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Thu, December 12, 2019 | 17:18

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's ``person of the year'' Wednesday, becoming at age 16 the youngest person to whom the U.S. magazine has given the title.

2019-12-12 16:34

Britain to vote in snap election as Johnson seeks Brexit mandate

Britain to vote in snap election as Johnson seeks Brexit mandate

Tens of thousands of polling stations were set to open at 7:00 am (0700 GMT)?on Thursday as British voters prepare to choose members of parliament in a snap election called by Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a majority and "get Brexit done."

2019-12-12 14:58

Fed keeps rates on hold, points to 'favorable' economic outlook next year

Fed keeps rates on hold, points to 'favorable' economic outlook next year

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled borrowing costs will not change anytime soon, with moderate economic growth and historically low unemployment expected to persist through the 2020 presidential election

2019-12-12 14:38

Bloomberg tells UN climate talks: You can count on the US

Bloomberg tells UN climate talks: You can count on the US

New York billionaire and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg led a high-powered charge against President Donald Trump's climate policies Tuesday, assuring activists, scientists and politicians from around the world that Americans are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions ``even with a climate change denier in the White House.``

2019-12-11 18:05

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman with liberal views and a down-to-earth style as prime minister

2019-12-11 15:07

U.S., Canada and Mexico sign agreement - again - to replace NAFTA

U.S., Canada and Mexico sign agreement - again - to replace NAFTA

Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision

2019-12-11 14:58

China's rare nod for Korean War film seen as boost to nationalism

China's rare nod for Korean War film seen as boost to nationalism

One of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War is the subject of a film that will soon start production in China, in a move which is being linked to surging Chinese nationalism amid poor relations between Beijing and Washington.

2019-12-11 10:37

Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

Taiwan's top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for ``freedom and democracy,'' and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous Chinese city if Beijing intervenes with greater force to quell the protests

2019-12-10 21:20

Paul Volcker, US Fed chief who led war on inflation, dead at 92

Paul Volcker, US Fed chief who led war on inflation, dead at 92

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, who tackled American inflation in the 1970s and 80s and later lent his name to landmark Wall Street reforms, has died in New York.Volcker, who headed the US central bank from 1979 to 1987, was 92. The cause of his death Sunday was complications from prostate cancer, his daughter Janice Zima told AFP

2019-12-10 21:14

Survivors of New Zealand volcano ran into sea to flee steam

Survivors of New Zealand volcano ran into sea to flee steam

Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them

2019-12-10 21:01

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