The Copenhagen City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a vote to divest the city’s investment fund, worth 6.9 billion kroner, or roughly $1 billion USD, from all its fossil fuels holdings. If the vote passes, the Danish capital will sell off its stocks and bonds in coal, oil, and gas in its continued…
When you think of the Arctic, you may picture vast glaciers, frigid waters, miles of ice, and probably the quintessential polar bear. The Arctic has been the final frontier for centuries: the ends of the earth. But a new reality is setting in in the region – a reality of a changing climate, and the…
(WASHINGTON) — Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings. In early May, staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, including then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, were briefed on…
On Nov. 17, 1989, student protesters filled the streets of Prague. It was eight days after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the same tide of freedom that had swept Berlin seemed to have come to the Czech capital. Police tried to beat back the demonstrators, hoping to tamp down the demand for freedom,…
(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced new questions Monday about his relationship with an American businesswoman who allegedly received favors and public funds while Johnson was the mayor of London. Johnson’s speech Monday to U.K. business leaders ahead of Britain’s Dec. 12 general election was overshadowed by tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri, who accused…
At least 600 protesters who had barricaded themselves inside a Hong Kong university have surrendered as of Tuesday, following a dramatic, days-long standoff that involved brazen escapes and some of the most violent confrontations seen in nearly six months of unrest. Local media reported that half of the remaining people who had bunkered down at…
Fernando Alonso’s reaction to Christian Horner’s comments about the Spaniard never racing for Red Bull, tell us the two men are in agreement, although likely not for the same reasons. During a podcast with Formula 1’s Tom Clarkson, the Red Bull Racing team boss was asked about the prospect of perhaps seeing Alonso fill the…
Toto Wolff says his Mercedes partner Niki Lauda his very much missed by himself and the entire German team as the Austrian continues to recover from his recent lung transplant. As the Silver Arrows non-executive chairman, Lauda has been ever-present over the past years in the team’s garage and beyond, overlooking operations and supporting Wolff’s…
Click:楼凤app The German Grand Prix at Hockenheim will likely remain on the F1 calendar next year following conclusive talks between the event’s promoter and Liberty Media. Earlier this year, it was feared that Germany – a country with a long history of F1 – would disappear once again from the schedule as both Hockenheim and…
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso will join Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo lining up at the back of the grid for Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix. Alonso’s MCL33 has been fitted with a new internal combustion engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and MGU-K, as well as a new control electronics unit and a new energy store for this weekend’s race….