Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of the city's monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital faces risks of power shortages and rationing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China.
Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more people. German officials are turning down the air conditioning as they prepare plans to ration natural gas and restart coal plants.
A United Nations conference warned on Friday, July 1, 2022, that measures needed to protect the world’s oceans are running late and urged countries to accelerate their implementation.
It’s not a summer heat wave that’s making European leaders and businesses sweat. It’s fear that Russia’s manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner.
In the absence of some way to end the conflict in Ukraine or magically clear up global supply chain issues, the government is left to manage a crisis it can’t really control, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a “renaissance” for the country's nuclear industry with a vast program to build as many as 14 new reactors.
The rest of us have already wasted far too much time trying to humour anti-vaxxers' beliefs and accommodate their demands, writes columnist Max Fawcett. Now, it’s time for us to move on — and leave them behind.
Hate speech, disinformation and online extremism can't be allowed to prevent people from enjoying the freedom that cyberspace offers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at an international discussion on the internet.
Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday, October 30, 2021, endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises amid skyrocketing profits of some multinational businesses.