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Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A group of Swiss pensioners took their government to a top European court Wednesday over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change.Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection appeared before the European Court of Human Rights for a rare public hearing that activists say could mark a legal milestone in legal efforts to force governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions.They were cheered by supporters and the environmental group Greenpeace who rallied outside the court.The group, which counts around 2,000 members across Switzerland with an average age of 73, argues that older women’s rights are especially infringed on because they are most affected by the extreme heat that will become more frequent due to global warming, which current Swiss climate policy contributes to.After exhausting domestic legal avenues, the group has taken its case to the Strasbourg, France-based tribunal in the hope of sett...

EXPLAINER: Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

Public outrage is swift following mass shootings, such as the killing of six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville. Sorrow and sympathy are widespread. But what comes next from policymakers is likely to depend on which political party is in charge of a state. Don’t expect new gun controls in Republican-led states, such as Tennessee or Texas. But when similar tragedies occur in Democratic-led states, more gun limits are likely — even if they already have restrictive laws. Mass shootings generally don’t seem to change a state’s basic political makeup. “Democratic-led states tend to focus more on firearm restrictions whereas Republican-led states do not and often emphasize lessening regulations on guns,” said Jaclyn Schildkraut, executive director of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government. The fact that responses seem predicated by Republican and Democratic labels is perhaps an indication of the nation&#...

Crash on I-787 southbound near exit 7E

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to 511 NY, there is a crash on I-787 southbound near exit 7E, NY 378 eastbound in Colonie, which has resulted in two of the three left lanes closing. The crash was first reported just after 5 a.m. this morning. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Stick with News10 as more information regarding the crash becomes available.

#2 Tufts pulls away to knock off #6 Union

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – #6/8 Union College hung with #2 Tufts University for the first half, but the offense dried up in the second half and the Jumbos finished the game with nine unanswered goals as Union dropped a 14-7 contest in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Tuesday evening at Frank Bailey Field at Bertagna-Class of 1985 Stadium. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Junior Jake Mabardy led all players with a game- and career-high four goals, and was matched by the four points of classmate Zach Davis on a goal and three helpers. Fellow juniors Peter Kip and Justin Greene both scored as well for Union (6-2), but the home team struggled offensively in the second half without two of their top offensive weapons. The Union defense did an excellent job keeping the high-scoring Tufts (8-0) offense in check for much of the night, limiting the Jumbos to 10 goals under their season average and conceding only four points (...

Russia fires supersonic anti-ship missile at mock target in Sea of Japan

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

Russia's navy fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday (28 March)."In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target," it said in a statement on its Telegram account."The target, located at a distance of about 100 kilometres (62.14 miles), was successfully hit by a direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles."The P-270 Moskit missile, which has the NATO reporting name or SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile of Soviet origin, capable of destroying a ship within a range of up to 120 km (75 miles).Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tokyo will stay vigilant against Moscow's military operations, while adding that no damage had been reported after the missile launches."As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Russian forces are also becoming more active in the Far East, including Japan's vicinities,"...

'Never Give Up' badge for scouts launched

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

He’s recently met Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and, now, the face of British Scouts movement is the inspiration behind an exciting new initiative in the UK.Bear Grylls is the larger-than-life adventurer who, this week, hit the headlines in the UK for an hour-long documentary he made about a visit to war-torn Ukraine where he met the president as well as ordinary Ukrainian men and women living under the daily threat of Russian bombardment.The documentary was widely praised as is a new initiative Grylls has inspired: “Never Give Up” badges for scouts.In the TV programme, which aired on Tuesday (28 March), Grylls, who is chief ambassador of World Scouting, is seen giving one of the badges to a young Ukrainian boy.Encountering the boy, who was a member of the Ukrainian equivalent of the scouts, Grylls told him: “It’s always an honour for me to meet a fellow scout.”The youngster, watched by his mother at their home in Kiev, was clearly delighted to receive the badge which can ...

Ask Amy: My mean mother-in-law is taking over my life

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

Dear Amy: I am in my first year of marriage, trying to navigate a tricky in-law situation.My mother-in-law does a lot of taking and not a lot of giving. This dynamic is increasing at a fast pace.Not only does she ask for my help constantly, but she also makes everything extremely complicated and frustrating for everyone involved. She will not tolerate being told no. She becomes passive-aggressive and at times has been mean enough to make me cry.Recently I (involuntarily) assisted her in planning a surprise birthday party for a woman I have never met. My husband and our toddler son even traveled four hours away to attend the party because she would not take no for an answer.Now she has asked that I help her make a scrapbook for this same stranger, using my wedding photos, which would involve hours of work.I have also helped her move furniture out of a storage unit.She never offers to help with our son, even though she lives five minutes away, is retired and in excellent health.I alre...

Harriette Cole: It was a mistake to reveal my divorce plans before I was ready

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m in a bit of an uncomfortable situation. I told a few friends that I am thinking of getting a divorce. I have been going through it with my husband for a long time, but I am now tired of the fussing and fighting and don’t have energy for it anymore.While that is true, I haven’t done anything yet. Whenever I try to talk to my husband about our issues, he brushes me off and refuses to engage.Out in public is another matter. We went to an event recently, and many of my close friends were there. My husband was acting particularly friendly and warm toward me, which is not how he acts at home. It was all very pleasant.Later, my friends had a million questions. They wanted to know what was going on since recently I had said we might be calling it quits.I know I did this by expressing my worries to them, but I’m living day to day, trying to decide what I’m going to do. I don’t need my friends pressuring me on top of it. Marriage is comp...

Global stocks rise as anxiety over banks starts to fade

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks rose Wednesday as anxiety about the global financial system began to fade following three high-profile bank failures.London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Wall Street futures advanced. Shanghai declined. Oil prices gained.Fears global banks might be cracking under the strain of interest rate hikes to cool inflation temporarily pushed aside unease about slowing economic growth. Some calm has returned after regulators announced measures to shore up the system.“Clearly, investors have not completely lost their anxiety,” Robert Carnell and Min Joo Kang of ING said in a report.In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London rose 0.7% to 7,533.61. The DAX in Frankfurt advanced 0.7% to 15,242.25 and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 1.1% to 7,168.69.On Wall Street, the future for the benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.9%. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%.On Tuesday, the S&P 500 dipped 0.2%. Most stocks in the index gained, but that was offset by big declines...

Taiwan leader’s US meeting plans draw Chinese threat

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:57 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwan’s president and the United States House speaker during an upcoming trip through Los Angeles. Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei’s dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also sending military fighter jets flying toward the island on a near daily basis. Earlier this month, Honduras established diplomatic relations with China, leaving Taiwan with only 13 countries that recognize it as a sovereign state.President Tsai Ing-wen framed the trip as a chance to show Taiwan’s commitment to democratic values on the world stage, as she left Taiwan Wednesday afternoon to begin her 10-day tour of the Americas. “I want to tell the whole world democratic Taiwan will resolutely safeguard the values of freedom and democracy, and will continue to be a force for good in the world, continuing a cycle of goodness, strengthening the resilience of ...