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LONDON — Britain’s energy regulator announced Friday it will raise its main cap on consumer energy bills to an average £3,549 from £1,971 a year, as campaign groups, think tanks …
UK energy bills to rise by 80% in October as regulator announces hike Read More
The Goods Trade Barometer is a composite leading indicator for world trade, providing real-time information on the trajectory of merchandise trade relative to recent trends. The latest reading of 100.0 …
Goods Barometer points to stagnating global trade growth Read More
French Transport Minister Clément Beaune on Thursday called for an investigation on whether gas exploited by oil giant TotalEnergies has been used to fuel fighter jets used by the Russian …
French minister demands probe into TotalEnergies’ reported links to Russian army refueling Read More
As the war against Russia enters its seventh month on Wednesday, Ukraine is stuck between a financial rock and a hard place as it seeks to stay afloat while fighting off Moscow’s invading forces. Tax revenues have …
Ukraine battles to avoid hyperinflation as war costs soar Read More
The petrochemical industry has spent the past few years hard at work lobbying for state-level legislation to promote “chemical recycling,” a controversial process that critics say isn’t really recycling at …
The petrochemical industry is convincing states to deregulate plastic incineration Read More
Dozens of technology companies have submitted their proprietary algorithms to China’s internet regulator in recent weeks, including Alibaba, Tencent and Weibo, according to official documents. The move comes after the …
Chinese tech giants hand over algorithms as Beijing tightens internet controls Read More
The European Union is alarmed at the advance of Russia and China, in the countries of Latin America, a region traditionally linked in political and economic terms to the West. …
Brussels prepares diplomatic offensive to stop the advance of China and Russia in Latin America Read More
t the height of the pandemic, as hundreds were dying each day, Ivan Andino was travelling across London on a crowded Tube carriage to clean an empty office. Ivan works …
UK’s COVID heroes among hardest hit by cost of living crisis Read MoreAn Australian academic and economic adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the military seized power last year, has testified in a military court …
Jailed Australian economist testifies in secretive Myanmar trial Read More
A decree published on Tuesday morning in the official state gazette and scheduled to go into effect next week mandates that air conditioning in public places be set at or …
Spain bans setting the AC below 27 degrees Celsius Read More