Demonstrators from the Swiss Socialist Youth, Strike WEF and Greenpeace gathered at Davos Postplatz on Sunday to demand a climate tax on the super-rich attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting n Switzerland.
Met Police officer pleads guilty to 49 offences including 24 rape counts
It’s a horrifying discovery and another blow to the image of the London Metropolitan Police. On Monday, a police officer has plead guilty to 49 offences including false imprisonment, coersive control sexual assault and 24 counts of rape on 12 women.
Police: 8 people shot, 1 critical at Florida MLK Day event
Police in Florida say eight people were shot Monday during an MLK Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition.
At Davos, Health Fund Head Says Climate Change Behind Global Malaria Spike
Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday.
Binnington makes 31 saves, Blues hold off Senators 2-1
Jordan Binnington made 31 saves and Jake Neighbours and Noel Acciari scored first-period goals to help the St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.
Saros makes 38 saves, leads Predators over Flames 2-1
Juuse Saros made 38 saves, including 21 in the third period, to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
China’s population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
China’s population fell last year for the first time since 1961 when the country struggled with a devastating famine.
Britain presses on with bid to lead space industry despite recent Virgin Orbit rocket launch failure
As the world’s second largest manufacturer of satellites, Britain wants to take the final step of deploying them, rather than outsourcing that lucrative business to other countries.
China faces demographic crisis as population shrinks for first time in 60 years
China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world’s most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.