Retailers given six months to stop providing lightweight plastic bags or face fines of up to NZ$100,000 New Zealand will ban single-use plastic bags over the next year, the government has announced. Retailers in the country will be given six
Tesla Inc.’s board is forging ahead with its review of Elon Musk’s bold and ambiguous gambit to take the electric-vehicle maker private. Directors plan to meet financial advisers next week and are likely to tell Chairman Elon Musk to recuse
SHASTA, Calif. – Even a reservoir didn’t provide safe harbor from erratic California wildfires. With flames exploding around Whiskeytown Lake, an effort to save boats at a Northern California marina by untying them from moorings and pushing them to safety,
Exclusive: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now playing out in real-time The extreme heatwaves and wildfires wreaking havoc around the globe are the face of climate change, one of the worlds leading climate scientists has
(CNN)If you’re still nursing a butterbeer hangover, you’re not alone. The whole wizarding world is over the moon as it celebrates 20 years since Harry Potter landed his Nimbus 2000 in the United States. MONDAY • Happy Labor Day! It’s the
Russian leader says both he and the US president were ready for further summits but conditions needed to be right Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he has invited Donald Trump to Moscow, countering an offer to visit the United
CANBERRA, Australia – Peter Dutton, the government lawmaker who has challenged Australia’s prime minister for his job, is publicly perceived as a hard man and a leading hard-right conservative. His face is associated with turning back asylum seekers boats, stripping
File photo: A life-size bust of Julius Caesar is seen at new buildings of the Department of the underwater and submarine archaeological (DRASSM) in Marseille, January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor.
Defence minister says Russias Luch-Olymp craft got so close to French military satellite last year The French defence minister has accused Russia of attempting to intercept Frances satellite communications, calling it an act of espionage. Florence Parly said Russia tried