A senior executive at HSBC has reportedly been suspended after accusing central bankers and other authorities of misrepresenting the financial consequences of climate change. “There’s always some nut job telling me about the end of the world,” Stuart Kirk, a senior in the bank’s ethical investing division, said last week. HSBC CEO Noel Quinn expressed…
Monkeypox, a form of viral virus more frequent in west and central Africa, is on the rise in Europe and abroad, according to global health officials. According to the World Health Organization, 80 monkeypox cases have been verified and another 50 are being investigated in 11 countries as of Friday (WHO). continue reading What is…
Twitter has announced that it will place inaccurate messages regarding the Ukraine war from official accounts behind warning notices. The shift comes after the social media site came under increased scrutiny after the war unleashed a new wave of misinformation, some of which came from official sources. More than 300 Russian government accounts, including President…
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Thursday that global finance executives may need to get used to dealing with multiple bouts of inflationary pressures. Due to mounting pressures on energy and food prices from Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s zero-COVID policies, which have slashed manufacturing with lockdowns, and the…
The European Commission has detailed a strategy to increase the EU’s renewable energy capacity and reduce its dependency on Russian fossil fuels, while also conceding that existing coal plants may have to be utilised for “longer than initially thought.” On Wednesday, the Commission published a statement describing the REPowerEU plan’s goals, emphasising the importance of…
Indonesia’s commerce minister said on Wednesday that he expects cooking oil prices to stabilise after a subsidised supply scheme reaches 10,000 outlets across the country. On Tuesday, the commerce ministry and state food corporation ID Food began a programme that allows low-income households to purchase up to two litres of cooking oil each day for…
Sony Group Corp., a Japanese conglomerate, said it is well-positioned to take a major role in the metaverse, or immersive virtual worlds, which analysts predict would disrupt industries and create new powerhouses. The phrase “metaverse” refers to the assumption that people will spend more time in online virtual worlds. While the concept is still emerging,…
According to media reports, Netflix is cutting off roughly 150 people across the organisation. The job losses affect less than 2% of the streamer’s 11,000 employees, with the majority of the cuts occurring in the United States. “As we explained on earnings, our slowing revenue growth means we are also having to slow our cost…
The amount of short-term financial assistance is still being determined, but two people familiar with the talks told Reuters that it is likely to cover Ukraine’s financial needs for two months, primarily through loans. A third official said the cash will come from the EU budget and EU countries, refuting prior speculation that the funds…
Elon Musk announced on Friday that his $44 billion cash purchase for Twitter Inc is “temporarily on pause” till the social media company provides statistics on the proportion of fraudulent accounts. Twitter shares plunged more than 20% in premarket trade, although they recovered some ground after Musk, the CEO of the electric vehicle market Tesla…
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