(1) The winners in our highly inequitable economy might declare themselves social justice warriors, but they do not act like it. Such was the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF, which brought together high-profile business and political leaders from all over the world, called their annual meeting The Great Reset.
Pakistani authorities and local Taliban militants have agreed a one-month ceasefire which may be extended if both sides agree, opening the possibility of a fuller peace accord to help end years of bloodshed ... Numerous attempts to reach peace agreements have failed in the past ... TopicsPakistanTalibannews. Reuse this content. .
Poland has increased security along its border with Belarus and accused Minsk of trying to engineer a major confrontation as hundreds of migrants and refugees appeared to be making a bid to enter the country from its neighbour ... However, the developments appeared to signal an escalation of a crisis that has been rumbling for months ... .
KATHMANDU. A search team flew out to recover three bodies in a remote corner of Nepal's Himalayas on Monday, close to where a trio of French climbers went missing last month ... The three young climbers -- Thomas Arfi, Louis Pachoud and Gabriel Miloche -- were part of an eight-strong expedition ... .
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A California man wanted for allegedly attacking police during the Jan. 6 insurrection has claimed asylum in Belarus... 15 on the border between the two former Soviet republics. .
Shipping, which transports 90% of the world’s trade, contributes nearly 3% of global emissions – a little more than the carbon footprint of Germany. If gone unchecked, this share could increase to 17% by 2050 as the world’s GDP keeps growing ... Shipping and aviation are notoriously difficult industries to decarbonize ... Growing momentum.
Odd Andersen/Getty Images The LordeEdge coin was launched Sunday and takes the name from Elon Musk's new Twitter handle. The coin soared as much as 825% on its first day, hitting a high of $0.00002954. Lorde Edge is an anagram of "elder doge," according to the creator of dogecoin ... He has previously said he's invested in bitcoin, dogecoin and ether.
Lebanese with long memories are beginning to fear that the horrors of their 15-year-long civil war, which began in 1975, might yet return. The country is split by two major issues ... As the economic crisis worsens, there is real anxiety that the country could go into free fall and suffer a complete collapse ... As The Washington Post recently pointed out ... .
Elon Musk's wealth has surpassed $200 billion. It would take the median U.S. worker over 4 million years to make that much. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. We're now in America's second Gilded Age, just like the late 19th century when a handful of robber barons monopolized the economy, kept wages down, and bribed lawmakers ...Watch. ... I ... II ... .
The total value of the cryptocurrency market hit a record $3 trillion on Monday, while Bitcoin was trading close to an all-time high. The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies stood at almost $3.03 trillion at 12.05 p.m ... 20 ... .
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An alleged Israeli airstrike targeted sites along the coast of Syria and in the center of the country on Monday evening, with Syrian air defenses responding to the strike, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. Lebanese media reported that Israeli aircraft were spotted over Lebanon shortly before the strikes were reported ... (credit ... .
US cybersecurity firm McAfee announced on Monday it will be sold to a group of investors for more than $14 billion, just over a year after going public ... The sale is the latest episode in the history of the company founded by John McAfee in 1987, the namesake of the antivirus software ... .
Even if global temperature rises are capped at 1.5 degree Celsius, in keeping with the most ambitious Paris Agreement goal, the same countries would take a GDP hit of 13% by 2050 and 33% by the end of the century, the study said ... Representational image). CopyLink ... "Policy choices that we make right now are crucial for preventing further damage." ... ....
Chinese PresidentXi Jinping is expected to further consolidate his leadership at a key meeting of the Communist Party’s Central Committee this week amid a flurry of flattering publicity from state media ... The text will also uphold Xi’s “core position” within the party, it said ... .