Trump urges Boeing to move fast in resolving 737 MAX issues
U.S. President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Boeing Co to move quickly to resolve issues with the grounded 737 MAX, noting the planemaker’s significant impact on…
Climate change risks dominate discussions as leaders pack for ‘green’ Davos
Risks posed by climate change and environmental destruction top the concerns of world decision-makers as they prepare to head to this year’s meeting of the global elite in the Swiss…
Islamist militancy: France unites with 5 W/African States, commits extra 220 troops
France and five West African states agreed on Monday to combine their military forces under one command structure to fight a growing Islamist militancy in the Sahel region, with Paris…
Fearing war, nuclear proliferation, Europe seeks to calm U.S, Iran tensions
European nations will seek on Friday to find ways to guide the United States and Iran away from confrontation knowing that a miscalculation from either side could leave the bloc…
Avoid escalation, pursue dialogue -Pope appeals to U.S. and Iran
Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East. The pope made…
OPEC says Iraqi oil facilities secure, production continuing
Iraqi oil facilities are secured and the country’s production is continuing, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said on Wednesday. “It’s a big relief…
Soleimani’s killing: Cardi B slams Trump, plans to file for Nigerian citizenship
Cardi B Twenty-seven year old American rapper and songwriter, Belcalis Almanzar, aka. Cardi B made it to one of the most talk-about subjects on Twitter very early on Saturday morning…
US airstrike killing of Iranian military leader set Middle East on edge
The Pentagon launched an airstrike Thursday night that killed a powerful Iranian military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, at Baghdad’s international airport. The action has sparked a cauldron of diplomatic outrage…
Nancy Pelosi is ‘The Adult in the Room’ in new play
A new commercial play about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is readying a world premiere in Chicago, just as its subject is at the center of the news and playing a central role in…
States pledge over $3 billion for refugees – U.N
States have pledged more than $3 billion to support refugees and about 50,000 resettlement places, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday at the end of a ministerial conference….