Global climate fund gets $9.8 billion in fresh financing pledges
Donor governments pledged $9.8 billion in fresh financing for the Green Climate Fund, set up to help developing nations tackle global warming, the head of...
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend Fashion Group International’s annual Night of Stars Gala
Designers Rick Owens, Donna Karan and Brandon Maxwell were honoured at the event in New York on Thursday night. Rough cut (no reporter narration)....
Estonian minister blamed for slow reform after Danske scandal
Estonia’s far-right finance minister has been criticized by lawmakers for holding up financial reforms promised after the Baltic state became the focus of Europe’s biggest...
Argentina’s creditors prepare for tough $100 billion tango with Peronist election favorite
By Marc Jones, Karin Strohecker, Rodrigo Campos and Gabriel Burin...
How a Polish campaigner forced her way into parliament
Iwona Hartwich was banned from Poland’s parliament after camping out for weeks in a corridor last year demanding more state support for disabled people. This...
Amazon’s AWS unit gets OK to build $800 million data facility in Argentina
Argentina has given the go-ahead to Amazon.com Inc’s Web Services division AWS to build an $800-million data facility in Buenos Aires, which would mark a...
Mexico sees U.S. Congress starting formal USMCA trade deal approval soon
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Jesus Seade, said on Friday he believes U.S. lawmakers will soon begin the process of approving the new...
Vale CEO says not yet time to resume dividend payment, buybacks
Vale SA’s chief executive said on Friday that a resumption in paying dividends or share buybacks would depend on progress in repairing the damage from...
AB InBev loses $13 billion in value as beer drinking slows in Brazil and South Korea
Anheuser-Busch InBev saw more than $13 billion wiped off its market value on Friday, after a profit warning and weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings growth sparked by...
Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber write new ‘Cats’ song for musical film
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber have written a new song for the film adaptation of hit musical “Cats”, which will...