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ABU DHABI – More than 120 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have finalised an agreement that aims to facilitate investment in developing countries by improving transparency and clearing bureaucratic hurdles, the global trade body said on Feb 25. The Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement, signed by 75 per cent of the […]

Three NASA astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut crewmate flew to the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday to prepare for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Friday, kicking off a planned six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station. Flying in from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Crew 8 commander Matthew Dominick, […]

The following is a transcript of an interview with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine, that aired on Feb. 25, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN : — And pick up another one, with Republican Brian Fitzpatrick and Democrat Jared Golden, two congressmen who have proposed an alternative to the foreign aid […]

Feb. 25—WILKES-BARRE — Barring any last minute requests, the homicide trial of Anthony Dion Shaw, accused with fatally stabbing Cindy Lou Ashton inside her Wilkes-Barre Township residence nearly six years ago, is scheduled to begin today. Only a jury of 12 people won’t decide Shaw’s fate. That will be left to Luzerne County President Judge […]

President Joe Biden implored governors to press their federal representatives to revive the bipartisan border deal that collapsed in Congress. Republicans are rejecting his plea. “The sales pitch was made,” North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said the next day at the National Governors Association’s winter conference. “I’m not sure any minds were changed.” Biden told […]

Organisers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris may be feeling a little queasy over their commitment to hold open water swimming in the scenic but often polluted Seine. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 03:15Modified: 26/02/2024 – 03:14 4 min Advertising Read more Last August, the marathon swimming test events were cancelled because the water […]

Organisers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris may be feeling a little queasy over their commitment to hold open water swimming in the scenic but often polluted Seine. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 03:15Modified: 26/02/2024 – 03:14 4 min Advertising Read more Last August, the marathon swimming test events were cancelled because the water […]