Giorno: 11 Dicembre 2023

John Kerry signals desire to remain in Biden admin ‘in one role or another’

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry suggested during the ongoing United Nations climate conference that he was open to remaining in the Biden administration for the foreseeable future. Kerry’s comments, during which he also vowed to continue his public climate advocacy until his “last breath,” come as the U.N. COP28 climate summit comes to […]

‘Barbenheimer’ Tops Golden Globes Nominations

“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” – the unlikely pair of films that dominated the box office and spawned countless internet memes this summer – topped the newly revamped Golden Globes nominations Monday. “Barbie” — a vivid feminist satire about the all-conquering line of plastic…[#item_full_content]

N.Y. AG to Appeals Court: Bar Trump Appeal of Gag Order

New York’s attorney general and a judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial have urged a mid-level appeals court to deny the former U.S. President’s request to appeal a decision reinstating a gag order in the case to the state’s top court.The judge overseeing the…[#item_full_content]

Economists Forecast 50% Recession Odds

The U.S. is headed for a sharp downturn in 2024 under the weight of continuing high inflation, an uptick in unemployment and a 50% chance of recession, according to the closely watched Outlook Survey by the National Association for Business Economics.[#item_full_content]

Greece temporarily bans fans from top-flight soccer matches

All top-flight soccer matches in Greece will be played without fans in the stadiums for the next two months, in the latest crackdown on supporter violence following a sport-related riot last week that left a police officer with life-threatening injuries. The government said Monday that it would introduce emergency legislation to make the ban on […]

India’s Supreme Court backs decision to remove special status from Kashmir

India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. The five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the region’s special status had been a […]

Kremlin declares occupied Ukrainian territories to participate in Russian presidential election

Russian election authorities on Monday said balloting in next year’s presidential election will be conducted in four partially occupied Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed in 2022 following its invasion. The Central Election Commission adopted the decree to proceed with the vote in the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Balloting […]