There is no guarantee that all will go according to plan, of course. Israel struggled for years to develop regulations to manage its newfound wealth. The international energy firms that Israel is now courting have other options in an evolving global market. And the politics of a new era, as President-elect Donald J. Trump encourages assertive Israeli action in Jerusalem and the West Bank, could kindle fresh […]
Minister Without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier During the year just ended the Labour government continued to dig itself deeper into a culture of institutionalised corruption with persons occupying high government positions and those close to them partaking of the fruits of a corrupt system. A perfect example was the scandal revealed last year by leaked secret files where then health and energy minister Konrad Mizzi […]
Video Deadly Checkpoint Attack in Egypt’s Sinai An attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in the northern Sinai Peninsula left at least nine people dead on Monday. The group rammed a stolen garbage truck packed with explosives into the checkpoint, setting off clashes with security forces, officials said. Publish Date January 9, 2017. Photo by European Pressphoto Agency. Watch in Times Video » CAIRO — […]
130 entries from more than 40 nations discussed the most critical solutions to mitigate climate change risks over the next decade 14 January 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE – Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has announced the winner of its fifth annual Engage Social Media Contest. This year’s contest received 130 entries, a record level of participation in the five years of this competition, with submissions coming […]
Video A Hunger Strike for His Wife Arash Sadeghi, an Iranian political prisoner, went on hunger strike for more than two months to protest the incarceration of his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi-Iraee, who was temporarily released. By NEETI UPADHYE on Publish Date January 4, 2017. . Watch in Times Video » TEHRAN — The hunger strike, a pressure tactic of self-starvation used by political protesters around the world, […]
By Kylie MacLellan | LONDON LONDON The British government must publish a detailed plan for Brexit by mid-February setting out its position on future membership of the European Union’s single market and customs union, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Saturday. Parliament’s Exiting the EU committee, made up of lawmakers from several parties including Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and opposition Labour, also […]
President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Nintendo is trying to Switch it up. The Japanese video-game company revealed details Friday about its hotly anticipated Nintendo […]
The idea a Roomba possessing legal rights may be preposterous. But as robots get smarter and more human-like, the question of recognizing the legal status of “electronic persons” could be taken more seriously. At least in Europe. The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee is urging the E.U. to explore the idea of “creating a specific legal status […] (via WSJ)
A report says that WhatsApp messages could be read without its billion-plus users knowing due to a security backdoor The Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp is vulnerable to interception, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday, sparking concern over an app advertised as putting an emphasis on privacy. The report said that WhatsApp messages could be read without its billion-plus users knowing due to a security backdoor in […]
BUDAPEST Hungarian police have detained two foreign women under European arrest warrants for terrorism-linked activity, police said in a statement posted on their official website on Friday. They said the two women, an 18-year-old Belgian and a 19-year-old French citizen, were detained on Thursday at 0100 GMT as they were trying to cross into Serbia on a bus from Vienna to Sofia. Police were not immediately available […]
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 13 January 2017 Lawmakers from around the world are meeting today in Abu Dhabi to discuss the policies needed to support the transformation of the global energy system. Held the day before the opening of the seventh Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the 2017 Legislators Forum, “Renewable Energy – the Role of Legislators in Catalyzing Action”, is the second meeting of […]
By Jamie McGeever | LONDON LONDON European and U.S. stocks looked to end a sluggish week on a high note on Friday, while the dollar was on track for its biggest weekly fall in two months and U.S. bond yields eyed their longest run of weekly declines since July. Investors largely shrugged off figures that showed Chinese exports fell the most last year since 2009, and will […]
With the growing popularity of artificial intelligence and advancements in the field of robotics, Europe is now making the necessary preparation for a robot revolution. European Parliament members on Thursday warned that the inevitable rise of robots in human lives calls for urgent EU rules, which include giving robots legal status and kill switches that would prevent them from causing dangerous damages. Mady Delvaux, a Socialist MEP from […]
European plane maker Airbus has ruled out plans to develop the A380neo, despite Emirates “challenging it for the new version”. In May 2016, Emirates president Tim Clark said the Dubai carrier would buy more of the A380 superjumbo, even if Airbus decided not to press ahead with the more fuel efficient ‘Neo’ version. Emirates is the world’s largest operator of A380s, having 89 aircraft currently in its […]
The proposal — opposed by businesses that make and use the solvent — comes eight years after the European Union approved a ban on sales of methylene chloride paint strippers to consumers and companies, with the exception of businesses using it in industrial sites with protective equipment and other cautionary measures. The chemical is also known as dichloromethane. The would-be rule is the third the EPA has […]
Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency has led many investors to size up oil, coal and gold trades that could benefit from the sweeping changes he has promised. But a growing band of specialist commodity traders think investors may be overlooking the one raw material in line for bigger price gains than others when the US president-elect takes office: uranium. While interest in the key fuel for nuclear power […]
By Anna Koper and Andrew Osborn | WARSAW/MOSCOW WARSAW/MOSCOW Poland on Thursday welcomed several thousand U.S. troops along with tanks and heavy equipment under a planned NATO operation to beef up its Eastern European allies, vexing the Kremlin, which said the troops’ presence is a threat to Russia. The largest U.S.military reinforcement of Europe in decades of around 2,700 troops, out of 3,500 planned, arrived as part […]
Posted January 13, 2017 05:49:38 The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States and the rise of populist leaders in Europe poses a “profound threat” to human rights, the US-based Human Rights Watch has warned in its annual global report. The 687-page report reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. “Trump and various politicians in Europe seek power through appeals to racism, […]
By David Shepardson and Bernie Woodall | NEW YORK/DETROIT NEW YORK/DETROIT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday accused Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV of illegally using hidden software that allowed significant excess diesel emissions, the result of a probe that stemmed from regulators’ investigation of rival Volkswagen AG. The EPA action affects 104,000 U.S. trucks and SUVs sold since 2014, about one-sixth the number of vehicles than […]
Minister says his achievements give him legitimacy to chair European energy council, despite lingering questions over Panama offshore company Konrad Mizzi: “I’ve subjected myself to tax audits and extreme scrutiny by the press, something nobody else has done.” Photo: James Bianchi Panama Papers haunts Konrad Mizzi as Malta takes over EU Presidency Konrad Mizzi, Malta’s de facto minster for energy, has defended his legitimacy to chair the […]
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat with Minister Without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi. Minister Without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi was chosen by the Prime Minister to chair the EU’s Energy Council during Malta’s six-month rotating presidency, the Times of Malta is informed. Dr Mizzi lost his energy and health portfolios last May after his name surfaced in the Panama Papers leak. In stripping Dr Mizzi of his energy and health portfolios […]
By Patricia Zengerle and Yeganeh Torbati | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson expressed views on Wednesday at odds with President-elect Donald Trump’s positions on key foreign policy issues like nuclear proliferation, trade deals, climate change and relations with Mexico. In a nine-hour Senate confirmation hearing, the former chief executive of oil company Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said he favoured maintaining U.S. sanctions against Russia for […]
The United States government’s explanation for why it made a court order forcing Yahoo to scan all users’ incoming emails for intelligence purposes was unsatisfactory, the European Union’s justice chief has said. The European Commission had asked for clarification from the US government back in November last year on the secret court order served to Yahoo. “I am not satisfied, because to my taste, the answer came […]
By Julia Fioretti | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS The United States has not satisfied the European Union’s concerns about Yahoo’s (YHOO.O) scanning of all customers’ incoming emails for U.S. intelligence purposes, the bloc’s justice chief told Reuters in an interview. The European Commission, the EU executive, asked the United States in November for clarifications on the secret court order served to Yahoo as part of its monitoring of a […]
