RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023. — POOL VIA REUTERS CHINA’s President Xi Jinping was due to depart Moscow on Wednesday after a grandiose display of solidarity with
A FEMALE orangutan eats an eggplant at a rehabilitation and reintroduction site of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation Samboja Lestari located near Indonesia’s projected new capital called Nusantara, in Samboja, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, March 9, 2023. — REUTERSSAMBOJA, Indonesia — Just outside Indonesia’s planned new
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — REUTERS/GARY CAMERONWASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told bankers on Tuesday that she is prepared to intervene to protect depositors in smaller US banks suffering deposit runs that threaten more contagion amid the worst financial system turmoil in
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 1, 2022. — REUTERSPARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to regain the initiative with new reforms in the coming weeks after his government barely survived a no-confidence motion
THE MAIN ENTRANCE of the European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels, July 1, 2013. — REUTERSBRUSSELS — The European Commission wants to require companies in Europe to back up climate-friendly claims about their products with evidence, under draft rules to stamp out misleading green labels
KENNY ELIASON-UNSPLASHAs the weather bureau declares the start of the warm and dry season, it is likely that households and business will soon find themselves suffering from a power shortage. Perhaps not a repeat of what people experienced in the early 1990s, but bad just
THE momentous challenge involved in remaking the world’s energy and food systems to prevent catastrophic climate change can make it feel like all efforts are hopeless. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least 2 million years,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
The Philippine Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF 2023) held this week on March 20 and 21 at the Diamond Hotel — sponsored by the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) — was a great success. All the invited speakers came on stage, a
ELENA KOYCHEVA-UNSPLASHMARKETING SEMINARS as well as mission statements enshrine the place of the customer in the corporate scheme of things. The customer is queen of the empire. She is always right. She needs to be not just pleased, but also delighted. Companies shrivel and die
AXA: Acting for human progress by protecting what mattersIn these challenging and unpredictable times, it is more important than ever to protect everything that is of value to us.Fortunately, Filipinos have become more mindful in planning for both their short-term and long-term financial goals, and
WASHINGTON – Chinese-owned short video app TikTok faces a “pivotal moment” as a growing number of US lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns, CEO Shou Zi Chew said.Mr. Chew said in a video posted on TikTok early on Tuesday that the app now has more than 150 million active monthly US users, representing almost
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>A producer of honey-based products including craft gins has revealed plans to call in administrators after failing to secure long-term funding and a sale of the business. Oxfordshire-based British Honey Company (BHC), best known for its Keepr’s and Two Birds brands, said its shares