BANGKOK — Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview. After Thailand became the first country in Southeast ...
Concerns loom large among business leaders as the specter of litigation threatens companies falling short of their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) targets. According to a survey conducted by Gallagher, an insurance broker, two-thirds of business leaders expressed apprehension about ...
The Chancellor is currently examining the possibility of abolishing the tax status enjoyed by individuals residing in the UK but maintaining their tax domicile overseas. Known as non-domiciled or non-doms, these individuals are only liable to pay UK tax on ...
LONDON – Bitcoin hit $60,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than two years, as a surge of capital into new U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded products fuelled a rally that has reached 42% this month, on track for ...
The number of Chinese maritime militia vessels around key features across the South China Sea grew by 35% last year as Beijing continued to bolster its presence amid rising regional tensions, according to data by the Washington-based Asia Maritime Transparency ...
LONDON – Since joining Asahi Group in 2020 as sustainability chief, Preeti Srivastav has helped the Japanese brewer make several environmental and social pledges but has not got it to disclose all its progress. Asahi said on Feb. 9 it ...
When it comes to romantic relationships, people ruthlessly discriminate and make an endless number of subjective judgments. Most agree that it is absurd to regulate these relationships while not realizing that the same is true of all business relationships as ...
When Mother Teresa used her Nobel Prize money to fund services for the poor, she was exhibiting “self-interest,” but not selfishness. Like virtually everyone else, she used her property to achieve an end she valued, but which benefited others as ...
In recent decades, the tech sector has brought us newer and better goods and ever-dropping prices. In an unhampered market, the same would happen across the entire economy. But, the Fed won’t allow this to happen, writes Edin Mujagic. This ...
Communities like Baltimore and Ferguson have been crippled by government regulations and the American nanny state. Now is the time to allow local residents to break free of government wage controls, government schooling, and government prohibitions, writes Mark Thornton. This ...