U.S. President Joe Biden sympathized with coronavirus-weary Americans Thursday while ramping up the government’s effort to combat the surge of the omicron variant across the country.“I know we’re all frustrated as we begin the new year,” Biden said in …
A new Hong Kong mandate that restaurants and other establishments require use of an app aimed at recording people’s locations and telling them if they have been near a COVID-19 patient has spurred opposition from the city’s pro-democracy voices.The Lea…
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to President Joe Biden on Thursday, blocking his mandate that employees of large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly testing.At the same time, the nation’s highest court allowed a vaccination…
More than 20,000 people who fled fighting between the military and anti-junta forces in two townships in Myanmar’s Kayin state remain displaced as clashes continue in the area, residents and aid groups said Wednesday, creating a humanitarian crisis tha…
Indonesia and Malaysia, two of ASEAN’s founders, on Thursday criticized the Cambodian prime minister’s controversial trip to crisis-ridden Myanmar last week, with Kuala Lumpur’s top diplomat saying Hun Sen should have consulted other members of the blo…
A 4-billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday.In 1996, a NASA-led team announced that organic compounds in the roc…
Published by Daily Financial Times Following is a statement issued by United National Party Chairman Wajira Abeywardana, former Minister of Internal and Home Affairs to the media yesterday.The Leader of the United National Party and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had never intervened in the economic affairs nor development activities of Sri Lanka during the time the UNP government was in power. He made this statement on the radio broadcasting program ‘Dasa Desin 7’ aired recently. This is in fact a reality, as during the period 1977-1994 the World Bank, the Asian Dev…
Published by ValueWalk Sustainable investing continues apace and looks to have a banner year in 2022. Recently, greater scrutiny of greenwashing and tighter rules defining sustainable investing have emerged too.[1] ESG-oriented assets under management (AUM) now equals $35 trillions, roughly a third of total AUM. Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bond issuances from corporations and governments worldwide crested US $1 trillion last year.[2] Q4 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Despite ESG’s popularity, the social factor has not earned the same attention as environmental and corporate…
