Global businesses want a louder voice at the upcoming UN climate change talks, according to a new survey across 14 nations. The polling revealed that large businesses are increasingly losing confidence in the world’s ability to limit global warming below ...
HANOI — Authorities in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi are turning off street lights to keep the national power system running amid record temperatures bringing a surge in demand in some parts of the Southeast Asian nation. As weather officials warn ...
MOSCOW — Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks on Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russia, whose defense ministry said all were destroyed approaching the city. There were no reports of deaths. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two people ...
GLOBAL investors are gaming out how a tentative deal to raise the United States debt ceiling could ripple through markets, as lawmakers strive to pass the agreement through Congress before a June 5 deadline. A deal to lift the $31.4-trillion ...
SEOUL — North Korea will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June for monitoring US activities, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday, drawing criticism over its potential use of banned missile technology. Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central ...
TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled on Tuesday that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a decision activists welcomed as a step towards marriage equality in the only Group of Seven (G7) nation with no legal protection for same-sex unions. ...
KAMPALA — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more ...
Consumers buying Mars bars at Tesco in the coming days will notice a change: the chocolate bar’s usual plastic wrapper has been swapped for a more environmentally friendly paper one. The confectionery maker Mars Incorporated is trialling recyclable paper packaging ...
More prospective house sellers are returning to the UK’s property market, pushing agreed home sales to their highest point of the year in May, according to Zoopla, although it warned that the rebound in activity could be knocked by rising ...
Only a third of UK hospitality businesses are optimistic about their future due to high energy prices and rising food costs, industry bosses have warned. Pubs, bars and restaurants say their energy prices have surged an average of 81% over ...