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BRUSSELS (AP) — Italy on Friday gave crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela that has been negotiated for over 25 …
Italy backs historic EU-Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of negotiations Read More
Uganda’s national debt stands at $32.3 billion (€27.5 billion), with the government recently approving a loan of 9 trillion Ugandan shillings ($2.5 billion, €2.1 billion), fueling concern over the country’s spiraling finances. For …
Uganda’s debt crisis deepens ahead of elections Read More
Henry Leveson-Gower and Dil Green map potential paths to escape the tyranny of Big Food. The modern food system delivers cheap calories at scale, but at the cost of health, …
Taking the die out of diet Read More
Stephanie Walton herds the arguments around how stranded assets might be handled were the world to rein in its rampant carnivorousness to the point where the planet isn’t slaughtered. Over …
Meat: what’s the beef and who pays? Read More
In a year when billionaires added trillions to their fortunes, governments slashed health and education budgets to pay creditors, just as climate-fuelled disasters drove hunger and displacement to new highs. …
When finance eats the world Read More
Gold has been a symbol of wealth for thousands of years. While humans have used all sorts of instruments as money (salt, coins, banknotes, or now, algorithms), no asset even …
From safe-haven investment to geostrategic weapon: Who owns the most gold and where are the bars kept? Read More
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Cabinet on Friday approved a draft law to determine the extent of losses suffered by Lebanese banks during the country’s financial meltdown in 2019 and provide a mechanism to return …
Lebanese Cabinet approves a draft law to return funds wiped out with the 2019 collapse of banks Read More
BRUSSELS — The EU has struck a political agreement to overhaul the bloc’s foreign direct investment screening rules, the Council of the EU announced on Thursday, in a move to prevent …
EU reaches deal to screen incoming foreign investments Read More
Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent of potential buyers. That’s what Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listings …
Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare Read More
LONDON — The U.K. has agreed to raise how much its National Health Service spends on new drugs, in a concession made under pressure from the Trump administration in return …
Trump admin claims win as UK bows to pressure on NHS drug spending Read More