There has been no shortage of bleak climate news this year: unprecedented global heat fueled deadly extreme weather events, scientists issued dire warnings that next year may be worse still, and the world’s carbon pollution kept rising. But amid the gloom, there have also been signs of progress. Renewable energy records have been set, the […]
The pace of inflation is slowing down, and investors are starting to price in higher odds of interest rate cuts next year – but the ripples of the high inflation/high rates regime still linger. Consumer costs are up, and credit is harder to come by; financing for large projects is both harder to get and […]
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and the government said a visit by Slovakia’s new prime minister had to be canceled as a result. Scholz wrote on social media platform X that “with few symptoms, I am counting on a mild case.” Spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, but remains healthy enough to hold online meetings, his office said on Tuesday. The Presidential Communications Office said on its Facebook page Marcos will isolate for five days. The statement did not indicate when he tested positive for the virus. “The President […]