DANISH Toymaker Lego has abandoned its effort to ditch oil-based plastics from its bricks after finding that its new material led to higher carbon emissions, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday. Lego found that bricks made from recycled polyethylene ...
RUSSIAN crude oil supplies increased 50% this spring despite the Group of 7 (G7) countries imposing sanctions due to war in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing data from analytics company Kpler. The European Union, G7 countries and ...
BANGKOK — Chinese tourists landing in Bangkok got a VIP welcome on Monday, as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin personally greeted the first batch of visitors to arrive in Thailand after it waived visas for Chinese nationals to boost the key ...
New research has found staggering dissatisfaction with HMRC service levels. Those surveyed by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) said they experienced long wait times to connect with an HMRC adviser, with 85% waiting for more than half an hour ...
Policy experts have joined University of Manchester (UoM) academics and guests at Manchester Art Gallery for the launch of a new publication crammed with evidence-based solutions to tackle regional inequalities and boost the levelling up agenda. Power in Place – ...
TAIPEI – Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with missiles, to strengthen deterrence against the Chinese navy and protect key supply lines, the head of the program said. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made ...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the government would ask the fuel industry to sell at cost price and would grant 100 euros ($106.52) in aid to the poorest workers who drive to work, to stem the impact of inflation on households. “The Prime Minister will bring together all ...
SHANGHAI – China has limited room for further monetary policy easing, and it should pursue structural reforms such as encouraging entrepreneurs rather than counting on macroeconomic policies to revive growth, a central bank adviser said on Sunday. Liu Shijin, a member of the People’s Bank of China‘s (PBOC) monetary policy committee, ...
PARIS – France’s center–right Les Republicains (LR) party maintained its majority in the Senate after Sunday’s vote, in which three senators from Marine Le Pen’s far–right party were elected. “This senatorial renewal reinforces the senatorial majority of the right and the center and is a testimony of its territorial ...
WASHINGTON – The speaker of Canada‘s House of Commons on Sunday apologized for praising an individual at a parliamentary meeting who served in a Nazi unit during World War Two. Two days earlier, Speaker Anthony Rota had recognized 98-year old Yaroslav Hunka as a “Ukrainian hero” before the Canadian Parliament. Mr. ...