World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published on CagleCartoons.com, Austria, Jan. 16, 2025 | By Marian Kamensky First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Canada, Jan. 10, 2025 | By Dale Cummings First published on CagleCartoons.com, The Netherlands, Jan. 16, 2025 | By Tom Janssen First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Jan. 15, 2025 | By Plop and KanKr First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Jan. 16, … Read more

Ukraine offers to send 150 firefighters to help California battle wildfires – POLITICO

Ukraine offers to send 150 firefighters to help California battle wildfires – POLITICO

At least 24 people have been killed and entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles reduced to ash as California faces what its governor, Gavin Newsom, said could be the worst natural disaster in United States history. Zelenskyy’s offer came after Donald Trump Jr., eldest son and adviser of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, took a swipe last … Read more

Airlines extend travel waivers for LA airports

Airlines extend travel waivers for LA airports

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen during the Palisades fire in the Malibu area of Los Angeles county, California, on Jan. 9, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Airlines have extended travel waivers for Los Angeles airports as wildfires continue to burn in the area. American Airlines, … Read more

KIA AMERICA DONATES $250,000 TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR LOS ANGELES WILDFIRE RELIEF

KIA AMERICA DONATES 0,000 TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR LOS ANGELES WILDFIRE RELIEF

• Impact is felt at Kia America’s Headquarters in Southern California and across the region • All donations to American Red Cross will help people affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Kia America announced a donation of $250,000 will be made to American Red Cross to support … Read more

Macron skips EU summit to visit cyclone-hit island Mayotte – POLITICO

Macron skips EU summit to visit cyclone-hit island Mayotte – POLITICO

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron will not attend Thursday’s European Council meeting in Brussels as he heads to Mayotte, a French oversea territory in the Indian Ocean coping with the aftermath of a devastating tropical cyclone. Macron will be represented at the council by his German counterpart Olaf Scholz, “in accordance with established practice between France … Read more

Winter weather blast to bring more snow to Northern states making travel hazardous

Winter weather blast to bring more snow to Northern states making travel hazardous

Area residents dig out stranded and buried cars after a record snowfall left over 3 feet on the ground on December 2, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Jeff Swensen | Getty Images A new Arctic blast is set to dump more snow onto the Great Lakes and the Northeast, as winter weather caused transport chaos and … Read more

Thanksgiving travel snarled by coast-to-coast storm bringing rain and snow

Thanksgiving travel snarled by coast-to-coast storm bringing rain and snow

People enter LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on one of the busiest travel days of the year on November 26, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images With Thanksgiving holiday travel well underway, many have reached their destinations — but for everyone else, a storm tracking from the Rockies to the Midwest and Northeast … Read more

What makes it a game-changer? – Firstpost

What makes it a game-changer? – Firstpost

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kyiv, the first by an Indian leader since Ukraine gained independence, is highly symbolic. This visit follows his recent trip to Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin — a move that was scrutinised by Ukraine and its allies. While India has called for a ceasefire and … Read more

Valencia’s leader apologizes for ‘mistakes’ in handling deadly floods — but won’t resign – POLITICO

Valencia’s leader apologizes for ‘mistakes’ in handling deadly floods — but won’t resign – POLITICO

As the head of the regional government, “I want to apologize,” to the people who had “the feeling that the aid did not arrive or was not enough,” he added on Friday. As Mazón was speaking, around 300 protestors gathered outside Valencia’s parliament chanting slogans demanding his resignation, Spanish newspaper El País reported. Around 130,000 … Read more

Will China’s top legislature give the green light to fiscal stimulus package?

Will China’s top legislature give the green light to fiscal stimulus package?

The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, will convene in Beijing on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues. A large fiscal stimulus, recommended by several prominent economists and hotly anticipated by investors, is likely to be among them. As markets speculate over the potential size of a fiscal package … Read more