FILE IMAGES of the planned construction site for Andes Iron’s Dominga copper and iron mining project in northern Chile, of the nearby Humboldt archipelago and of protests against the controversial $2.5 billion project. The Chilean government denied per…
Family-friendly Lunar New Year Festival this weekend in East Austin
The second annual Lunar New Year Festival will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit. The event includes more than 2 dozen vendors of Asian descent, a lion and dragon dance performance and more.
Olena Zelenska gives details of letter for Xi Jingping in Davos
Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska says the letter written by her husband, Volodymyr Zelensky, and handed to a Chinese delegation in Davos was an “invitation to dialogue” and that she hopes “there will be a response to this invitation”. Zelenska also …
Spotify Joins Media Firms To Urge EU Action Against Apple’s ‘Unfair’ Practices
Music streaming service Spotify, along with other media firms such as Deezer, urged the European Commission to take action against Apple for anticompetitive and unfair practices, in a joint industry letter on Wednesday. From a report: The letter, addre…
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro ‘seriously ill and deteriorating fast’ in prison after shock arrest
ITALY’S most wanted mafia boss who was captured this week is “seriously ill and deteriorating fast,” doctors have claimed.
Matteo Messina Denaro, 60, nicknamed “The Devil”, was seized by cops in Sicily on Tuesday while …
Cryptocurrency news – live: Genesis to file for bankruptcy amid ‘major’ US crypto move
Bitcoin prices took a dive ahead of the DoJ announcement
Rail strikes cost UK £1bn and settling would have been cheaper, minister admits
Huw Merriman insists the need for reform to working practices made the standoff necessaryRail strikes have cost the UK economy more than £1bn and it would have cost less to settle the dispute with unions over pay and conditions months ago, a government…
Asia-Europe capacity cuts grow as CNY fails to boost demand
Carriers on the Asia-Europe trade have stepped up capacity management measures as demand weakens through the traditionally busy Lunar New Year period and beyond.