International

3 months ago | February 16, 2024

COP hosts UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil announce climate ‘troika’

The UAE hosted last year’s COP28 conference in Dubai, while Azerbaijan will host this year’s summit followed by Brazil ...

Four ways AI could help us respond to climate change

Advanced AI systems are coming under increasing criticism for how much energy they use. But it’s important to remember ...

Fragile-five days long gone as funds pile into India, Indonesia

India and Indonesia were once famously lumped together as part of Morgan Stanley’s “Fragile Five”. A decade later they ...

Bezos sells US$4bn of Amazon stock in four trading days

Jeff Bezos didn’t wait long to start cashing in on Amazon.com’s rally to start the year. Less than two weeks after ...

3 months ago | February 14, 2024

Recovery of Chinese tourists to Italy to reach “new ...

by Guo Wendi ROME, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The recovery of Chinese tourists to Italy is within reach, with arrivals ...

3 months ago | February 13, 2024

Bard Santner expands footprint to New York City

Business Writer Bard Santner has opened an office in New York City – America, the world’s biggest financial hub, to tap ...

3 months ago | February 12, 2024

KPMG eyes broad prospects for China’s new productive forces

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s move on developing new productive forces is injecting new vitality into ...

3 months ago | February 9, 2024

Trump’s anti-environment blueprint ‘horrific’

The United States’ first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and ...

ExxonMobil takes legal hammer to climate shareholder groups

ExxonMobil’s market capitalisation exceeds US$400 billion. Follow This, a Dutch climate activist group, controls shares ...

Billionaires’ startup discovers large-scale copper deposit in Zambia

KoBold Metals, a California-based metals exploration company backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, ...

First time world exceeds 1,5C warming limit

For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1,5 degrees Celsius (2,7 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

EU calls for 90pc cut to greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

“Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should ...

China’s real estate sector: Managing the medium-term slowdown

Real estate has long been important for China’s economy, driving its rapid growth in recent decades and accounting for ...

Emerging markets navigate global interest rate volatility

Global interest rates in recent months have gone on a rollercoaster, especially those on longer-term government bonds. ...

3 months ago | February 7, 2024

To understand China’s economy, come to China

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Despite the pessimism among some Western economists regarding the Chinese economy, ...

3 months ago | February 6, 2024

Europe’s economic recovery momentum remains dented

Both the EU and the eurozone narrowly avoided a technical recession in the last quarter of 2023 as Q4 GDP stagnated, the ...

3 months ago | February 5, 2024

Global inflation progress “could be reversed” amid ...

By Xiong Maoling WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has warned that ...

3 months ago | February 2, 2024

‘We’re the country of beef, but can only afford chicken’

Argentina was once one of the richest countries in the world, richer than France or Germany. And much of that wealth was ...

Global economy approaches soft landing, but risks remain

The clouds are beginning to part. The global economy begins the final descent toward a soft landing, with inflation ...

Fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954

The fossil fuel industry funded some of the world’s most foundational climate science as early as 1954, newly unearthed ...