US Rolls Out Rule to Stop Fraud in Organic Food Sales
The U.S. government plans to impose new regulations on food producers and handlers aimed at reducing fraudulent schemes in which non-organic products are sold as organic, one of the biggest changes to oversight of the industry in decades.A final rule f…
US, China Pledge To Resolve Climate Financing Issues
U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He pledged at a meeting Wednesday in Zurich to work together to resolve climate financing issues and keep the lines of communication open between the world’s two biggest economies.Speakin…
The West, Debt and Other Takeaways From Chinese Foreign Minister’s Africa Trip
China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang wrapped up his first international tour to Africa this week, during which he visited five diverse countries — Ethiopia, Gabon, Benin, Angola and Egypt — and stressed that China does not see the continent as an aren…
World’s oldest known person dies aged 118: nursing home spokesman
MARSEILLE— The world’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman of a nursing home announced Tuesday.Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in southern France on Feb 11, 1904, when World War I was still a decade awa…
At Davos, Ukraine’s 1st Lady Urges Leaders to ‘Use Influence’
Ukraine’s first lady scolded world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the snowy Swiss town of Davos for not all using their influence at a time when Russia’s invasion leaves children dying and a world str…
UN calls for immediate release of 50 women and girls abducted in Burkina Faso
Some 50 women and girls in Burkina Faso who were abducted last week while looking for food must be released immediately, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Unidentified armed groups reportedly kidnapped the women and girls on Thursday and Friday near …