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Cannes Film Festival: No clear favourites for this year's Palme D'Or COMMENTS By Frédéric Ponsard  with AP  •  Updated: 28/05/2022 - 16:24 Actors and crew depart after the premiere of the film 'Armageddon Time' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes   -   Copyright  AP Photo/Daniel Cole SHARE THIS ARTICLE The 75th Cannes Film Festival wraps Saturday with the presentation of the Palme d’Or...

AU summit grapples with coups, food crisis, terrorism, climate change African Union leaders are meeting in Equatorial Guinea. Inflation and war in Ukraine are increasing food prices across Africa. Four AU member states are suspended because of coups.      The AU's extraordinary summit is focusing on the humanitarian, environmental and terroirst threats to the continent African Union leaders are gathering for the second...

Energy secretary: US offshore wind jobs should be union jobs By JENNIFER McDERMOTT 0 comments Posted on May 28, 2022 U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, tours the New London State Pier facility Friday, May 20, 2022 to view progress on a hub for the offshore wind power industry in New London, Conn. The U.S. energy secretary and Danish wind developer Orsted say they want...

UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies By KEN MORITSUGU 0 comments Posted on May 28, 2022 In this image made from online video, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during an online press conference in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong Province, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Bachelet is on a six-day visit to China that includes Xinjiang, a...

A judge in the United Kingdom's Supreme Court has granted Qatar Airways the right to a speedy trial against Airbus in a dispute over the safety of Airbus planes, in a trial next summer that could extend to three months. According to Reuters, the judge decided that Airbus could choose between trying to continue delivering the A350 planes to Qatar...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to his brother, His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the death of Doctor Faisal Sedqi Al Yassin, father of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, according to the Emiri Diwan.

CEO pay rose 17% in 2021 as profits soared; workers trailed By STAN CHOE 0 comments Posted on May 27, 2022 This combination photo shows the highest paid male and female CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2021, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. Top row, from left, Bill McDermott of ServiceNow, Mary Barra of General Motors, Tim...

  The 110th Session of the International Labor Conference 2022 elected His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, Minister of Labour, as Vice-President of the Conference on behalf of government representatives. Two Vice-Presidents for employers' and workers' representatives were also elected, during the opening session of the conference today in Geneva. His Excellency Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al-Marri, Minister of Labor,...

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) partipate in a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2019. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) “7 GIVE$ 'We Can Do Better' Than Biden's Paltry Student Debt Relief Plan, Says AOC The president's...

People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo:  Spencer Platt/Getty Images) “5 GIVE$ The GOP's Way of Doing Things Was Given a Chance—and the Results Were Catastrophic Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we've now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to...

Regions around the world are facing drought and water shortage, even where rain was once abundant — and that will only worsen as the planet warms. In many parts of the world, cities and countries are learning to adapt. Learning to live with water scarcity Regions around the world are facing drought and water shortage, even where rain was once abundant...

G7: Germany urges leading role in coal phaseout The climate talks in Berlin are focusing not only on the war in Ukraine and Russian energy, but also how the G7 nations can take a lead on the phasing out of coal.      German Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck talks with workers at a German oil refinery earlier this month Germany's Economy...

Iran says it has seized two Greek tankers in Persian Gulf Greece has accused Iran of "piracy" after Tehran said it had seized Greek-flagged vessels in the Persian Gulf. Days ago, Greece said it would deliver Iranian oil seized from a Russian tanker to Washington.      ARCHIVE: A Greek oil tanker Greece protested what it called the "violent seizure" of two Greek-flagged ships...

Twitter investors sue Elon Musk and Twitter for stock 'manipulation' during chaotic takeover bid Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022.   -   Copyright  Patrick Pleul/(c) dpa-Zentralbild POOL By Euronews, Reuters   •  Updated: 27/05/2022 - 10:15 Twitter shareholders are suing Elon Musk and Twitter itself as they claim the billionaire manipulated the company's stock price downward in his $44...