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I dreamed about this moment for so long
Sports, Wyndham Clark, Published on 23/06/2023
» I just felt like my mom was watching over me during the final round [of the US Open on Sunday which he won]. She can't be here, and I miss her. I know she'd be proud of me. She's always been proud of me, regardless of how I'm doing or what I'm doing.
Time to act on conflict's impact
News, Helen Clark & Supachai Panitchpakdi, Published on 16/11/2022
» It is now nearly nine months since Russia invaded Ukraine. A war that should never have happened, and which Moscow hoped would be over in a matter of days, threatens to drag on endlessly. Estimates of military and civilian deaths vary wildly but are in the tens of thousands on each side. Over thirteen million Ukrainians have been displaced, about half of them across Europe and the other half internally. There has been inestimable damage to infrastructure and property. The approaching winter threatens to multiply misery many times over. As if the human suffering already experienced is not enough, the nightmarish spectre of the use of nuclear weapons lurks in the background.
Renewables key to 'independence'
News, Helen Clark & Dan Smith & Margot Wallstrom, Published on 13/04/2022
» Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers' focus on energy dependence as a key strategic issue.
Reeling in a deal to save the seas
Oped, Helen Clark, Arancha González, Susana Malcorra & James Michel, Published on 02/12/2021
» The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet's surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds of millions of jobs. It also plays a major role in mitigating climate change: over 80% of the global carbon cycle passes through the ocean. But this precious natural resource is not invincible. Despite all the benefits it affords us, the ocean today faces unprecedented man-made crises that threaten its health and its ability to sustain life on Earth.
HSBC to Take $3 Billion in Losses on Sale of Troubled French Bank
Business, Simon Clark, Published on 21/06/2021
» HSBC Holdings PLC expects to take $3 billion in losses as part of an agreement to sell its unprofitable French retail bank, in a sign of the souring fortunes of European banking.
Europe's Banks Rush to Restructure
Business, Margot Patrick & Simon Clark, Published on 25/08/2020
» At beleaguered European banks, coronavirus is fast-tracking plans for fundamental restructuring after years of poor performance.
Time to let non-violent drug offenders out of jail
Oped, Fernando Henrique Cardoso & Ruth Dreifuss & Helen Clark, Published on 18/04/2020
» Outdated criminal and correctional laws are threatening the lives of over 1.6 million people incarcerated for non-violent offences. Countries are failing to meet their basic needs and rights. They are also depriving societies of a vital workforce. By releasing people incarcerated for non-violent offences in order to control the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons, authorities in very different parts of the world are implicitly admitting that the drug sentences were unnecessarily harsh and disproportionate, and that many incarcerated people could have lived through better alternatives than prison to pay their duty to society -- if any.
Barclays CEO Under Investigation Over Links to Jeffrey Epstein
Business, Simon Clark, Published on 14/02/2020
» Barclays PLC said U.K. regulators are probing the relationship between its American Chief Executive Jes Staley and Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail last year.