GENEVA — The United Nations (UN) on Monday appealed for $46 billion in funding for 2024 to help millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the globe, including in the occupied Palestinian territories, Sudan and Ukraine. In its Global ...
SEVERAL hundred faculty members at Harvard University on Sunday signed a petition asking school administrators to not bend to political pressure to fire the school’s president over her Congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. A concisely worded petition was signed ...
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Sunday it will be all but impossible to improve the “catastrophic” health situation in Gaza even as the board passed an emergency WHO motion by consensus to secure more medical ...
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine voters may have cause to worry about new President Javier Milei’s pledge for painful economic shock therapy, but markets are keen, hoping the libertarian will give the economy a “firm kick” when he lays out his ...
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has issued a super-complaint to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to highlight the harsh lending practices of banks that excessively demand personal guarantees for business loans. Personal guarantees can be a “straitjacket” on business ...
The Bank of England will not cut interest rates until 2026, according to projections from the CBI, which predicts sluggish economic growth for the next three years. In its latest outlook on the UK economy, the CBI said the base ...
BOSTON/DUBAI/SAN FRANCISCO — A growing list of global companies are setting a price or charging themselves for each metric ton of their carbon emissions, looking to shape their investments and business for future pollution taxes or other new climate rules. ...
HANOI — China is ready to offer grants to Vietnam to upgrade a railway link from Guangxi to Hanoi, and speed up plan to develop other railway systems connecting the two countries, the Chinese ambassador to Vietnam said, according to ...
LONDON — The British government said on Monday it was creating an enforcement unit to increase its power to crack down on companies evading Russian sanctions. The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) will be responsible for the civil enforcement of trade sanctions, ...
SYDNEY — Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a “broken” ...