US & World

The Biden administration on Wednesday slashed its target for U.S. electric vehicle adoption from 67 per cent by 2032 to as little as 35 per cent after industry and autoworker backlash in the political battleground state of Michigan.  Adoption target for new EV sales could drop to as little as …

Officials prepare before voting in Indonesia’s presidential and legislative elections starts at a polling station in Jakarta on Feb. 14, 2024. Voting began on February 14 in Indonesia’s presidential, national and provincial elections at more than 800,000 polling stations across the country, with nearly 205 million people eligible to cast …

Photo by Emilia Hoisko/VisitFinland.com  Helsinki, Finland—Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday. And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland. The Philippines, meanwhile, was ranked …

Huy Tran can’t stop thinking about the day a piece of the plane he was on ripped off mid-flight, leaving a door-shaped hole just a few feet from where he sat.  Lawsuit filed on behalf of 7 passengers accuses airline, Boeing and parts supplier of negligence. Huy Tran can’t stop …

There were 41 incidents of communal tension and violence in Maharashtra between January and October 2023, according to India Hate Lab, a Washington-based research group. The group is expecting a huge rise in hate speech events during India’s upcoming general elections, which run April 19 to June 4.  Highest concentrations …

The head of the world’s largest energy company on Monday suggested that oil and natural gas will be around for a long time to come, while the U.S. secretary of energy highlighted a clean energy revolution.  Oil and gas executives push back against expectations for a global shift to low-carbon …

Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police. The neighbourhoods had remained largely peaceful despite a surge in violent gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on Feb. 29.  Gunmen also looted homes in Laboule, …

Iranian human rights activist Atena Daemi didn’t want to leave her native country, but her declining health forced her hand. She ended up undertaking a perilous and unpredictable six-month journey that took her from Tehran to St. John’s.  Amid Iranian regime’s crackdown, Atena Daemi’s illness forced her to flee her …

The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.  Western nations argue Russian vote not free or fair due to censorship, crackdowns. Putin’s expected landslide victory met with protests Early election …

The Israeli military said on Monday its troops raided the compound of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, in an operation Palestinian health authorities said had caused multiple casualties and set off a fierce fire in one of the buildings.  Military operation causes multiple casualties and sets off fatal fire, say Palestinian officials. …