KYIV — Russia will respond to the West’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict although direct conflict with NATO is not in Moscow’s interests, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday after Washington pledged more military aid for Kyiv. Ukraine ...
LONDON — The United Nations’ Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world. In a new report, the UNDP ...
The number of working-age adults in Britain who are not in the jobs market because they are long-term sick has increased to a record high, official figures show, amid concerns over shortages of workers in the UK economy. The Office ...
LONDON – China is using its financial and scientific muscle to manipulate technologies in a manner that risks global security, Britain’s top cyber spy will say on Tuesday, warning that Beijing’s actions could represent “a huge threat to us all.” In a speech, Jeremy Fleming, director of the ...
LONDON -Small developing island states heavily exposed to the effects of climate change and often in critical debt situations spend at least 18 times more on debt servicing than they receive in climate finance, a report showed. A group of 37 island states, home to some 65 million people, “urgently need to increase their fiscal space to ...
WASHINGTON – The World Bank said on Monday it is launching a trust fund aimed at pooling public funds to provide grants for projects to reduce carbon emissions, including decommissioning coal-fired power plants. The Scaling Climate Action by Lowering Emissions (SCALE) fund will provide grants to developing countries as they deliver pre-agreed results in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, World Bank President David Malpass ...
WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday unveiled a new strategy for the Arctic that foresees increasing competition with Russia and China in the strategic region. “We will exercise US government presence required to protect the American people and defend our sovereign territory,” said a fact sheet about the new strategy released by the White House. Russia has reopened hundreds of Soviet-era military sites ...
The volume of cyber attacks on UK businesses fell by four per cent in the third quarter of 2022, but remains high by historical standards, warns Beaming, the specialist business ISP. UK firms experienced 169,824 attempts each to breach their ...
The German state is to pay this December’s monthly gas bill for all households and small- to medium-sized businesses, according to a phased two-stage cap on energy prices recommended by a government-appointed expert panel on Monday. Under the scheme, the ...
PayPal has said that it will not fine users for misinformation and an earlier policy update that said customers could have to pay $2,500 in damages was sent in error. Shares of the San Jose, California-based company were down nearly ...