SEOUL — South Korea is suffering from a shortage of pediatricians, partly a result of the world’s lowest birth rate and increasingly a factor behind it, leaving hospitals unable to fill posts and raising risks for children’s health, doctors say. ...
LONDON — The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has ditched all requirements for members to set or publish greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets, the U.N. said on Wednesday, a major rewrite of its rules after US political pressure led to a member ...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Residents in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia appeared calm on Wednesday after Kyiv’s latest warning that Russian forces could trigger a catastrophe at the nearby Moscow-held nuclear power plant. Both Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused ...
MUMBAI — Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Niño threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for ...
China’s largest car manufacturer SAIC Motor says it will build its first factory in Europe, after sales of its vehicles on the continent jumped. The state-controlled company – which owns the iconic MG brand – says the new plant will ...
70 per cent of staff believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are an afterthought in the financial services industry, according to new research. As a result, two thirds also claimed that financial services institutions currently don’t do enough with their ...
British businesses and individuals reported a suspicious email or website every five seconds in 2022, a new report from GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The report reveals that 7.1 million suspicious emails and URLs were flagged by UK organisations ...
British recorded music exports have defied increasing global competition to grow by a record amount in 2022 as UK artists dominate the year’s biggest global streaming hits. The value of UK music sales and streams overseas increased by 20 per ...
With the arrival of 2023, e-commerce is at an all-time high. Innovations in online retail are constantly being made and new opportunities for merchants to reach customers have emerged to meet the growing e-commerce demand around the world. As we ...
A health technology business co-founded by Daniel Ek, the chief executive of Spotify, has raised €60 million to open clinics throughout Europe and Britain that aim to pick up serious diseases early. Neko Health has developed a body-scanning technology that ...