An international group of investigative journalists has been provided with thousands of documents that provide details of money worth about $2 trillion that potentially was amassed through corrupt means and had passed through the financial system of the United States…. Read More ›
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Fish Skins Being Turned To Leather Targeted At Luxury Market By French Firm
Fish scales that would generally find their way into trash cans at restaurants or those of the fish markets is being collected by a French company. The news agency Reuters reported that the firm is turning the fish scales into… Read More ›
Documents Show EU Wants To Implement Crypto-Assets Regime By 2024
According to reports citing two documents of the European Union, new rules within four years are being planned to be introduced in the single currency market that will allow making of cross-border payments quicker and cheaper by the use of… Read More ›
Thomas Cook’s Chinese Owners Re-Launch The Brand As Online Only Travel Operator
After being shut down for about a year, the iconic travel operator Thomas Cook is back but with a different business model. On Wednesday, the British tour operator re-launched as an online-only venture. One year ago, the company collapsed and… Read More ›
Amid US Tensions, Biggest Chinese Tech Firms Flock To Singapore
With increasing bilateral tensions between the United States and China, the biggest tech companies from China are expanding their operations in Singapore. It has been reported that their presence in the city state is being increased by Tencent and… Read More ›
New Restrictions On US Diplomats’ Activities Imposed By China
New restrictions on the activities of diplomats from the United States working in Mainland China and Hong Kong was announced by China which has been described by China as a justified response by it to similar measures that were previously… Read More ›
Delay In AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine Trial Is A ‘Wake-Up Call’, Says WHO
The delay in the final phase of human trials for AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine was described as a ‘wake up call’ by the World Health Organization (WHO). AstraZeneca had announced the suspension of its phase three human trials all over the… Read More ›
Destruction Of 46,000-Year-Old Indigenous Site In Australia Results In Ouster Of Rio Tinto CEO
An explosion in a tunnel in Australia that led to the destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Indigenous site in Australia while Rio Tinto as expanding an iron ore mine has forced the resignation of the company’s CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques under… Read More ›
Google And Twitter Pledge To Be Tough To Block Voting Misinformation In US
Further strict measures to clamp down on misinformation online prior to the presidential elections in the United States are being taken by Google and Twitter, the two companies have said. Ahead of the November vote a flood of false claims… Read More ›
IATA Says 8,000 Jumbo Jets Will Be Needed To Deliver Cvoid-19 Vaccine Globally
According to the global airline industry the “largest transport challenge ever” for the industry will be faced in shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that doing so will require the equivalent… Read More ›