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New Delhi: A mysterious Mumbai company registered as an exporter only on March 31 this year, has grown into a giant of international oil shipping in the last 18 months, Financial Times has …
A Mysterious Mumbai Company Has Been Shipping Large Quantities of Russian Oil: Report Read More
NIIGATA, Japan, May 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said many members of the Group of Seven advanced economies shared U.S. concerns about China’s use of …
Yellen says G7 members looking at how to counter China’s ‘economic coercion’ Read More
It is eleven o’clock in the morning at the Madrid headquarters of the Renta 4 bank and a group of eight young people from various countries are typing away concentrated …
AI: When the machines tell you where to invest: ‘You won’t always win’ Read More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the UN‘s COP28 climate conference in November 2023. One of its senior politicians, sultan Al Jaber, is set to head up the event. However, …
Head of the UN’s COP28 climate conference claims fossil fuels still have a role to play Read More
“Sleep is for the weak.” This expression is often tossed around jokingly. However, some effective altruists believe there is a moral imperative to get the human race to sleep less, …
Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More Read More
A crisis of confidence in the US banking sector led people to pull their money from banks including Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, and more recently, First Republic Bank and California-based PacWest …
Digital bank runs: social media played a role in recent financial failures but could also help investors avoid panic Read More
The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, on April 24, 2013 killed 1,138 people. Its legacy one decade on is a mix of …
10 years after Rana Plaza, fast fashion still resists change Read More
New EU rules restricting government borrowing would prevent all but four European countries from investing enough to meet their Paris climate commitments and limit global heating to 1.5C, according to …
Half of Europe unable to spend enough to meet climate targets under current borrowing rules Read More
The Ukrainian government is continuing with wide-reaching reforms to its social welfare system as the country faces the ever-increasing cost of war with Russia, now in its second year. National …
Ukraine is reforming its welfare system as the cost of war rises Read More
Amid waning consumer trust and regulatory pushbacks, African crypto startups are dealing with the lack of venture dollars needed to gain competitive advantage against local and global counterparts. Chiamaka, a …
Africa fell in love with crypto. Now, it’s complicated Read More