May plans on creating a ministry for trade tasked with the sole purpose of boosting bilateral trade relations with “old friends and new allies”. On Monday, Theresa May’s Conservative Party has presented its post-Brexit scenario of setting up a network… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Diplomatic Ties With Qatar Cut By Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE And Egypt
Pointing to Doha’s ties to terrorism and the need to maintain national security, Saudi Arabia and three other nations broke diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab state Qatar on Monday. While the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Doha on Monday, Riyadh… Read More ›
Big Money Investors Would Not Be Deterred By Trump’s Abandonment Of Paris Climate Accord
Big money investors, such as Singapore wealth fund Temasek, said they’re continuing to go green even though U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris climate change deal. Going green was just good business, said Robin Hu, head of the sustainability… Read More ›
United Arab Emirates, Saudi, Bahrain and Egypt sever ties with Qatar accusing it of terrorism
A split in between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council will have serious repercussions around the Middle East. In an unprecedented development, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt have accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and have… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs’s purchase of Venezuela’s “hunger bonds” come under fire
Goldman Sachs bought PDVSA’s oil bonds for pennies. As per a senior White House official, the Trump administration is concerned about any action by U.S. companies that provides a financial lifeline to Venezuela’s government. The U.S. government stance may have… Read More ›
Majority Of A Global Survey Respondents Says The
Devastating displays of a world at odds are recent attacks in Manchester, Paris, Kabul and more. There is one thing the world can largely seem to agree on: the world is getting worse despite increased political and economic polarization. The fact that… Read More ›
U.S. likely to lose the lead to China on climate change
California’s governor is taking the lead in setting voluntary agreements that fight global warming and climate change. Jerry Brown, California’s Governor disclosed on Thursday that he would discuss the issue of merging carbon trading markets in California when he travels… Read More ›
Elon Musk and Robert Iger of Walt Disney quits Trump’s Advisory councils
Trump’s move has divided corporate America. Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, Tesla Inc’s Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk and Walt Disney Co’s CEO Robert Iger stated they would… Read More ›
U.S. withdrawal from 2015 Paris Agreement will hurt U.S. jobs and its economy: U.S blue chip companies
Many U.S. companies, including those from the oil industry, see the step as regressive. American companies seem to disagree with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, which can stave off an economic crisis… Read More ›
EU Says Removal Of Online Hate Speech Enhanced By Social Media Firms
In response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms have been sped up by social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and… Read More ›