Tag: Gavin Newsom

• Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

  

  California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Chilean lawmakers present a bill making “stealthing” a crime

  

  Following on the recent approval in California of a bill describing the removal of the condom during a consensual sexual relation as sexual abuse or even a crime, Chilean lawmakers have made a similar presentation before Congress.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Covid-19 deaths in US reach 11; California declares emergency and Congress agrees on US$ 8bn to fight the disease

  

  The death toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday, as lawmakers in Congress agreed to provide more than US$8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease.