2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Trash is pictured following heavy rainfalls in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 2/2 SCHULD, Germany (Reuters) -The number of people who lost their lives in the heavy…
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When South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation on July 12 amid violence and destruction of property in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, he warned of several risks if the situation was not…
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The Deutsche Bundesbank will not distribute profit to the German federal government for the first time since 1979, it said on March 3. The Bundesbank this was mainly due to the increase in risk provisioning,…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/Pool 2/3 By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President…
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Most U.S. families with children will get six monthly payments from the government in 2021, starting July 15. Parents and guardians may spend this money – $300 per child under 6 and $250 for every…
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Hundreds of thousands of years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast looked very different. Some of the species that roamed this area are now extinct; others evolved over the millennia and their modern descendants inhabit…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was down Thursday morning in Asia, with a recent rally fizzling, as a build in U.S. gasoline inventories and a potential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries…
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Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines…
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More than 100 countries, including the United States and members of the European Union, have committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The world is going to need a lot of metal, particularly copper. Recently,…
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A group of international financial organisations has launched the Climate Training Alliance (CTA) to provide climate risk education to central banks and financial supervisors. In a statement on July 9, the Bank for International Settlements announced…
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