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President says he has to ‘do something’ about the body after it rules that duties on $200bn worth of Chinese goods breached regulations The United States has described the World Trade Organization as “completely inadequate” after it criticised the Trum…
Green party makes electoral pledge that would make it mandatory for large financial institutions to reveal exposure to climate-related risksNew Zealand’s left-leaning Green party said it would require the financial sector to make annual disclosures abo…
Billions in dividends from ventures with conglomerate MEHL funnelled to army units implicated in Rohingya crackdownOne of the world’s largest brewers, Kirin – whose subsidiaries include San Miguel and craft beers brewed in the US and UK – has been link…
Two companies granted permission to clear land at Hwange national park, home to cheetahs, elephants and rhinosRhinos, giraffes, cheetahs and other endangered species face a new threat in Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park: Chinese mining companies.Zhongxi…
The stock market has been disrupted throughout the past week, with intelligence agencies brought in to track the source of the problemA surge of cyber attacks on the New Zealand stock exchange and numerous large websites, including those of banks and m…
Delhi Riots 2020 claims violence was result of Muslim jihadist conspiracy but critics accuse publisher of censorshipBloomsbury India has pulled a controversial book claiming to tell the untold story of February’s Delhi riots, after the publisher was ac…
AstraZeneca says it has not discussed ‘emergency use authorisation’ with the US Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe company manufacturing the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has denied it is in talks with the Trump adm…
MV Wakashio has split in two and leaked 1,000 tonnes of oil into the water since it ran agroundSalvage crews were preparing to sink a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground off Mauritius, despite opposition from environmental campaigners.The MV Wakashio …
Employer aims to remove stigma in a nation where menstruation is still taboo to some Indian food delivery company Zomato has said it will give female employees up to 10 days of “period leave” a year, as part of an effort to combat what it said was stig…
Brands including Primark, Zara and H&M accused of failing to protect workers at factories in Asia from ‘union busting’Some of Europe’s biggest retailers, including Primark, Zara and H&M, are failing to stop Covid-19 being used as a pretext for …
Money in Clyde & Co’s bank account linked to money allegedly embezzled from Malaysian fundInvestigators probing one of the world’s largest financial frauds have said they suspect $340m (£255m) held in the bank account of a major London law firm is …
Fewer than 100 of StubHub’s 650 staff are understood to be facing redundancyTicket resale company StubHub is to close or shrink offices around the world as it reels from the pandemic, which has shut down concert venues and theatres and forced sports ev…
Elders chief says Australia’s trade with China is being used as a ‘weapon for foreign affairs’Agricultural business leaders concerned about the impact rising tensions with China will have on exports are hoping to explore a “separation of powers” betwee…
Ambassador to London calls extradition treaty suspension ‘blatant’ interference in Chinese affairs and a contravention of international lawChina’s ambassador has accused the UK government of blatantly interfering in China’s internal affairs by suspendi…
UK manufacturing, energy and transport and telecoms have received investment from Beijing for yearsOver the past decade, Chinese investment worth more than £50bn has flowed into Britain’s economy. From the telecoms networks to London’s famous black cab…