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Red faces in France over Olympic mascots made in China
The choice by Paris 2024 Olympics organisers of a cuddly red Phrygian cap as the Games' mascot is proving a harder sell than expected, after critics pounced on the fact that most will be made in China -- and others couldn't help seeing a symbol of feminine sexuality.
Salvadoran president vows to buy "one #Bitcoin every day'
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, said Thursday the nation would buy one unit of the currency every day, doubling down in the face of public criticism of his embrace of the crypto money. "We are buying one #Bitcoin every day starting tomorrow," the president tweeted.
FTX had 'complete failure' of controls, new CEO says
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX suffered a "complete failure of corporate controls" under founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the company's new chief executive said Thursday, calling the situation "unprecedented." "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here," Ray said in the filing.
Fixing climate trumps economic woes, threat of war: YouGov survey
Fixing climate trumps economic woes, threat of war: YouGov survey
Pelosi to reveal 'future plans' after Republicans take US House
Nancy Pelosi, the veteran Washington powerbroker and longtime leader of the Democrats in Congress, was set to "address her future plans" Thursday, one day after Republicans secured a slim majority in the House of Representatives. "The Speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to her colleagues," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted Wednesday night.
Thousands march as Greece commemorates anti-junta revolt
Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens on Thursday in a yearly protest marking the anniversary of a deadly crackdown on a 1973 student revolt against a US-backed junta. The annual protests mark the day in 1973 when at least 24 people were killed at the Athens Polytechnic, when the junta sent troops and police against a pro-democracy student uprising.
Thousands protest Sudan coup, call for justice
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated on Thursday calling for justice for scores of people killed since last year's military coup which deepened the country's political crisis, AFP correspondents said. That day saw 15 people killed, the deadliest single-day crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations.
Jailed Egypt dissident's health 'deteriorated severely': family
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's health has "deteriorated severely", his sister said Thursday after the first family visit since he ended a seven-month long hunger strike. "Alaa deteriorated severely in the past two weeks, but at least they got to see him, and he needed to see the family so much", she wrote.
UN climate summit hangs on money for 'loss and damage'
UN climate talks were deadlocked Thursday over calls to create a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by natural disasters, raising the risk that negotiations could collapse. A 130-nation group known as G77+China issued a proposal to create the fund at the COP27 and agree on the nitty-gritty details at the next UN talks in Dubai in 2023.
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