Venezuela closes Norway embassy after opposition leader Machado awarded Nobel

Venezuela closes Norway embassy after opposition leader Machado awarded Nobel

Venezuela said on Monday it had closed its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement, the Venezuelan government, which has not commented on Machado’s prize, said that the closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service. Caracas also closed its embassy in Australia while opening diplomatic outposts in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso, countries it considers “strategic partners in the fight” against “hegemonic...

Hong Kong nursing home, hospital first to benefit from new CLP energy saving plan

Hong Kong nursing home, hospital first to benefit from new CLP energy saving plan

A nursing home and a hospital have become the first beneficiaries of a major Hong Kong power company’s new energy saving scheme, with the initiative expected to save them electricity equal to the consumption of 120 households annually. CLP Power revealed on Monday that the nursing home and the hospital under Haven of Hope Christian Service in Tseung Kwan O were the first beneficiaries of its new energy saving scheme launched this June. The initiative is the first dedicated specifically to...