OTTAWA: Canada is doing too little to combat climate change, a parliamentary report warned Tuesday, a day after government scientists warned the country was warming at twice the global rate. The rebuke came as Canada’s independent environment auditor released a new report on government efforts to end fossil fuel subsidies,
SEOUL: South Korea will launch the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks on Friday, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring for control of an innovation that could potentially change the day-to-day lives of billions of people. The superfast communications heralded by fifth-generation wireless technology will ultimately underpin everything
MANCHESTER: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has been assured by star midfielder Paul Pogba that the Frenchman does not want to leave Manchester United despite mounting speculation over a switch to Real Madrid. United midfielder Pogba last week described Madrid, managed by France great Zinedine Zidane, as a “dream club
MEXICO CITY: The government of Mexico, Latin America’s second largest economy, has cut its growth forecast for this year and 2020, but also projected a fall in inflation. For 2019, the finance ministry estimated growth would be between 1.1 and 2.1 percent compared to its previous forecast of 1.5 and
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will crack down on firearms ownership this week after the Christchurch mosques massacre that claimed 50 lives – and the Kiwi gun lobby, for the most part, is okay with that. In stark contrast to the United States, where even the most minor curbs on gun ownership
TOKYO: “Reiwa”, Japan yesterday revealed the name of the era that will define the new emperor’s reign when he ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne next month following a historic abdication. The new imperial name consists of two characters: “Rei”, which can mean “order” but also “auspicious” and “Wa”, usually translated as
RABAT: Pope Francis has called for tolerance and peace at a mass for thousands of Catholics during a rare visit by a pontiff to Morocco, after warning the faithful there against trying to convert others. Ten thousand worshippers, many migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, packed a sports complex in Rabat on
SYDNEY: Australia’s embattled conservative minority government is expected to splash the cash in the annual budget announcement today, in a bid to woo voters ahead of tough national elections. The Liberal-National coalition has been in power since 2013 but has lurched from crisis to crisis, narrowly surviving the 2016 national
CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced 30 days of electricity rationing Sunday, after his government said it was shortening the working day and keeping schools closed due to blackouts. Angry Venezuelans meanwhile took to the streets of Caracas to protest the power cuts and water shortages. The measures are a
TOULOUSE (France): Four residents at a retirement home in southern France have died and over a dozen others were sickened in a suspected case of food poisoning, officials said yesterday. Twenty-two people at the Cheneraie residence in Lherm, a town south of Toulouse, began showing symptoms including vomiting after dinner