Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Takes up Tokyo University Visiting Professorship

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the…

Paraguay’s President-Elect Santiago Pena: Puppet or Pragmatist?

[ad_1] By Lucinda Elliott and Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s President-elect Santiago Pena, a clean-cut former central bank director, will need all his wits and cool to steer the…

Official: 148 Somalis Evacuated From Sudan Via Ethiopia

[ad_1] MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said. Some 148 Somali nationals, mostly students,…

US Expects Business Engagement, ‘Military Enhancements’ From Philippines Summit

[ad_1] By David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At a summit on Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are expected to reach agreements…

France’s Macron Seeks ‘Massive’ Boost for Renewable Energy

[ad_1] By NICOLAS GARRIGA and SYLVIE CORBET, The Associated Press SAINT-NAZAIRE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a “massive acceleration” of renewable energy development in…

China Weighs Giving Single Women IVF Access to Stem Population Decline

[ad_1] By Farah Master and Xiaoyu Yin HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution. The…

Berlin Sees 10th Day of Road Blockades by Climate Activists

[ad_1] BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists staged a 10th straight day of protests in Berlin, blocking key roads during rush hour and bringing parts of the German capital to a…

Food Prices Fall on World Markets but Not on Kitchen Tables

[ad_1] A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly…

Italy’s Berlusconi Recovering in ‘Optimal, Convincing’ Way

[ad_1] ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has leukemia, is now stable after three weeks in the hospital being treated for a lung infection, his doctors reported…

UK House of Commons Set to Back Controversial Migration Bill

[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — A sweeping British bill that will dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the U.K. is due to be approved by lawmakers on Wednesday, despite…