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Sustainability ratings just a gimmick?
Oped, Published on 24/04/2024
» Amid mounting criticism of business operations' environmental and social impacts, businesses are proudly showcasing their sustainability ratings and awards to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable development. Yet, do these accolades credibly reflect such commitment, or are they just a public relations tool?
Argentina's ESMA torture centre: hell becomes heritage
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - The ESMA, the most notorious murder and torture centre among hundreds operated by Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship, stands today as a reminder of the brutality humans are capable of.
Gaming becomes king of entertainment in pandemic lockdown
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - You are facing a pandemic lockdown with no seeming escape.
France extradites 'butcher' of Argentine dictatorship
AFP, Published on 16/12/2019
» PARIS: An Argentine ex-police officer linked to the murder of hundreds of people during the country's "dirty war" was on a plane to Buenos Aires on Monday, after France extradited him to face trial over the disappearance of a student.
German ratings minnow takes aim at US whales
AFP, Published on 21/08/2016
» BERLIN - The latest European challenge to the all-powerful US credit ratings agencies doesn't come from the continent's financial capital Frankfurt -- but Berlin, better known for raves than banking.
(Authorised) art attack
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/01/2016
» Around this time in 2014, the late artist Mamafaka's one-eyed gigantic monster Mr. HellYeah, spray-painted at the ruins near BTS Ratchathewi, was "bombed" by another graffiti group. The original graffiti was done as part of the first edition of street art festival Bukruk in 2013, and when the controversy about it being defaced erupted, the unauthorised vandalism of the authorised vandalism exemplied the very essence of street art: nothing is permanent.
EU to clean-up benchmark setting after rigging scandal
AFP, Published on 18/09/2013
» The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday to closely regulate key financial benchmarks used globally to price loans after a rate-rigging scandal blew the lid off the clubby world of banking.
Pope's election revives row over Argentine junta
AFP, Published on 15/03/2013
» Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis has revived a longstanding controversy over his role during the dark days of his homeland's "Dirty War."
Tough sentences in Argentina stolen babies case
AFP, Published on 06/07/2012
» Two former Argentine dictators were handed heavy prison sentences for overseeing the systematic kidnapping of babies from leftist activists killed during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.