As Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies
Anti-poverty group Oxfam says companies making big profits as inflation surges should face windfall taxes to help cut global inequality.
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Puerto Rico to privatize power generation amid outages
Puerto Rico’s government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid.
Put all of National Grid under state control, net zero campaigners urge
Investors paid almost £9bn in dividends and share buyback schemes over last five years, report has revealedNational Grid, which maintains the backbone of Britain’s electricity network, should be taken under government control to ensure the rapid transi…
Clearance of German hamlet for mine said to be near-complete
Police say that a village in western Germany that is due to be demolished to allow the expansion of a coal mine has been cleared of activists, apart from a pair who remain holed up in a tunnel.
Federal Labor boasts about jobs growth while 90% of Australian bosses expect staffing shortages
Expansion in first six months of Albanese government beats record of Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke administrationsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFederal Labor has boasted it has overseen the best jobs growth of any …
Mass crab die-off: scientists say ‘we weren’t questioned’ for crucial report
A review panel on the 2021 Teesside eco-disaster is due to send its findings to ministers this week, but evidence from academics may not be given full weightScientists who led research into the mystery deaths of thousands of crabs and lobsters along En…
South Korean president travels to UAE, seeks arms sales
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has received an honor guard welcome on a trip to the United Arab Emirates.
Cocktails in comfort: why homewear is the new staying-in staple
Trend features feathered and furry PJs, posh robes and structured slippers as daytime dressing for housebound fashionistasForget your old university sweatshirts and saggy leggings. Post pandemic, there’s a whole new category of clothing emerging specif…
Davos’s elite will need to do some soul-searching in a world falling apart
The first proper World Economic Forum for three years will take place against a humbling backdrop of crisis and conflictThe war in Ukraine. A rapidly slowing economy, fragmentation and de-globalisation. The rising cost of living. Climate change. There …
Will Digital Signatures Replace Handwritten Ones?
The Toronto Star notes “the near-elimination of cursive from the school curriculum and a move to paperless commerce” over the past two decades. So where does that leave handwritten signatures?
Then the pandemic hit, and with it came an accelerated ad…