Archives for January 2023

The Latest on the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland: … [Read more...] about Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos

Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the U.K.'s overburdened public health system. … [Read more...] about U.K. nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies

The world is in a "sorry state" because of myriad "interlinked" challenges including climate change and Russia's war in Ukraine that are "piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash," the U.N. chief said at the World Economic Forum's meeting Wednesday. … [Read more...] about At Davos, U.N. chief warns the world is in a ‘sorry state’

A Massachusetts man already facing a charge of misleading investigators in the search for his missing wife has now been charged with murder in her disappearance, a top prosecutor said Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Brian Walshe, husband of missing Massachusetts woman, faces murder charge

An attorney for Derek Chauvin is planning to ask an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial. … [Read more...] about Derek Chauvin case: Court to hear appeal of ex-officer in murder of George Floyd