As state supreme courts consolidate power and corporate money, shoddy oversight allows justices to hide their financial conflicts of interest from the public.
It’s no surprise that travel is getting pricier. In 2024, airfare, hotel, and AirBnb rates are sky-high thanks to inflation and a surge in post-pandemic travel. But now, there are some new fees travelers will need to consider before embarking on some popular destinations: tourist taxes. Several European nations have already begun implementing these new fees for tourists entering the country, such as Spain, Greece, and Germany. And this week, Venice became the first city in the world to...
Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into its supply chains and is demanding answers within three weeks.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has told Apple it believes the iPhone maker's supply chain is using materials linked to militia groups. Apple has been asked to verify that it doesn't use "conflict minerals" in the iPhone Apple and at least most Big Tech manufacturers have long been accused of sourcing tin, tungsten, and tantalum -- the 3T materials -- from regions where that means funding violent groups. In 2020, Apple revealed that it had stopped using 18 smelters and refiners for...
The interplay between climate change and conflict has exacerbated
A majority of Dutch companies that trade internationally are suffering due to the many conflicts that are currently ongoing in the world. This has been revealed after a survey of over a thousand companies conducted by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).
Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching an all-time high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fuelled spending across the world, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose across the globe with particularly large increases in Europe, the Middle East and Asia,
Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir on Saturday urged state companies to adopt a more aggressive approach to seeking new business
Trade with China, Bangladesh and Thailand has been hurt by conflict between junta and insurgent forces.
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A Moroccan asylum seeker who said he was inspired by “revenge” for the Israel-Hamas conflict has been convicted of murdering a pensioner out walking in the street. Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, six times in Hartlepool town centre early on October 15 – eight days after Hamas attacked Israel. Minutes earlier, at around 5am, he had broken into the bedroom of his housemate, Christian convert and former body builder Javed Nouri, and hacked at him while he slept. Alid shouted “Allahu...