Macron to defend French pension plan on national television
French President Emmanuel Macron will explain how he will seek to overcome tensions prompted by his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Day: March 22, 2023
Building collapse in Qatar’s capital kills 1, search ongoing
A building has collapsed in Qatar’s capital, killing at least one person, and searchers have been looking through the rubble to check for survivors
Iranian foreign minister says to meet Saudi counterpart soon
Iranian Foreign Minister Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian says he will soon meet his Saudi counterpart, following the rapprochement deal between the two countries.
Sweden joining UK-Japan-Italy fighter effort seen as unlikely by industry partners
According to Andrew Howard, Leonardo UK’s Director for Future combat Air/GCAP UK, Sweden is “not seen as an integral part of the partnership at this time.”
The US-led invasion of Iraq and Saddam’s Arab legacy
Many Arabs saw Saddam as a strongman who stood up to the West, but most Iraqis despised his brutal authoritarianism.
Killing of ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Flick in Hong Kong and Macau Raises Chinese Censorship Concerns
The slasher was pulled from cinemas in Hong Kong and Macau just before its release.
Docomo restoring its services after ‘cybersecurity incident’
An early morning cyberattack on one of the island’s few telecommunications providers, Docomo Pacific, left customers in Guam and the CNMI without services on last Friday.
A radical climate strategy emerges: charge big oil firms with homicide
Authors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’Oil companies have come under increasing legal scrutiny and face allegations of defrauding investors, r…
Investment fund links to Atlanta police and ‘Cop City’ project revealed
Exclusive: Roark Capital and Silver Lake Management showed to have a web of connections to the Atlanta police foundationA new investigation has uncovered connections between private equity firms and the contentious development of a sprawling police and…
Former Middle East Envoy Dennis Ross on regional instability
This week on “Intelligence Matters,” host Michael Morell talks with former senior U.S. ambassador and Middle East envoy Dennis Ross about growing instability in the Middle East.