France wants to spend €30 billion on decarbonising its economy, speeding up its target of becoming Europe's first major country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The money is part of the so-called "France Relance" recovery plan, which is designed to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EU should recognise the media's special role as one of the pillars of democracy, according to a senior figure at the European Commission (EC). Věra Jourová said the bloc should introduce a media freedom act for the purpose. "If you ask me whether we are equipped in Europe to protect the media as one of the pillars of democracy, I have to answer no," said Jourová, vice-president for values and transparency at the EC.
Indian Americans in Michigan are among the millions across the globe watching in horror and despair as their home country battles a devastating surge of COVID-19 (May 3)
Guards on the Croatia-Bosnia border have uncovered animal fossils dating back 15 million years in the boot of a car. The remains included jawbones and teeth thought to be from ancestors of modern elephants, rhinoceroses, pigs and other extinct species.
Verizon is selling its media unit to private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion. CNN's Paul R. La Monica reports.
Warren Buffett addressed the economy, SPACs and retail investors at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. CNN's Christine Romans breaks down his comments.
It is still a golden era of growth for the hospitality and travel industry in China, despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, said Jolyon Bulley, the chief executive officer of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Greater China.
Two Navy sailors happened to be at Cabrillo National Monument when a boat authorities suspect was part of a smuggling operation carrying about 30 people tipped over and was destroyed. The two men jumped into the water to save help save the passengers from the wreck.
CNN's Sam Kiley reports from a hospital in New Delhi where eight people, including one doctor, died after the facility ran out of medical oxygen. India has recorded over 18 million cases since the pandemic began – and its health care infrastructure has crumbled under pressure, with hospitals running out of oxygen and medicines.
Renault has unveiled controversial plans to restrict the top speed of its new models to 180 kilometres per hour, following in the footsteps of Volvo in an effort to make roads safer. That's still 50 kilometres per hour above the maximum speed limit on French motorways.
Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in India and other parts of the world, the United States remains noncommittal on an October 2020 proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain provisions of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
Oregon Republican state Rep. Mike Nearman, who was accused of allowing protesters into the closed state Capitol building in December 2020 while lawmakers were debating Covid-19 restrictions, is now facing two misdemeanor charges according to court records.
