EIB’s ESG score to be re-evaluated if new weapons policy agreed, Morningstar Sustainalytics says
LONDON – The European Investment Bank’s top-notch ESG score would need to be re-evaluated if it bows to pressure and starts explicitly funding weapons and ammunition, one of the world’s…
EIB’s ESG score to be re-evaluated if new weapons policy agreed, Morningstar Sustainalytics says
LONDON – The European Investment Bank’s top-notch ESG score would need to be re-evaluated if it bows to pressure and starts explicitly funding weapons and ammunition, one of the world’s…
Israel-Brazil crisis over Lula holocaust mention blowing over, says Israeli ambassador
BRASILIA – The diplomatic crisis that erupted one month ago when Brazil’s president likened the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two has…
Venezuela opposition presidential candidate Yoris, 80, says her age is no handicap
CARACAS – Venezuela’s 80-year-old aspiring opposition presidential candidate, Corina Yoris, on Monday said her age would be no handicap as she sets her sights on July’s election against incumbent President…
Biden, Netanyahu on collision course after Gaza UN vote
WASHINGTON – Wartime relations between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a new low on Monday with the U.S. allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro stayed two days in Hungarian embassy after passport seized
Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former…
Putin: concert hall attack conducted by Islamists, but suggests Ukraine link
MOSCOW – The deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow was conducted by Islamist militants, but the shooting fits in a wider campaign of intimidation by Ukraine, Russian President…
Canada launching assisted departures for vulnerable Canadians in Haiti
OTTAWA – Canada on Monday is launching an assisted departure operation for vulnerable Canadians in Haiti as gang violence spreads across the Caribbean country, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said. Read…
UN chief calls for slavery reparations to overcome ‘generations of discrimination’
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism.…
Trump wins pause of $454 million civil fraud ruling, avoiding asset seizures
NEW YORK – Donald Trump won a bid on Monday to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a smaller $175 million bond within 10 days, in…