BERLIN — Germany set out plans on Wednesday to legalize cannabis, a move Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government said would make Germany one of the first countries in Europe to do so. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a cornerstone paper on ...
LONDON — The drop in Russian fossil fuel exports after its Ukraine invasion this year will transform the global energy landscape for decades and can help to hasten a green energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of undermining the decades-long status quo that has kept both nations from going to war over Taiwan, saying Beijing was trying to “speed up” its seizure of the island. “What’s changed is ...
Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the north-west are doubling down on Covid-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in a scramble to halt widening outbreaks. China on Thursday reported ...
The appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister could be a fresh opportunity to set favourable regulatory conditions to promote the UK as a world-leading crypto-hub. On Tuesday, bitcoin was unimpressed by the latest appointment in the revolving-doors of UK ...
WASHINGTON — The World Bank on Wednesday said it expects energy prices to decline by 11% in 2023 after this year’s 60% surge following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, although slower global growth and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions in China ...
NASA Wallops/Allison Stancil WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — The US Navy and Army blasted off a rocket from a seaside launch pad in Virginia to test nearly a dozen hypersonic weapon experiments on Wednesday to help develop the new class of ...
Lloyds Banking Group said its profits were squeezed in the three months to September as it braces for a wave of loan defaults amid soaring inflation and rising interest rates. Net income at the London-listed banking group, which includes Halifax, ...
Apple will ditch the Lightning connector on its iPhones, the company has confirmed, after European regulators decided all smartphones should have USB charging as standard in two years’ time. New EU rules require all phones sold after autumn 2024 to ...
With inflation hovering at a 40-year high, managing day to day cash flow has become the primary reason for small business applications for finance. Thats according to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index which has revealed that managing cash flow is the ...