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Branyas had lived for the last two decades at the Santa Maria del Tura nursing home in the town of Olot in northeastern Spain

World's Oldest Person Dies In Spain At 117

The world's oldest person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, died Tuesday at the age of 117, her family said.
According to the Atlantic Council, Chinese sales of EVs abroad rose 70 percent in 2023, reaching $34.1 billion. Almost 40 percent went to the European Union

EU Plans 36% Tariff On Chinese EVs, Lower For Tesla

The European Commission said Tuesday it plans to slap five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars, unless Beijing can offer an alternative solution to the damaging trade row over state subsidies.
The DMA is a major law in the European Union's bolstered legal armoury to rein in the world's biggest digital companies

One Year In, EU Turning Up Heat In Big Tech Fight

If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel.
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiah has called on strongman Nicolas Maduro to 'step aside'

Venezuela Opposition Candidate Asks Maduro To 'Step Aside'

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who has claimed he defeated Nicolas Maduro in last month's election, said Monday he was ready to negotiate a transition -- and asked the incumbent to "step aside."
Delegates created an electric atmosphere at the United Center

'We Heart Joe': Tearful Democrats Hail Biden

It was the hero's send-off he had hoped to defer for another four years but when it came, any lingering bitterness seemed forgotten for a cathartic hour as Joe Biden basked in the adulation of his party faithful.
Oil prices have dropped on hopes for a Gaza ceasefire after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a 'bridging proposal' and urged Hamas to do the same

Asian Markets Fluctuate Ahead Of Key Earnings And Powell

Asian investors trod carefully Tuesday after the latest bounce in optimism fuelled by hopes Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell will signal an interest rate cut in a highly anticipated speech to top central bankers this week.
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 20, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan

Indian PM Modi To Visit Ukraine: Foreign Ministry

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said Monday, weeks after Kyiv condemned him for hugging President Vladimir Putin during a visit to traditional ally Russia.

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