Economy & Business
World Bank sells first ‘rhino’ bond to help South Africa’s conservation efforts
The World Bank has issued the world’s first wildlife conservation bond, raising $150 million to help efforts to increase the endangered black ...No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data ...Russian court bans Facebook, Instagram after Meta found ‘extremist’- TASS
A Russian court on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram in the country after finding Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) “extremist”, TASS news agency reported. Russia ...China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China
A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a ...In Sri Lanka, as economic crisis worsens, two men die waiting in queue for fuel
Sri Lankan police said on Sunday two men collapsed and died while waiting in separate queues to secure fuel amid sky-rocketing prices ...Ninety percent of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war
Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping ...Russia says there will be no domestic food shortages
Russia said on Tuesday there was no risk of a food shortage on the domestic market and cautioned consumers against rushing out ...Europe’s arms imports jump amid tensions with Russia, says think-tank SIPRI
Arms shipments to Europe jumped amid deteriorating relations with Russia in the five years through 2021, even as the global arms trade ...Russia to lose ‘most favoured nation status’ over Ukraine
The United States, together with the Group of Seven nations and the European Union, will move on Friday to revoke Russia’s “most ...Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia over Ukraine invasion
U.S. payments firms Visa Inc (V.N) and Mastercard Inc on Saturday said they were suspending operations in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, and ...














