The EU’s top court, European Court of Justice’s advocate general said on Tuesday Britain has the right to withdraw its Brexit notice from the European Union unilaterally. The non-binding advice comes as the British parliament begins five days of debates on Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal with the EU before voting on […] Read more
British MPs are set to debate and vote on a motion that could see government ministers found in contempt of parliament. Opposition parties say Downing Street limited the amount of information they released about the legal advice they received over Theresa May’s Brexit deal. You can watch the debate in the live player, below, from […] Read more
Protests by the “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests) are now into their third week. The movement started online as a protest against rising fuel prices but has spread to include people angry about higher living costs. Demonstrators have blocked major roads across France and held violent protests in some of Paris’ fanciest neighbourhoods. Some protesters […] Read more
The host of the COP24 is also Europe’s second biggest coal producer, after Germany, and Europe’s black sheep when it comes to conforming to the 2015 Paris agreement. While coal accounts for 80 percent of the country’s electricity generation, experts have estimated that the share of coal in Poland’s energy mix should fall to 39% […] Read more
By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk People take shelter in a lobby after an earthquake hits Anchorage on November 30, 2018. (Video still by Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) A massive earthquake Friday knocked out power to tens of thousands of people in Anchorage. The city’s two major utilities, Chugach Electric Association and Municipal Light and Power, dispatched all their […] Read more
By Jim Finkle, Arjun Panchadar (Reuters) – Marriott International said on Friday hackers stole about 500 million records from its Starwood Hotels reservation system in an attack that began four years ago, exposing personal data of customers including some payment card numbers. Logo of Marriott hotel is seen in Vienna, Austria April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader […] Read more
More than 6,000 migrants who traveled to the northern Mexican city by caravan are camped out hoping to apply for asylum or sneak into the United States, fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries (AFP Photo/PEDRO PARDO) Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) – Ten Central American women taking part in the migrant caravan camped on the […] Read more
An animal trapper killed the bear when it charged at him, before discovering the bodies of his wife and infant child. A mother and her 10-month-old baby have been killed in a grizzly bear attack in Canada. Valerie Theoret, 37, and her daughter Adele Roesholt died in the attack on Monday in a remote area […] Read more
At least 22 people have died and 22 more were injured in a blast outside a chemical factory in northern China. A vehicle carrying chemicals exploded while waiting to enter Hebei Shenghua Chemical Co plant in Zhangjiakou, north of Beijing, initial reports suggest. Photos from the scene showed dozens of burned out cars and trucks […] Read more
On November 25, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) border guards fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Kerch Strait area. Kyiv says at least of its six sailors were injured in the gunfire. The seized ships were brought to Kerch, where the wounded men received medical attention. The FSB says the ships […] Read more
