BBC News: Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to lead. Ms Ardern choked up as she detailed how six “challenging” years in the job had taken a toll. She will step down as Labour Party leader no later […]
BBC News: When it comes to making a cup of coffee, capsules have a reputation for being environmentally unfriendly, as they are often hard to recycle. But new research by the University of Quebec in Canada suggests that pods may not be as wasteful as preparing coffee using a traditional coffee maker. The study gives […]
BBC News: Two JetBlue aircraft bumped into one another on taxiway of a New York airport on Wednesday, the second unusual incident there in recent days. An aircraft bound for Puerto Rico struck the tail of a parked plane as it was departing the gate, officials said. No injuries were reported and passengers boarded a […]
ABC News: TAIPEI, Taiwan — The new head of Taiwan‘s ruling party who described himself as pro-independence vowed to uphold the self-ruled island’s democracy in face of China‘s authoritarianism and continue with policies that have defined relations with China and the U.S. Lai Ching-te, who currently serves as Taiwan’s vice president, on Wednesday assumed the […]
Reuters: NEW YORK, Jan 18 – Oil production in South Texas, home of the second largest U.S. shale field, is expected to rise as much as 4% this year, as higher prices spur more drilling and as U.S. crude exports set new records. Output in the Eagle Ford shale field tanked in 2020, but has […]
BBC News: Eighteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s interior affairs minister, after a helicopter crashed beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv. Three children were among the dead and 15 more are being treated in hospital. The minister, Denys Monastyrsky, was with eight others in the helicopter. His first deputy […]
India Today: The world’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, died aged 118 in the city of Toulon, France on Tuesday. Randon’s spokesman, David Tavella, said she died at 2 am on Tuesday. “There is great sadness, but she wanted it to happen, it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, […]
Al Jazeera: The top United States military officer travelled to Poland and talked with his Ukrainian counterpart face to face for the first time as Russia’s war on Ukraine nears the one-year mark. US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met for a couple of hours with Ukraine’s chief military […]
Reuters: KYIV, Jan 18 – Ukraine has taken a step closer to winning approval for German-made modern battle tanks to confront invading Russian forces and has secured a pledge of more Patriot defence missiles as its allies appear ready to rally for the next phase of the war. Ukraine has relied primarily on Soviet-era T-72 […]
BBC News: In Canada, it should be Dry January all year round, according to new national recommendations that say zero alcohol is the only risk-free approach. If you must drink at all, two drinks maximum each week is deemed low-risk by the government-backed guidance. The advice is a steep drop from the previous recommendation, published […]
