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That will make the U.S. the only country in the world not party to the deal. Syria and Nicaragua, the two countries that did not originally join the accord, have since signed up.
World leaders, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, have been urging the U.S., the second biggest polluter after China, to get back into the deal.
Business leaders have also urged Trump to stick with the deal. Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Starbucks (SBUX), Nike (NKE), Goldman Sachs (GS), Chevron (CVX) and ExxonMobil (XOM) were among the big U.S. corporations to back continued U.S. involvement.
Trump hinted this week he might return to the negotiating table, and Davos will be hoping for more signals that could happen.
Senior European diplomats urged Trump this week not to kill off the Iran nuclear deal, brokered by the Obama administration, the U.K., Russia, France, Germany and China in 2015.
Trump promised to get rid of the agreement during his election campaign, calling it "the worst deal ever." So far, he has not delivered on that pledge and the global elite in Davos will want to hear reassurances that he won't.
The agreement obliges Iran to limit its nuclear program in exchange for waiving sanctions that had crippled the country's economy.
Business leaders and heads of states alike will also hope Trump softens his stance on immigration, especially when it comes to the H-1B visa program for skilled workers.
The Trump administration has called for a review of the program, which provides visas for highly skilled foreigners to work at companies in the U.S.
One Davos delegate will be paying very close attention: Narendra Modi, the first Indian prime minister to attend the gathering in two decades.
India accounts for 70% of all H-1B workers. Tech leaders will also listen carefully to Trump's message on immigration. The sector is a major employer of H-1B visa holders.
During the first year of his presidency, Trump lashed out against Germany over its trade policies, caused embarrassment in the U.K. by re-tweeting an extremist politician, and openly criticized NATO countries for not spending enough on defense.
"The international community is going to want to hear that America is the trusted partner that it has been over the past 70 years in the post-World War II system," said Sudha David-Wilp, a senior transatlantic fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States in Berlin.
In particular, they will want him to maintain a tough stance towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, especially over the situation in Ukraine.
American cinema has been the frontrunner of genres including horror, drama, and action. But the one genre the U.S. notably hasn't dabbled in is Social Realism. Until recently.
American cinema has been the frontrunner of genres including horror, drama, and action. But the one genre the U.S. notably hasn’t dabbled in is Social Realism. Until recently.
France has the Dardenne Brothers and Céline Sciamma; the UK has Clio Barnard, Andrea Arnold, and, of course, Ken Loach; and Italy set the foundations and expectations for what Social Realist film can be thanks to the likes of Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, and Luchino Visconti and their Italian Neo-Realism.These...
America, however, has been unable to create a distinct filmic voice in the Social Realist genre; it has its 1970s focus on the male working class with films like The Deer Hunter (1978) or Blue Collar (1978), and John Hughes’ 80s teen films often explored poverty through a teenager’s perspective, like in Pretty in Pink ...
Yet with recent films from Sean Baker and Geremy Jasper, it’s clear that American filmmakers are approaching Social Realism in a new way: by portraying both the realism of the working class, and the inherit need for escapism that comes with this. This focus on escapism suggests American Social Realist film could, inste...
Patti Cake$ also calls back to 8 Mile (2002) and Precious (2009), its street setting, rap-focus, and fantasy sequences knowingly paying tribute to these seminal films that precede it. The film’s hints of the Eminem-starrer and the Sapphire adaptation is a reminder of how few class struggles have been depicted correctly...
There is, however, a clear trend in how filmmakers approach working class lives. As in Patti Cake$, 8 Mile uses music to escape from the reality and violence that surrounds the characters, and like Patti, or Patricia Dombrowksi, removes herself from her small neighbourhood and small life by dreaming of meeting her idol...
Yet Moonee’s escape is temporary, and Baker and his audience know this. The viewer understands she will have to face parting from her mother. The final moments of Precious show the Gabourey Sidibe’s character leaving her mother behind, walking out of her social worker’s office holding her two children. As Labelle’s ‘It...
Where Barnard’s British Social Realist film The Selfish Giant highlights the harsh reality of the film’s Bradford setting, following the young Abor as he collects scrap metal to survive, Baker’s The Florida Project is full of bright colours and ice cream and fireworks, these childhood attractions being temporary distra...
Whilst it may not be his intent, Armstrong’s statement comes close to suggesting the working class’ need for ‘Hollywood genre movies’ stems from their taste, which is inferior to the ‘education and high seriousness’ realism carries. To imply taste is factored on class is obviously false, but Armstrong’s observation is ...
However, the American approach to Social Realism, from Precious to Patti Cake$, seems to solve and answer at least one part of the question. By depicting their characters’ moments of fantasy, the filmmakers address the conflicts between realism and escapism their characters often find themselves on the borders of. Audi...
American film is more accepting of working class actors, with actors and actresses including Leighton Meester, Viola Davis and Hilary Swank able to work their way to success. Meanwhile in the UK, there’s a clear divide between privately educated actors vs. state school. With the dramatic arts being cut from many state ...
However, even Oldman fled Britain for a career in Hollywood — the US providing more opportunities and less judgement than the class-divided UK. In the UK, the problem isn’t that there’s no films about the working class, but that the working class aren’t given a chance to make their own films. In America, the opposite i...
In the Los Angeles Times‘ article ‘Realism or cliche? Has Hollywood lost touch with American values?’, Scott Cooper discusses his film Out of the Furnace, stating that the working class “are stereotyped and mythologized in film. They come across as cliché.” It’s not only the stories of the working class that need to be...
LEBANON COUNTY — The Annville man killed during a confrontation with authorities earlier this week came toward a trooper with a knife prior to being shot, Pennsylvania State Police said Friday.
Police engaged 27-year-old Mitchell Hammer in a foot pursuit around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday after he fled as troopers attempted to serve an aggravated assault warrant.
During the pursuit, a trooper chased him through a wooded area and along a creek. Police say Hammer went around a bend in the creek and as a trooper followed, the suspect came toward him with a knife.
In an attempt to gain cover, the trooper slipped and fell to his back which is when he fired his weapon, according to police.
Troopers provided immediate care to Hammer after he was shot. Hammer was carried uphill through the woods, police say, to a State Police helicopter. He was taken to Hershey Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Newly elected Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s process for screening candidates for government work is under scrutiny after three people picked for prominent positions quit or declined roles, two after offensive social media posts came to light and one after questions were raised about his work h...
Dunleavy’s choice for Department of Administration commissioner — a Cabinet-level job — was accused of lying to lawmakers about his business experience.
A man picked for a policy role in that department, which provides administrative services to Alaska state agencies, posted lewd comments about Democratic U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris on Facebook, among other remarks.
And a University of Alaska Board of Regents nominee shared derogatory tweets about former first lady Michelle Obama and two Muslim congresswomen.
Some nominees picked to lead major departments or serve on boards have been “found wanting,” Democratic state Sen. Donny Olson said.
Applicants for boards and commissions can apply online, where they’re asked for information such as training and education, potential conflicts of interest and criminal history within the past 10 years.
However, Shuckerow didn’t respond to questions on who is handling vetting for Dunleavy, how the administration is vetting appointees for boards and Cabinet-level jobs and if social media feeds are taken into account. Shuckerow earlier said the administration doesn’t generally discuss hiring practices and personnel matt...
Jonathan Quick resigned as Department of Administration commissioner after an owner of a Seattle-area coffee chain and frozen yogurt business said some claims Quick made about his role with the businesses were untrue.
During a confirmation hearing, Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski asked Quick when he sold an interest in the businesses and who his co-investors were. Quick said he believed it was 2014 and the other person was a private party.
After that and other aspects of his resume were disputed by one of the owners, Quick clarified that his ties to the businesses ended in 2012, and said he should have made clear he parted ways with them, rather than sold an ownership stake.
The sprawling department provides labor relations, leasing and other services to state agencies. Wielechowski said he asked Quick how he was appointed commissioner and that Quick told him he was affiliated with the state Republican party central committee and knew Tuckerman Babcock, the former party chair who is Dunlea...
Quick resigned amid unfinished confirmation proceedings, saying he refuted some of the claims against him but did not want to be a distraction.
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Begich said legislators take seriously their vetting responsibility. Whether they agree with nominees politically is irrelevant, he said.
“What matters is whether they have the integrity to hold up the state’s standing and to ensure that they are doing what’s right for the public,” he said.
Social media posts brought scrutiny to two others picked by Dunleavy or members of his administration.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tammy Randolph, a nominee to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, shared Twitter posts referring to Michelle Obama as a man and to Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan as a terrorist, and that attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for wearing a hijab.
The University of Alaska system in 2017 agreed to resolve issues stemming from a federal review of its handling of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment cases.
Board of Regents Chair John Davies said he did not condone the posts and worried about how Randolph’s appointment could reflect on the board.
Randolph told the News-Miner it didn’t occur to her that her Twitter feed could be seen in association with a potential public role. She apologized for use of “rude and severe language” before withdrawing her nomination.
Shuckerow said Dunleavy “wholeheartedly” stood behind Randolph’s appointment but also stood by her decision to withdraw.
Meanwhile, posts by Art Chance, who was in line for a Department of Administration policy job, included lewd Facebook comments about Harris and “leftist” women. He also described Puerto Rico as having an incompetent government and a population that was “sitting and waiting for the Great White Father to come take care o...
Chance wrote on Facebook on Jan. 22 that he had accepted a position in the department but provided no start date. Two days later, Shuckerow, Dunleavy’s spokesman, said a review was being done “given the seriousness” of Chance’s posts, and that Chance “declined to accept his offer of employment.” Dunleavy, in a statemen...
Neither Chance nor Randolph returned messages from The Associated Press.
Senate President Cathy Giessel said social media posts provide additional insight into a person. “Self-control is a significant quality,” the Anchorage Republican recently told reporters.
Dunleavy isn’t the first Alaska governor to face problems with appointees.
Lawmakers rejected one of former Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney general nominees, Wayne Anthony Ross, who among other things was criticized for refusing to disavow disparaging past remarks about gays. One of former Gov. Bill Walker’s nominees to the Board of Fisheries, Roland Maw, withdrew shortly before facing legal issu...
Another one-time Walker nominee has been on both sides of the social media divide.
In 2015, Walker pulled Jeff Landfield’s nomination to the Commission on Judicial Conduct after a spokeswoman said the administration learned of “disrespectful images” on his Facebook page. Landfield said he told Walker’s boards and commissions director about his “colorful social media presence,” which included photos o...
More recently, Landfield, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate as a Republican and who operates the buzzy Alaska Landmine political blog, drew attention to posts on Chance and Randolph’s feeds.
At least three people have been killed and 12 seriously injured after a packed commuter train derailed near Milan in northern Italy.
Hours after the crash, rescuers continued to search for passengers inside the wreckage. One of the carriages was lying across the track, bent almost at a right angle.
About 100 other people sustained light injuries, Cristina Corbetta, an official with the regional emergency services in Milan, told Sky TG24.
She said the incident had happened at around 7am (6am GMT) near Segrate in Milan’s north-eastern suburbs. The cause was not immediately clear.
Many of the passengers were travelling to work in Italy’s economic capital, or were students.
The injured were evacuated on stretchers, while those with serious injuries received first aid in a field near the accident.
Journalists watched from a field about 100 metres from the site. Three helicopters arrived to rush the injured to hospital while another patrolled the area.
One of the injured, seen with ripped clothes, covered with a thermal blanket and wearing an oxygen mask, was evacuated by helicopter.
The first images released by the fire service showed a passenger trapped in their seat, surrounded by bits of the collapsed ceiling, and part of the wall twisted by the shock.
One woman told the newspaper La Repubblica that her daughter had called her to say: “Mummy, help, the train is derailing” as the accident happened. Since then, the woman said, there had been no reply on her daughter’s telephone.
Italian media quoted witnesses as saying the train had begun to shake heavily as if it were travelling over rocks. Then it braked suddenly and derailed.
Milan prosecutors have opened a probe into the accident, and investigators have begun questioning the driver, Italian media said.
The regional train had left the town of Cremona at 5.32am and was scheduled to arrive in Milan at 724am.
The train belonged to the Lombardy regional rail company Trenord, which is owned in equal parts by the public company Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano. Trenord informed passengers at 8am of the interruption to services due to a “technical problem”, sparking sharp criticism on social media.
It was the latest incident involving Italy’s ageing rail system. In 2016, 23 people died when two trains collided on a single track in an olive grove in the south-eastern region of Puglia. In 2009, 32 people were killed when a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded in Viareggio, in the cen...
The SPAR Daily Dispatch Summer Fun Run on Sunday confirmed its immense popularity with the East London community when the number of participants more than doubled from 2017.
Around 2 500 enthusiasts entered the event from the Orient Pools on the city’s Esplanade, with the majority taking part in the 4km distance.
Daily Dispatch advertising manager Suren Packery said the family emphasis of the event was clearly demonstrated, as was the focus on supporting those with physical disabilities.
“We have seen exponential growth in our disabled participants and growth in families doing it together,” he said. “For instance, we had entrants from month-old babies in prams to an 82-year-old doing the race.
Packery added that the wheelchair-friendly nature of the course was a key factor and a big incentive for those with disabilities to take part.
“We had group entries from Life Healthcare Rehabilitation Unit and We Can Run, who focus on children with disabilities.
The day, he said, had expanded to offer a range of activities, including a jumping castle, beach volleyball, beach tennis and Frisbee games.
In addition, Packery said the association with SPAR Eastern Cape was proving a success.
“The union is harmonious and we communicate to the same markets.
Daily Dispatch marketing manager Jennilee Peremore said the event played a big role in their annual programme.
“We’re proud that the event has more than doubled in entries from last year,” she said.
“In addition, we are delighted to present an event that is clearly very important to the East London community, especially the disabled participants.
SPAR EC sponsorships and events manager Alan Stapleton said it was wonderful to link up with the Daily Dispatch in an event which had been running for 40 years.
“True to the family and healthy living values that we stand by, the SPAR Daily Dispatch Summer Fun Run allows us to give back to the East London community, which has been so instrumental in the company’s success in this region,” he said.
“The race also helps us to re-emphasize our commitment to raising awareness and changing mindsets towards the use of plastic.
Oil and natural gas producer Hess Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped in part by a jump in Norwegian production.
The company, which is also a major operator in North Dakota's Bakken shale formation and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, posted first-quarter net income of $386 million, or $1.20 per share, compared with $1.28 billion, or $3.72 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, the company posted a profit of $1.38 per share.
By that measure, analysts on average expected earnings of $1.04 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Hess produced 318,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first quarter, down from 389,000 boed a year earlier.
The New York-based company sold some acreage as well as its refining and retail gasoline businesses in the first quarter of last year, artificially boosting that period's results.
Production jumped in the company's Valhall field in Norway to 37,000 boed from 5,000 boed in the same period last year due to a redevelopment project.
While North Dakota production fell in the first quarter as the company completed the expansion of its Tioga gas plant, the project is now finished, and Bakken production is currently in excess of 80,000 boed, Hess said.

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