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Vietnam's Just Energy Transition Partnership is not 'Just'
Maureen Harris is a senior adviser at International Rivers and coordinator of the Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, and Liangyi Chang is Asia managing director at 350.org.
Landslides caused by heavy rains kill 5 and bury many others in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed five people and left many others feared trapped under the debris, the Press Trust of India reported.
Singapore's Temasek plans to invest up to $30bn in U.S. over next 5 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Singapore state investor Temasek plans to invest up to $30 billion over the next five years in the U.S. in sectors such as health care, financial services and technology.
McDonald's earnings, revenue miss estimates as consumer pullback worsens
McDonald's on Monday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations as same-store sales declinedacross every division.
Trump stops short of establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve
NASHVILLE — Former President Donald Trump stopped short of promising to establish an official U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve currency during his Saturday keynote speech at the biggest bitcoin conference of the year.
India’s US$576 billion budget bets on growth over populist politics
The budget unveiled on Tuesday struck a careful balance, promising vital financing for two key coalition states while adhering to a stringent programme to cut the fiscal deficit, a move that analysts say will ensure policy continuity.
Chinese state enterprises to pour $414bn into equipment upgrades
SHANGHAI -- Chinese state-owned enterprises will invest 3 trillion yuan ($413.8 billion) over the next five years to upgrade their equipment, the government's supervisor for state assets said on Friday, as the country races to bolster its industrial supply chain as laid out in a key economic blueprint.