LONDON — For all the adulation he inspired in the West, Mikhail Gorbachev was a tragic figure who failed in the historic mission he had defined for his own country. The award of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize marked the ...
MANDA BHOPAWAS, Rajasthan, India – For Suraj Prajapati, a mother of two who lives in the arid northern Indian state of Rajasthan, fighting for access to clean drinking water at her doorstep required extraordinary measures. Tired of having to spend hours fetching water and desperate for a piped water connection to their rural ...
US President Joe Biden’s administration approved an emergency declaration over a water crisis in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal assistance late on Tuesday to supplement the state‘s response. “Emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding for a ...
GENEVA – A senior World Health Organization director has been placed on leave, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday, following staff accusations of bullying and other complaints. “The Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region, Dr Takeshi Kasai, is on leave,” a WHO official said in emailed comments, without giving details. Two WHO sources confirmed to Reuters ...
FRANKFURT/LONDON – Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region’s richest countries. The outage for maintenance on Nord Stream 1 means that no gas will ...
BEIJING – China‘s ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on Oct. 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. The Politburo announced on Tuesday the start date for ...
In yesterday’s DecisionPoint Trading Room (airs 3p ET), Carl took a close look at the VIX over the years. We discussed last week in our DecisionPoint Alert subscriber blog that sentiment simply wasn’t THAT bearish yet. This chart really reflects ...
In this week’s edition of StockCharts TV’s Sector Spotlight, I look at seasonality and try to align the theoretical expectations for the relative performance of sectors against the S&P 500 going into September with the current reality as it is playing ...
The recent case of Ocado v McKeeve highlights the importance of maintaining proper data retention policies so employees have a clear understanding of the procedures they need to follow. Search orders and disclosure in litigation should always be borne in ...
Ryan Bridgman, Sales Director UKIE, North America, Benelux and Global Programmatic Solutions at Jobrapido – the world’s largest job search engine – provides business owners and senior management with some top tips to ensure the wellbeing of remote workers. Remote working, ...