With the aim of enhancing diversity at the workplace, the fats food chain McDonald’s has set a target of achieving equality in terms of number of men and women in leadership roles at the company. Additionally, over the next four… Read More ›
Sustainability
Britain calls for urgent unfettered access to Xinjiang which houses modern concentration camps
On Monday, Britain is set to call on the United Nations to ask China to give “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region. The development is also set to mark Britain’s return… Read More ›
Study Claims A Billion Doses Excess Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded By Rich Countries
According to a new study, one billion more doses of the available Covid-19 vaccines than their citizens need have been purchased by the richest countries of the world which would mean that people from poorer countries will probably not be… Read More ›
Paris Agreement Officially Rejoined By The US
The Paris Agreement on climate change has not formally been rejoined by the United States. The agreement was formed to tackle the problem of global warming so that the potentially catastrophic impacts of it can be avoided. According to the… Read More ›
Corporate taxes will be gradually raised to 23% in coming years: British Finance Minister
In a significant development, the Sunday Times reported, British finance minister in the upcoming budget in March, Rishi Sunak is likely to raise taxes on businesses to pay for the Government’s COVID-19 support schemes. During his March 3, 2020 speech,… Read More ›
Cease-Fire In Transatlantic Trade War Was Urged By Airbus CEO
An urgent call for a “cease-fire” in the on-going trade spat between the European Union and the United States over aircraft subsidies was given by the head of European plane maker Airbus on Saturday. The company said that the damage… Read More ›
Bitcoin Touches New Record High As Its Market Cap Surges Past $1 Trillion
Investors in bitcoin apparently unheeded warnings by analysts that the crypto currency is an “economic side show” and is a poor hedge for the drop in stock prices as the market capitalization of the virtual currency hit a value of… Read More ›
Israel starts gradual return to normal, widens reopening of economy
On Sunday, Israel began reopening parts of its economy on what it termed as the start of a return to normal following a COVID-19 vaccination drive that has reached almost 50% of its population. While everyone could visits shops, access… Read More ›
Despite Manufacturing Growth, Business Activity Of Euro Zone Dips Again In February
There was a slight improvement in European business activity in February even though the economy continued to contract with the Covid-19 pandemic still forcing governments to impose social restrictions, showed preliminary data that was released on Friday. The Covid-19 pandemic… Read More ›
Canada Intent To Follow Australia To Force Facebook To Pay For News
After Australia, the Canadian government has said that it will make Facebook Inc shell out money for the news content that it uses on its platform and has sought to get together allies in the media battle with tech giants…. Read More ›