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Shell’s board of directors are being personally sued over their alleged failure to properly manage risks associated with the climate crisis. The lawsuit says the British oil giant’s 11 directors have breached their legal duties under the UK’s Companies Act by failing to bring their climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement. Environmental law…
Temporary state-dictated rent controls become law until at least March 2023 in Scotland. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act gives ministers temporary power to cap rent increases for public and private rented properties, as well as for student accommodation. The Scottish government says this is to help with the cost of living crisis. The…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO’s air war over Kosovo. U.S. jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in the Serbian capital on May 7, 1999, setting…
JAKARTA – Indonesia and the United States signed a trade pact on Feb 19, finalising a 19 per cent tariff on most Indonesian exports to the US, as well as a pledge by the South-east Asian country to purchase about US$33 billion (S$42 billion) worth of American goods. Indonesian textile exports – up to a volume to be decided – are…
CAIRO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Jordan won’t sign a deal to provide energy to Israel in exchange for water that was planned to be ratified last month, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told AL Jazeera TV on Thursday. “We had a regional dialogue about regional projects. I think that all of this, … the war…
NAIROBI, June 25 (Reuters) – Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya’s legislature on Tuesday, with at least five protesters killed, dozens wounded and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise taxes. In chaotic scenes, protesters overwhelmed police and chased them away in an attempt to…