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The justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 9-2 last week against a legal framework that would have made it impossible for Indigenous tribal leaders to reclaim traditional land and that …
Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land Read More
At first glance, the scene is just one of countless images of India’s contrasts. A child walks naked down a dusty street near a group of huts with corrugated iron roofs, …
How India is seeking to gain ground on China Read More
Singapore – Singapore’s image as a squeaky-clean business hub is under scrutiny amid a huge money laundering scandal that has so far resulted in 10 arrests and the seizure of assets …
Singapore’s clean image under scrutiny amid money laundering scandal Read More
Zurich has become one of Europe’s hottest housing markets, with prices surging past London and Paris and showing how local shortages can offset interest rate hikes. With demand in the Swiss …
Google Recruiting Propels Zurich Home Prices Past London, Paris Read More
SECRET PAKISTANI ARMS sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, …
U.S. aids Pakistan IMF bailout with secret Ukraine arms deal Read More
It’s been another summer of extreme weather and the relentless drumbeat of climate change syncopating with the warm-water Pacific Ocean cycle of El Niño has reverberated across the globe. Floods in the …
Panama Canal drought: Rolling ecological crisis is raising prices everywhere Read More China on Thursday warned that looking into Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles would have a “negative impact” on economic and trade ties between the bloc and Beijing. The Chinese commerce ministry deemed the …
China denounces Europe investigation of EVs Read More
Among foreign economists and civil society activists, the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is an icon for extending microloans to those too poor to access conventional banks. But at home, in Bangladesh, he has …
Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinance, is facing a prison sentence Read More
The U.S. and Vietnam have leveled up their diplomatic relationship, including with an agreement that would put CHIPS Act funding towards growing the semiconductor industry in Vietnam. But for the …
The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam — but engineers are scant Read More
OSLO, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Norway will continue to deliver natural gas to Europe for as long as needed while also working to decarbonise the continent’s energy systems, its climate …
Norway will deliver gas to Europe for as long as needed, climate minister says Read More