International

2 months ago | February 12, 2024

KPMG eyes broad prospects for China’s new productive forces

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s move on developing new productive forces is injecting new vitality into ...

3 months ago | February 9, 2024

Trump’s anti-environment blueprint ‘horrific’

The United States’ first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and ...

ExxonMobil takes legal hammer to climate shareholder groups

ExxonMobil’s market capitalisation exceeds US$400 billion. Follow This, a Dutch climate activist group, controls shares ...

Billionaires’ startup discovers large-scale copper deposit in Zambia

KoBold Metals, a California-based metals exploration company backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, ...

First time world exceeds 1,5C warming limit

For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1,5 degrees Celsius (2,7 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

EU calls for 90pc cut to greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

“Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should ...

China’s real estate sector: Managing the medium-term slowdown

Real estate has long been important for China’s economy, driving its rapid growth in recent decades and accounting for ...

Emerging markets navigate global interest rate volatility

Global interest rates in recent months have gone on a rollercoaster, especially those on longer-term government bonds. ...

3 months ago | February 7, 2024

To understand China’s economy, come to China

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Despite the pessimism among some Western economists regarding the Chinese economy, ...

3 months ago | February 6, 2024

Europe’s economic recovery momentum remains dented

Both the EU and the eurozone narrowly avoided a technical recession in the last quarter of 2023 as Q4 GDP stagnated, the ...

3 months ago | February 5, 2024

Global inflation progress “could be reversed” amid ...

By Xiong Maoling WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has warned that ...

3 months ago | February 2, 2024

‘We’re the country of beef, but can only afford chicken’

Argentina was once one of the richest countries in the world, richer than France or Germany. And much of that wealth was ...

Global economy approaches soft landing, but risks remain

The clouds are beginning to part. The global economy begins the final descent toward a soft landing, with inflation ...

Fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954

The fossil fuel industry funded some of the world’s most foundational climate science as early as 1954, newly unearthed ...

Zim looks to China for place in EV battery supply chain

Wonder Mushove stared blankly at plumes of red dust billowing into the sky as more than 30 trucks carrying loads of ...

Microsoft, Alphabet under pressure to show AI earnings boost

For about a year, investors have bid up megacap tech shares on the theory that their exposure to artificial intelligence ...

Exporting green hydrogen from Africa to Europe: Italy makes its move

One of the new areas of cooperation between Italy and Africa is green hydrogen. The African continent has great ...

Impala Platinum sees 20pc decline in profit

Impala Platinum (Implats) on Wednesday said it expects at least a 20 percent decline in profit for the six months to ...

Climate change poses significant risk for SA insurers: Old Mutual

Climate change poses the most significant threat for South African insurance companies and risks raising premiums and ...

PayPal to cut 2,5k jobs as rivals snag market share

PayPal Holdings will reduce its workforce by about 9 percent as chief executive officer Alex Chriss, who took over in ...