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In boost to climate action, Britain to stop backing overseas oil and gas projects By Reuters

In boost to climate action, Britain to stop backing overseas oil and gas projects By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Icebergs float in a fjord near the south Greenland town of Narsaq By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge to end direct government support for…

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The profile of South African entrepreneurs surviving against unbelievably heavy odds

The profile of South African entrepreneurs surviving against unbelievably heavy odds

South Africa is battling one of the highest unemployment rates worldwide. A concentrated number of unemployed people live in marginalised and under-resourced communities, where the estimated unemployment rate is 60%. Entrepreneurship is proposed by a…

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An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there.

An Australia–NZ travel bubble needs a unified COVID contact-tracing app. We’re not there.

New Zealand’s coronavirus contact-tracing app COVID Tracer was revamped yesterday. It now uses the Bluetooth-based Google/Apple exposure notification (GAEN) framework. This allows Android and Apple (iOS) devices to communicate via a contact-tracing mechanism built into…

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Helios et Fairfax Africa fusionnent pour créer une holding d’investissement centrée sur l’Afrique

Helios et Fairfax Africa fusionnent pour créer une holding d’investissement centrée sur l’Afrique

(Agence Ecofin) – Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation a été créée à la suite de la fusion de Fairfax Africa Holdings et Helios Holdings Limited. Cotée sur la Bourse de Toronto, la holding d’investissement investira dans…

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La musique pour rythmer les fêtes de fin d’année avec Orange Côte d’Ivoire

La musique pour rythmer les fêtes de fin d’année avec Orange Côte d’Ivoire

(ORANGE CÔTE D’IVOIRE) – A l’occasion des fêtes de fin d’année et de nouvel an, Orange Côte d’Ivoire réaffirme son engagement pour la musique. Tout au long de ce mois de décembre, l’opérateur multiservices digital…

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BofA says its clients increase equity allocation to near record levels By Reuters

BofA says its clients increase equity allocation to near record levels By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – BofA said on Friday that its wealth management clients further increased allocation to equities in their portfolios last week, closing in on the record levels seen in March 2015, as they prepare…

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Investors back overhaul of Australian mining sector following caves inquiry By Reuters

Investors back overhaul of Australian mining sector following caves inquiry By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rio Tinto (NYSE:)’s legal destruction of ancient Australian…

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Why we’re so bad at counting the calories we eat, drink or burn

Why we’re so bad at counting the calories we eat, drink or burn

People often eat more than usual around the holidays – and this year more than most as the pandemic prompts many to stress eat. A common way to avoid putting on extra weight is by…

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Tasmanian devils look set to conquer their own pandemic

Tasmanian devils look set to conquer their own pandemic

In the midst of a human pandemic, we have some good news about a wildlife one: our new research, published today in Science, shows Tasmanian devils are likely to survive despite the infectious cancer that…

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IMF Media Center : IMF Argentina Meeting

IMF Media Center : IMF Argentina Meeting

IMF Managing Director welcomed Argentine Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne to the Fund’s headquarters Thursday (May 10) for meetings on how to best provide financial support to the South American country.   The two had a…

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