-19 cases and 133 ...
Britain’s Sunak tries to move on from pandemic with new spending
Finance minister Rishi Sunak will try to show that he is moving Britain on from the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday when he announces multi-billion-pound investments to help Prime Minister Boris ...
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese ...
Gas crisis helps to land BP $500 million windfall
BP’s trading team made at least $500 million in the third quarter of 2021, two sources with knowledge of the company’s trading results said, as the energy major benefitted from ...
Glasgow climate summit: Which countries and blocs are major players
The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) make for a tough challenge reaching consensus on the next steps to stem global ...
US lawmakers confident of blocking potential Turkey F-16 purchase
Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden’s administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Congress would block any such ...
Poland to upgrade army using funding methods first deployed to fight COVID
Poland will use a mode of financing employed to fight the economic consequences of COVID-19 to help fund a large increase in military spending, the defence minister said on Tuesday, ...
UK’s Queen Elizabeth pulls out of COP26 following advice to rest
By Paul Sandle and Michael Holden
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham ...
Pope to visit Cyprus and Greece, including Lesbos island, on December 2 to 6
Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants, from December 2 to 6, a Vatican source said on Tuesday.
Francis will stay in Cyprus ...