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A delicate balancing act

The on-going conflict in Ukraine has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, impacting everything from international relations to commodity prices.

A Fragile Balance

The 2024 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference, usually referred to as Conference of Parties 29 (COP29), will probably be the final opportunity for the international community to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis.

Unsafe Nepal

Nepal’s spotty air safety record has been blighted further following the death of six people in a helicopter crash in the Everest region soon after take-off on Tuesday. Often described as the world’s most unsafe country for civil aviation, and with as many as 20 of its airlines banned from operating in European Union countries

Learn to listen

The manner in which Ukraine criticised a suggestion for mediation by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva ~ which was that a group of neutral nations come together to broker peace ~ by alleging he was giving equal weight to the victim and aggressor suggested Kyiv’s rigidity.

Most EU countries set to slide into recession in Q4

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni warned that the outlook for next year has "weakened significantly", and that most European Union (EU) countries will be in recession in the fourth quarter of this year