Australia’s big pension funds boost fossil fuel investments, activist group says

SYDNEY – Australia’s 30 biggest pension funds increased their investments in key coal, oil and gas producers by 50% in 2022 despite the funds‘ long term commitments to net zero carbon

Brussels plans to slap sanctions on Chinese companies aiding Russia’s war machine – FT

The European Union has proposed sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling equipment that could be used in weapons to support Russia’s war machine, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Seven Chinese businesses have

Anti-monarchists criticize ‘heavy-handed’ arrests at King Charles’ coronation

LONDON – Anti–monarchists on Sunday criticized the policing of the coronation of King Charles as heavy-handed, saying there was no longer a right to peaceful protest in Britain after dozens

Yellen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ if Congress fails to act on debt

WASHINGTON – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday issued a stark warning that a failure by Congress to act on the debt ceiling could trigger a “constitutional crisis” that also would

Why an oil tanker ablaze in the S.China Sea is a global problem

OFF the coast of Malaysia, in one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, an explosion on board the aging oil tanker Pablo