CNBC’s Sustainable Future Forum 2023
For the first time, CNBC’s Sustainable Future Forum will take place in-person, hosted on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. in Dubai alongside the UN’s flagship climate change conference, COP28. Hosted by…
Finland to Close the Last Border Crossing With Russia for Two Weeks
Finland said Tuesday it was temporarily closing its only remaining open border crossing with Russia to stem an influx of asylum seekers that it accuses Moscow of orchestrating in retaliation…
Finding happiness after the Clutha helicopter crash
It’s a decade since a police helicopter crashed through the roof of the Clutha Bar in Glasgow. Among those there that Friday night was Michael Byrne. He helped pull survivors…
Germany to Override Debt Limit to Resolve Budget Crisis
Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged lawmakers on Tuesday to override Germany’s borrowing limits for a fourth consecutive year, allowing his government to take on billions of euros in fresh debt to…
France to Ban Smoking in Forests, on Beaches and Near Schools
France will ban smoking on beaches, near public buildings like schools and in public parks and forests next year, the French government said on Tuesday, as it unveiled plans to…
NATO Leaders Try to Pin Down U.S. on Ukraine Aid as Republicans Waver
With Republicans in Congress stalling on granting Ukraine more military aid, NATO’s top diplomat warned on Tuesday that it would be “dangerous” to curtail support to the war, as member…
Reports Say Pope Francis Is Removing Cardinal Burke’s Vatican Home and Salary
Almost as soon as Pope Francis became the head of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, Raymond Burke, an American cardinal, emerged as his leading critic from within the church,…
Israel Gaza: ‘We’d never have abandoned her’ – Son of released hostage
The son of British-Israeli Ada Sagi has told the BBC about the huge hug he will give his mother now she has been released by Hamas. Noam Sagi’s 75-year-old mother…
Saudi Arabia Wins Bid to Host World Expo 2030
Saudi Arabia won the bid to host the World Expo 2030 in a landslide on Tuesday, delivering a triumph to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler,…
First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off
Flight100, Virgin Atlantic’s world first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) transatlantic flight by a commercial airline is fuelled ahead of its take off from London Heathrow to New York JFK…