The International Labor Organization, ILO; presented this week a new report on the security and sustainability conditions of populations in low- and middle-income countries. According to the document, the governments of these countries, They must increase spending by an additional US$1.4 trillion to provide basic social protection for all citizens. This additional resource represents a ...
The France's far-right National Rally is widening its lead against President Emmanuel Macron's party in the European elections that will be held in two weeks, according to an Elabe survey for La Tribune and BFM TV. When asked which party they plan to vote for, 33% of respondents backed the National Rally, led by Marine ...
Australia's pension giants are looking expand its private credit exposure to some emerging productsas the cash-rich industry looks for ways to diversify portfolios and boost returns. AMP Ltd., one of Australia's largest pension providers, has launched a new US$198 million (AUD$300 million) alternative debt fund to invest in credit risk transfer, a relatively new corner ...
The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer sparked outrage across the US, leading to protests and inspiring political pledges. American companies also responded, pledging $12 billion in financial commitments to address racial inequality and another $80 billion to support minority suppliers, according to Bloomberg surveys ...
President Vladimir Putin urged heads of military equipment manufacturers to increase production and make Russia's war economy more effective. “It is important to build an effective economy of the armed forces”Putin said Saturday at Tactical Missiles Corp. JSC, a key producer of weapons, including missiles. “We must always be one step ahead, be ahead of ...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday made it more difficult to prove racial discrimination on electoral maps in a major ruling who backs South Carolina Republicans who expelled 30,000 black residents when they redrawn a congressional district. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices dissenting, overturned a lower court's ruling. ...
High in the Andes mountain range, Argentina has world-class copper projects that could supply much of global demand, but the country's macroeconomic instability has delayed progress that awaits the impetus of the ultraliberal Government of Javier Milei. Both the national government and those of the provinces, which in Argentina are owners of the resources, They ...
Financial Diary – Santiago It was on June 14 of last year when the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, met with President Boric, in La Moneda, within the framework of a tour through Latin America. Along with signing two agreements on green hydrogen, her visit addressed the financial situation of some ...
Two Federal Reserve policymakers said Tuesday that It is prudent for the central bank to wait several more months to ensure that inflation really returns to the 2% target path. before starting to cut interest rates. “Absent a significant weakening of the labor market, I need to see several more months of good inflation data ...
Mohamad Mojber, 68, has just been sworn in as leader of Iran. He came from being the first vice president of that country, thus he has become interim president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident. As interim president, Mojber sits on a three-person council, along with the speaker of parliament and ...
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