In the dark: How rolling blackouts have transformed life in Ecuador
Whitehaven, Cumbria, northern England – “We were five miles (8km) out from here, 2,000 feet (609 metres) underground.” David Cradduck, 77, used to be one of many men who would line up to begin their descent each morning through a vast network of mining shafts and subterranean tunnels that took them deep under the Irish…
South Korea’s economy rattled by martial law decree
Trump teases speedy environmental permitting for $1bn investments in US
United States President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit accusing a newspaper and a polling firm of engaging in “brazen election interference” by publishing a pre-election survey that underestimated his popularity. The lawsuit filed late on Monday accuses The Des Moines Register newspaper, its parent company Gannett and pollster Ann Selzer of intentionally downplaying Trump’s…
US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries