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Can Brazil save the Amazon rainforest? Marina Silva is trying
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — When the United Nations (UN) climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump. Countries will try to find a path forward that bypasses Trump, who is hostile to emissions-cutting policies and has vowed to pull the country back out of the Paris accord.
Acts of sabotage hit French trains as Paris Olympics kick off
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2024
» PARIS - Train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted on Friday, hit by what authorities called a coordinated sabotage effort just hours ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Myanmar plays down Asean chair loss as bloc slams violence
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/09/2023
» YANGON - Myanmar’s junta played down the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) decision to strip it of the chairmanship in 2026, saying it had other priorities that includes making preparations to hold elections seen by the West as a sham.
Putin plans new Ukraine push as he prepares for years of war
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/01/2023
» NEW YORK: Nearly a year into an invasion that was supposed to take weeks, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is preparing a new offensive in Ukraine, at the same time steeling his country for a conflict with the United States and its allies that he expects to last for years.
Musk starts Twitter job cuts, advertisers hit pause
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/11/2022
» Twitter Inc plans to start cutting staff Friday, the company said in an email to employees.
ThaiBev to resume work on unit’s $2bn Singapore IPO
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2022
» Thai Beverage Public Company Limited is set to revive the initial public offering of its brewery unit in Singapore after shelving the planned first-time share sale twice due to Covid-19, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Myanmar civil war fears grow after airstrikes on ethnic army
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» As the death toll among Myanmar’s protesters rose dramatically last weekend, military air strikes against one of the country’s largest rebel groups stoked fears of another problem: full-fledged civil war.
Lender Ngern Tid Lor weighs B30bn IPO
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/10/2020
» Ngern Tid Lor Co, a microfinance company controlled by Bank of Ayudhya Plc, has picked banks to explore a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as 30 billion baht, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Singapore to continue work from home beyond June 1
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/05/2020
» Singapore said company employees who can work from home will probably have to continue doing so even after the country’s partial lockdown ends on June 1.
Taiwan reports first death, toll at 1,665: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/02/2020
» Fears continue to grow of further infections from cruise ships where virus cases have been detected. Japan said it had found an additional 70 cases aboard the Diamond Princess, a luxury liner that’s been quarantined at the port of Yokohama, bringing the total number on the ship to 355.