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“In 2019, we participated in the science-based targets, which is an initiative of the Paris Climate Agreement. And we have committed to reducing absolute scope Scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 21 per ...

The global economic outlook is improving as vaccine rollouts allow businesses to resume operations and as the United States pumps trillions of dollars into the world’s largest economy, the ...

Cryptocurrency Ethereum climbed over 5 per cent on Monday to $2,523 but remained more than 40 per cent below a record high of above $4,300 hit earlier this month. At 0950 GMT, it was trading ...

Britain is to build a new flagship to promote its business and trade interests around the world, the government said on Saturday, in a move it said would also boost ...

A new Israeli study has revealed a major cause of degenerative diseases including Parkinson’s, Ben Gurion University (BGU) said Sunday. During the aging process, proteins in the body lose ...

Kelly Christodoulou, a resident of Larnaca, is Senior ESG and Stewardship Consultant, Investments at AustralianSuper, one of that country’s largest pension funds with $200 billion (EUR 125 billion) in assets under ...

Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok has been given a month to respond to multiple complaints from EU consumer groups that it allegedly violated the bloc’s consumer laws and also ...

“Most clients would consider ESG investments only if such investments are expected to enhance returns. There are organisations, of course, that are willing to take on ESG investments even if ...

Currently trades from 254 full line stores Targeting 180 in 10 years To open 17 new stores in next two years Openings include six on former Debenhams sites Marks & Spencer plans to have ...

Reuters News postponed the launch of its website paywall following a dispute with financial data provider Refinitiv over whether the move would breach a news supply agreement between the two ...

The Netherlands will ease COVID-19 lockdown measures next week, allowing bars and restaurants to serve indoors and museums to reopen in what Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday called a “...

The group behind the SolarWinds cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp said on Thursday. “This week we ...

Bitcoin slumped on Friday to its lowest this week, taking losses sparked by a growing crackdown in China and environmental concerns to almost 40 per cent so far this month. The ...

Exasperation with Credit Suisse following a string of scandals is prompting Switzerland to rethink a system in which top bankers have been largely untouchable. Credit Suisse’s heavy losses from ...

Larnaca is seventh on a ranking of the ten most-booked travel destinations by UK nationals this year, according to research released on Friday. The Valencia, Spain-based analytics firm Forward Keys ...

California will offer $116.5 million in cash and gift cards to residents who get Covid-19 vaccinations before June 15, the latest – and most lucrative – incentive by US states desperate to persuade laggards ...

Tunisian politicians and officials warn of an economic collapse if the government cannot agree a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan this summer, but political paralysis could scotch that effort. ...

Turkey will extract oil from three newly discovered wells in the country’s Diyarbakir and Kirklareli provinces, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Thursday. “We have also found oil ...

India scrapped local trials for “well-established” foreign coronavirus vaccines on Thursday as it tries to accelerate the vaccination rollout to counter the world’s worst surge in infections. India this ...

European Union countries will seek to prolong EU support for cross-border natural gas projects, a stance at odds with the European Commission’s plan to end such funding, according to ...

The family of the founder of British airline EasyJet sold a small stake in the company, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday, reducing the Haji-Ioannou family’s holding to 25.3 per ...

Israel’s Global Knafaim said on Thursday it bought a 49.9 per cent stake in the small Cypriot airline Tus Airways with a $5 million investment. Global Knafaim is a unit of ...

Air France (AIRF.PA) cancelled a Paris-Moscow flight on Wednesday after Russia failed to approve a new route bypassing Belarus, the airline said. The French carrier, part of Air France-KLM, ...

Cryptocurrencies slipped on Thursday, though without falling through recent lows, as traders clung to hopes that a nascent recovery from last week’s plunge can regain its momentum. Bitcoin has ...